Starc record as Australia bowl out Windies for 27 to win third test

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FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Ashes - Fifth Test - England v Australia - The Oval, London, Britain - July 29, 2023 Australias Mitchell Starc celebrates after taking the wicket of Englands Moeen Ali caught by Josh Hazlewood Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs

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Mitchell Starc delivered the fastest five-wicket haul in test history on Monday as Australia crushed the West Indies by 176 runs in the third test in Kingston, Jamaica to complete a 3-0 series sweep.

In his 100th test, Starc took 15 balls to wreck the West Indies top order and leave the home sides run chase in tatters, before returning for his sixth wicket after Scott Boland became Australias 10th bowler to take a test hat-trick.

West Indies were bowled out for 27, the second-lowest total in test history after New Zealands 26 against England in 1955.

Starc shattered the previous record for a five-for by four balls, surpassing Ernie Toshack (1947),Stuart Broad (2015) and Boland (2021),who needed 19 deliveries to achieve the feat.

You talk about 100 tests and skill and fitness ... but I think today showed the real Mitchell Starc - what he can bring to a team. Which is, out of nowhere, tear an opposition apart and win a game for you, said Australia captain Pat Cummins.

The drama began on the first delivery of West Indies second innings, when Starc enticed John Campbell to nick