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With historic win against Australia, the West Indies are back

Andrew Clark

The ghost of Frank Worrell smiled knowingly on a sun-drenched Gabba cricket ground in Brisbane on Sunday night as the West Indies snatched one of the all-time great Test cricket victories over Australia by eight runs to square the two-match series.

It was a fairy tale win for the West Indies team, with rookie Shamar Joseph tearing through the Australian batting line-up, and ending with seven scalps.

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Andrew Clark is a former editor of The Sun-Herald and Australian Business. He was a correspondent in Europe and North America, a political correspondent in Canberra and has been a journalist for more than 55 years. Email Andrew at aclark@afr.com.au

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