Chase calls West Indies batting ’embarrassing’ after crumbling to the second-lowest score in Test Cricket history.
The defeat of Australia in Jamaica was deemed “heartbreaking” and “embarrassing” by West Indies captain Roston Chase.
At Sabina Park, the West Indies lost the third Test and gave up the series 3-0 after being bowled out for the second-lowest score in Test history.
West Indies were bowled out for 27 in 14.3 overs while chasing 204 to win on the third day, setting a number of undesired and new records. The tally fell 20 runs shy of the previous worst total of 47 for the West Indies, however it was just one run over the Test record low of 26 set by New Zealand in 1955.
After taking three wickets in the opening over, Mitchell Starc went on to take the first five wickets of the innings in just 15 balls, setting a new record for the fastest Test five-for.
Chase was dejected as he spoke at the press conference and the post-match presentation.
“It’s disappointing,” Chase said. “We’ve been putting ourselves in positions to win games, and then we just lay down and not put up a fight in the last batting innings. It’s quite heartbreaking, because I think we did it in all three Tests, and we’re not really learning from our mistakes. So that’s something we have to really look at.
“Obviously being bowled out for less than 30 is quite embarrassing.”
“I thought it was realistic,” Chase said. “I mean, the wicket was a good wicket, still a good batting wicket. I didn’t think there was too many devils in the wicket, like the last two games where the ball was rolling or bouncing inconsistently. So yeah, we thought 204 was quite gettable. But then, obviously, with the start and stuff being [11 for 6] or something like that, it’s very difficult to really get those runs from there.”