Australia has wrapped up the Frank Worrell Trophy for the twelfth straight time after making quick work of the guests on Sunday’s fourth day of the second Check.
However fill-in skipper Steve Smith made a hilarious fake pas, breaking the Frank Worrell Trophy earlier than dropping the damaged half on David Warner’s foot.
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The trophy has been awarded in collection between Australia and the West Indies since 1960-61, however Australia has held the silverware for the reason that 1994/95 collection within the West Indies, together with successful the final seven straight collection to nil.
Australia has not misplaced to the West Indies within the final 19 Check matches (15 wins and 4 attracts), the final time was again in 2003 within the West Indies.
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The trophy, which has a wooden end base and silver trophy topped with a cricket ball, was damaged when Smith knelt all the way down to take the crew picture.
As he lowered himself down, he put his weight on the ball, with the Fox Cricket imaginative and prescient displaying the ball shifting has he reached the bottom.
Quickly after, he was holding the ball, attempting to work out how one can get it again on the bottom.
Hilariously, he needed to maintain it onto the trophy whereas the image was taken.
However when he stood up, he by chance dropped it on Warner’s foot.
“Have they only taken the ball off the highest of the trophy? I hope not,” Adam Gilchrist requested his fellow Fox Sports activities commentators.
CODE Sports activities’ Daniel Cherny wrote: “Steve Smith: “Hopefully somebody can glue it again collectively.””
Sir Frank Worrell was the second black captain of the West Indies and is called the Nelson Mandela of cricket. He died in 1967 after being recognized of leukaemia on the age of 42.
Whereas a second of levity for Australia after a dire collection the place the West Indies had been accused of not caring, not attempting and enjoying at membership cricket degree, the Windies had been attempting to choose up the items.
The ultimate six wickets fell for 25 runs on Sunday as Australia romped to a 419 run win.
West Indian cricket legend Carl Hooper was at a loss nonetheless, lamenting the nation’s fall from grace from a global powerhouse to a global laughing inventory.
“No, I don’t suppose we’ve hit all-time low but, as a result of each time I feel we’ve, we simply hold going decrease,” he mentioned on ABC Sport.
“It’s embarrassing. I’m damage. I’ve by no means performed in a West Indies facet that has been bowled out for underneath 100.”
