West Indies defeat Australia by 8 runs.

Shamar Joseph celebrates a wicket against Australia in the second Test. (West Indies Cricket | X)

West Indies quick Shamar Joseph took 7-68 as he bowled through pain to give the tourists a first test win in Australia since 1997 with an incredible eight-run upset on day four of the day-night second test in Brisbane.

West indies defeated Australia to win their first ever test win in 27 years in Australian soil.

  • Shamar Joseph, who had to be carried off the field on Saturday after Mitchell Starc’s toe crushing yorker cut short West Indies’ innings, came back on Sunday to rip through the Australian batting and notch seven wickets.

Key Highlights:

  • West indies defeated Australia to win their first ever test win in 27 years in Australian soil.
  • Shamar Joseph is the Player of the Match and the Player of the Series as well
  • Head’s golden duck was his third-straight in Tests at the Gabba as he became just the seventh Australian to register a king pair.
  • Pat Cummins was still not out with Josh Hazelwood the last man available but the skipper decided to declare the first innings and make the most of the last phase.
  • Some former west indies player reaction
  • Kraigg Brathwaite’s reaction: ‘Are these muscles big enough?’
  • Brian Lara hailed Joseph as “a champion”, while fellow West Indies legend Carl Hooper cried tears of emotion in the ABC commentary box. “Shamar Joseph has lit up West Indies cricket. It is a great feeling to be a West Indian,” Lara said afterwards.

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