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Hopes of West Indies pushing on to a victory was thwarted on day three.

Australia resuming on 92 for 4 pushed their lead to 300 after getting three crucial half centuries.

Shamar Joseph was thorn grabbing five wickets.

But chasing 301 the Caribbean men folded for 141 with Joseph top scoring with a hard-hitting 44.

Josh Hazelwood was the tormentor, getting his own five-for to power Australia to a 159 run victory in the first Test.
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00:00Music
00:00Well, they live their life like a candle in the wind.
00:15That was the flicker of hope given by the West Indies, who fell to a 152-run defeat Australia,
00:22despite another stellar Shamaa Joseph performance.
00:25Joseph was a thorn in the side of the Aussies, grabbing five wickets,
00:28but the Windies' hopes of pushing one to victory on Day 3, well, that was thwarted as chasing 201.
00:35Josh Hazelwood ripped through their batting to see them fold it for 141.
00:43Day 3 at Kensington was going to be pivotal, with the Aussies batting a second time,
00:47nursing a slender lead of 82, but with six wickets remaining.
00:53And every wicket squandered was going to increase the pressure on the West Indies.
00:58Again, how many of those have we seen in the test match?
01:05Seventh drop of the match, Justin Graves, again.
01:09Travis Head and Bo Webster were putting value on their wicket,
01:12putting together a valuable 102-run stand.
01:16But Shamaa Joseph was the Australian's poisoned chalice, removing Head on 61.
01:21He would also end Webster's four-hour vigil on 63.
01:33The ball passes close to the bat.
01:36Can you hold an old stretch, confirm bat, no bat, please?
01:40Keep going through, keep going through.
01:42There's a clear spike as the ball is next to the bat.
01:44But the tourists are known for their fight, and Alex Carey was combative as he made a half-century.
01:56That's authoritative from Alex Carey to bring up his 50.
02:02A lead of 300-plus was the target for the visitors,
02:05but the West Indies were trying to limit the damage.
02:07The Joseph Pacers struck a double blow, removing Pat Cummings and Mitchell Stark,
02:14while skipper Ruston Chase finally got carried to air on 65,
02:20with the visitors leading by 281.
02:26And Shamaa Joseph's 5-4 would polish off the Australians at 310,
02:30with a valuable lead of exactly 300.
02:33However, 301 was always going to be a complex task for the host.
02:44Yet, John Campbell and Casey Carty had a period of production,
02:48albeit not without some drama.
02:58Both got into the 20s, conjuring hope of a solid partnership.
03:03But it was only a mirage.
03:10As Josh Hazelwood had Campbell and Brandon King back in the stands with a score on 47.
03:18And the skipper would join them two runs later.
03:27The host going from 47 for 2 to 56 for 5 in quick time.
03:31It's Josh Hazelwood, a familiar dismissal type.
03:35And Pat Cummings produced one that was unplayable for Shea Hoop at 61 for 6.
03:39Seems to be the end that's doing all the damage.
03:42Where the West Indians were slack, the Australians were efficient.
03:46There is a significant contribution from Manas Labashain, not in the 11-4.
04:00Shamaa Joseph's cameo 44 of 22 balls provided a distraction from the obvious.
04:04But the Australians would not be denied victory on day three.
04:09Winning the first test by 159 runs with Josh Hazelwood, the destroyer, with a 5-4.
04:21The wicket and the Australians have dominated.
04:25Torrance Clark, teams export.
04:28All after Humpty Dumpty's great fall, new skipper Rosten Chase placed the blame on the feeling,
04:33but was full of praise for his bowlers.
04:35Yeah, I thought we slipped up in terms of the feeling.
04:39We dropped too many catches.
04:40We didn't take the chances when they came.
04:42And you can't really drop good batters at this level and give them two innings to back.
04:47I thought Travis and Webster played a beautiful partnership, so kudos to them.
04:52But I can't discredit the bowlers.
04:55Every time I called on them, they were willing and ready to come and give their all.
04:59And I must commend them for the effort throughout the game.
05:03Well, the skipper also explained what went wrong with the Caribbean men's second innings with the bat.
05:08We didn't get off to a good start.
05:10We were looking for at least a 50 partnership because we realized that the wicket was a new ball wicket,
05:15that things were happening with the new ball.
05:17So once we could nullify that new ball, we thought that we could have had a chance at getting the target.
05:22But I mean, we were on the back foot from ball one.
05:26In the first oval, we lost our most experienced batsman, Craig Braffitt.
05:29And we just never really got a foot back in the game from then.
05:34The skipper for the single out piece, Shemar Joseph, who took nine wickets in the match and also set a new high with the bat despite the defeat.
05:41Coming into the game, they had a bit of controversy in the news talking about currently Ambrose and stuff.
05:50So I guess he used that as fire to come out there and give the performance that he gave.
05:55And I just want to congratulate him again on the game that he had and the innings that he came and played in the end.
06:01It just shows that the character and the heart that this young man has.
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