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Australia won a world record equalling 11th straight Test match when they crushed West Indies by an innings and 126 runs with just two and half days of the game gone.

Steve Waugh's side matched the exploits of Clive Lloyd's awesome West Indies team in the mid 80s.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul was left high and dry on 62no as Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee tore their way through the Windies batting line-up.

Man of the Match McGrath finished with the remarkable figures of 4-10 off 13 overs and 10-27 for the match, as the tourists were left shellshocked.

After losing Sherwin Campbell and Brian Lara to McGrath the previous evening, the West Indies needed a good start to the third day but immediately found themselves in deeper trouble when opener Daren Ganga departed without adding to his overnight score of eight.

Jimmy Adams and Ramnaresh Sarwan both fell to t Lee before Andrew Bichel got Ridley Jacobs in the last over before lunch to send the tourists to the break at 81-6.

McGrath returned to the attack to dismiss Mervyn Dillon and Marlon Black then took a high catch off Courtney Walsh to clinch the victory.

Meanwhile, fast bowler Jason Gillespie has been included in Australia's 12-man squad for next week's second Test in Perth. Gillespie pulled out of the first Test with a hamstring strain. 

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