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Former Test skipper Mark Taylor has fixed a standing and his thoughts connected however each 1 of Australia's players performed successful the 2nd lucifer against the West Indies.

Australia belted the West Indies by 419 runs astatine Adelaide Oval to clinch a 2-0 bid victory.

These are Taylor's subordinate ratings and views.

David Warner 4/10

"I reckon helium looked amended successful this Test lucifer than helium did successful Perth. Probably conscionable needs to play tighter. I fishy that the South African bowlers whitethorn bring the champion retired successful him due to the fact that they'll surely absorption his attention. The West Indies bowlers whitethorn not person challenged him capable to get him truly focused, truthful the South African bid promises to beryllium interesting."

Usman Khawaja 7.5/10

"Looked bully successful some digs, Ussie. Looks successful bully touch. Obviously didn't crook them into hundreds, but if your openers are making 60 and 40 each crippled that's much than a walk mark."

Marnus Labuschagne 9.5/10

"Another terrific innings and a very bully series, obviously. For a feline who came into the bid not successful large form, to beryllium antheral of the bid conscionable shows you sometimes you conscionable request immoderate greater challenges to bring retired the champion successful you. So, helium looks successful bully form, which is bully quality for Australia starring into the South African series."

Steve Smith 4/10

"I deliberation Smithy astir apt needs a bully situation ... evidently got a duck successful the archetypal innings successful Adelaide, but a selfless, quickfire 30 successful the 2nd innings, which was required. The information that helium looked to support the crippled moving guardant — I deliberation that's what we each privation to spot from our Australian captain, nary substance who it is. So, good, affirmative cricket, and helium acceptable the code with the mode helium acceptable astir instructing the players to play a definite mode successful that 2nd innings."

Travis Head 10/10

"Man-of-the-match performance. Played truly well. Obviously unlucky to beryllium tally retired successful the archetypal innings and I'm definite that'll beryllium a disappointment, but you'll instrumentality 175 each time of the week. So, bully to spot Heady successful bully form. Probably wipes the disappointment distant from the 99 the erstwhile week. I similar the mode helium keeps the crippled moving guardant astatine No.5. He plays good, assertive cricket and, I think, helps his batting spouse astatine the different end."

Run-out chaos cruells Head

Cameron Green 3/10

"Took a bully drawback successful the gully. Just didn't look focused successful the archetypal innings ... needs to get himself going better. He's not a large starter with the bat and I deliberation that's thing helium needs to enactment connected — beryllium much positive, a spot quicker connected his feet erstwhile helium starts. But arsenic we've ever said before, the information that helium brings that benignant of 4th seamer to the array is fantastic. And his fielding — his fielding's ever good, and I emotion that."

Alex Carey 7/10

"Batted good successful the archetypal innings, kept the crippled moving nicely, and his 'keeping improved arsenic the crippled went on, which is good. I didn't deliberation helium kept good successful Perth successful the archetypal game. I thought helium didn't look large with the gloves. And adjacent astatine times with Nathan Lyon successful this Test lucifer helium looked to beryllium coming up a spot excessively soon. But those mates of catches helium took lasting up to (Michael) Neser astatine the extremity were precise good, and hopefully that volition springiness him a batch of assurance going into the South African series.

Carey stuns with astonishing keeper's catch

Michael Neser 8/10

"I similar him arsenic a cricketer. A good, honorable cricketer. Does the occupation you expect him to do: runs in, hits the apical of disconnected stump, asks questions, bowls afloat and helium tin plaything it distant a bit. So, bully Test match. Did everything Australia could inquire of him.

Mitchell Starc 9/10

"I deliberation Starcy's been fantabulous successful these 2 Test matches. The pitches haven't been large for bowlers, but I deliberation Starcy led our onslaught successful some of them. I thought helium was truly good, not conscionable contiguous but passim this Test match. He's got a spot of plaything occasionally with the unusual 1 coming backmost into the right-handers, conscionable bowled with bully gait and had amended accuracy than I've seen successful caller times."

Nathan Lyon 8.5/10

"I deliberation helium bowled amended successful this Test lucifer than helium did successful Perth. Bowled a amended line, a amended pace, peculiarly successful that archetypal innings erstwhile helium got the shot nicely extracurricular the disconnected stump and recovered a spot of signifier distant successful the air. Good spin. Loves bowling successful Adelaide, which offers a spot much for him. Just bowled a amended enactment and ever troubled the batsmen, was ever asking questions."

Scott Boland 8.5/10

"Very good. Very overmuch similar Neser. Just picked successful the broadside to bash a occupation and conscionable did it truthful well: hitting the apical of off, swinging the shot backmost connected a transportation that was beauteous bully for batting. If determination was thing determination to beryllium recovered some helium and Neser recovered it. To vessel the West Indies retired for 77 is simply a terrific effort due to the fact that it certainly wasn't an all-out 77 pitch."

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