LIVE: 'Horrible' Windies ripped by Aussie greats

The West Indies' deficiency of tactical nous was laid bare successful the 2nd Test against Australia, according to Mark Waugh and erstwhile skipper Michael Clarke.

Australia seized power connected time 1 of the pink-ball 2nd Test against the travelling party, with Marnus Labuschagne's 3rd consecutive Test period and Travis Head's ton giving the Aussies a large cushion.

The location side's dominance gave emergence to the conception that the touring enactment were poorly prepared with their bowling successful the past session with their show ridiculed arsenic "not adjacent nine cricket".

"Take thing distant from those 2 batsmen but clubbies astatine best, the West Indies," Clarke said connected Sky Radio's The Big Sports Breakfast.

"Their bowlers, again they brought a debutant retired from West Indies who landed a fistful of days ago, ever going to beryllium a hazard and it's specified a agelong mode to travel.

"They bowled 2 part-time spinners successful the archetypal league of a Test match. It's an mean attack. Their tactics were conscionable horrible. They are successful heavy trouble."

Waugh excessively was amazed by the tourist's deficiency of a program with the ball.

"Tactically, I couldn't recognize bringing a part-time spinner connected successful the archetypal hr of the Test match," Waugh said connected RSN Breakfast Club.

"They hung successful determination beauteous good halfway done the time erstwhile they had Australia 3-131 but aft that Marnus and Travis Head conscionable took the crippled distant from them. The past session, that was nine cricket, not adjacent nine cricket, I'm being a spot disrespectful to nine players.

"The bowling was very, precise ordinary, they had hands successful pockets and long-sleeve jumpers on, it conscionable didn't look similar they wanted to beryllium there."