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Please put all posts re. the Second Test here.
Thanks,
VB
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West Indies axe Samuels and Powell
ESPNcricinfo staff
June 14, 2014
http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-new-zealand-2014/content/current/story/752457.html (http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-new-zealand-2014/content/current/story/752457.html)
West Indies have dropped allrounder Marlon Samuels and opener Kieran Powell from their squad for the second Test against New Zealand in Trinidad, and replaced them with uncapped batsman Jermaine Blackwood and Leon Johnson.
Blackwood, a 22-year old from Jamaica, has played 16 first-class matches and averages 40.38, with three hundreds and six half-centuries. He scored two centuries for the High Performance Team in recent matches against Bangladesh A. Blackwood also scored 94 and 118 in the final of the 2014 regional four-day competition against Windward Islands.
Johnson, 26, played three ODIs for West Indies in 2008, against Bermuda and Canada, but hasn't appeared in an international since then. The Guyana batsman scored three half-centuries in the two matches against Bangladesh A. Johnson averages 33 after playing 50 first-class games.
Samuels was dropped after he made a pair in West Indies' 186-run defeat in the first Test at Sabina Park. He was dismissed second ball both times, and has only three scores above 20 in his last 12 innings.
Powell made 28 and 0 in Jamaica, and has consistently failed to convert his starts for a while now. He passed 20 in eight of his last 15 innings but has a high score of 48 in that period.
The second Test against New Zealand begins at Queen's Park Oval on June 16.
Squad: Denesh Ramdin (capt), Chris Gayle, Kraigg Brathwaite, Kirk Edwards, Darren Bravo, Jermaine Blackwood, Leon Johnson, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn, Shane Shillingford, Jason Holder, Shannon Gabriel.
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Good to see Blackwood and Johnson getting a chance.....what's the point of doing well in the regional tournaments if it doesn't earn you a test call-up.
If left up to me Darren Bravo would get the axe as well; he's done nothing of note recently to justify his continued presence on the squad. He needs to be sent the message that you can't coast by on perceived potential and a sprinkling of decent past exploits; he needs to step up now!
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For Immediate Release
Saturday, June 14, 2014
West Indies Squad for 2nd Test vs New Zealand
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –
The West Indies Cricket Board’s Selection Panel today named the 13-man squad for the 2nd Test Match against New Zealand. The match will be played at Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad, from Monday June 16 to Friday, June 20.
FULL SQUAD
Denesh Ramdin (Captain)
Sulieman Benn
Jermaine Blackwood
Kraigg Brathwaite
Darren Bravo
Shiv Chanderpaul
Kirk Edwards
Shannon Gabriel
Chris Gayle
Jason Holder
Leon Johnson
Shane Shillingford
Kemar Roach
Jerome Taylor
TEAM MANAGEMENT
Ottis Gibson (Head Coach)
Sir Richard Richardson (Team Manager)
Sir Curtly Ambrose (Bowling Consultant)
Stuart Williams (Assistant Coach)
Andre Coley (Assistant Coach)
C.J. Clark (Physiotherapist)
Hector Martinez Charles (Strength & Conditioning Co-ordinator)
Richard Berridge (Video & Statistical Analyst)
Philip Spooner (Media Manager)
Virgil Browne (Massage Therapist)
SERIES SCHEDULE
June 8-12: First Test – New Zealand won by 186 runs at Sabina Park, Jamaica
June 16-20: Second Test – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad
June 26-30: Third Test – Kensington Oval, Barbados
July 5: First T20I – Windsor Park, Dominica
July 6: Second T20I – Windsor Park, Dominica
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Dwayne Bravo misses out again
Published: guardian
Saturday, June 14, 2014
The West Indies cricket team, trailing 0–1 in the current Test series against New Zealand, will have to do without the services of allrounder Dwayne Bravo after he again damaged his hamstring and will be out for up to a month. Bravo was called up for a preparatory camp to prepare for the current series in Barbados. The right-hander took active part in the camp but was declared not fit enough to take on the rigours of a five-day Test match. He was expected to be in the fray for the second Test that begins on Monday at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain but re-injured his hamstring and will now not be available to make his much anticipated return to Test cricket.
Meanwhile, the West Indies team for the second Test flew into Trinidad last night and today, will begin preparations for the second Test. The Caribbean boys went under to the Kiwis by 186 runs in the opening match of the series at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Wednesday, the fourth day of the Test. Skipper Denesh Ramdin lost his opening Test as West Indies captain but will be looking forward to make amends in the second match, which will be played in front of his home crowd. Over the next few days the West Indies coaching staff is expected to do a lot of work with the batsmen, who failed miserably in the first Test. The West Indies tallied 262 in the first innings and 216 in the second. Things could have been far worse for them in the second innings were it not for a record last wicket stand of 82 between Shane Shillingford and Sulieman Benn.
New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum said he was expecting a backlash from the home team. “The West Indies are a very proud team and we expect them to come hard at us in Trinidad. They are not a team to roll over and we expect that they will be coming for us. There is not much we can do about that. All we have to do is to prepare well and stop focussing on the opposition. “I mean we have to focus on them in terms of their strength and weaknesses but at the same time we cannot forget our game. We need to keep fine tuning our game and take it from there. We have some very eager players with us and they want to do well badly and this has been working for us over the past year.”
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Good give the young men a chance. Time for some house cleaning
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Black Caps pondering over final XI
Sunday, June 15 2014
newsday
NEW ZEALAND are mulling over the Queen’s Park Oval pitch here as they contemplate their final XI for the Second Test against West Indies starting tomorrow.
The tourists fielded two seamers and two spinners in the First Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica last week, coming away with an emphatic 186-run victory inside four days.
However, coach Mike Hesson admits they are not too sure what to expect from the Queen’s Park Oval surface.
“I’ve heard contrasting views. Some have said it’s going to be a dustbowl and others have said they’re going to leave plenty of grass on it,” Hesson said.
“I’d expect something similar (to Kingston) but with (Kemar) Roach and (Jerome) Taylor they’ve got a couple of very good seamers so I thought they would have left a bit more life in it. For this Test they might see that as a different way to attack us.”
On a flat Sabina Park track, New Zealand were led by an eight-wicket haul from debutant off-spinner Mark Craig as he destroyed the Windies in both innings.
Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi grabbed three second innings wickets as West Indies, set 403 to win, tumbled to 216 all out.
If the pitch looks like it will favour seam, fast bowler Neil Wagner will be a serious consideration, with Sodhi sitting out, as Craig assumes the role of frontline spinner.
“With left-handers (Craig) is going to be our trump card. Ish didn’t bowl as well as he would have liked in the first innings but he bowled superbly in the second,” said Hesson. “They complemented each other really well and that’s what you need to win Tests away from home.”
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Shillingford doubt
‘Niggle’ could prompt bowling change for 2nd Test
By Roger Seepersad
Story Created: Jun 15, 2014 at 9:31 PM ECT
Express
West Indies find themselves in a familiar position heading into the second Test against New Zealand starting today at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain.
The hosts are one-down in the three-match series following a 186-run loss in four days at Sabina Park and West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin said they have learnt from their mistakes and will be coming harder at New Zealand to try and level the series.
“I think we tried (in the Jamaica Test)...They wore us down, they batted with a lot of patience,” said Ramdin, noting that the home team needed to take note of how the visitors batted and try to emulate them in Trinidad.
In the four days since the end of the first Test, Ramdin said they have been looking at some footage and talking about the opposition and how patient they were with bat and ball.
“We as batters need to spend more time at the crease and we need to do that in this game. We know they might come with a different attack but we are prepared for it,” the skipper added.
To try and turn their fortunes around, the West Indies have opted for a few changes to the squad, dropping out-of-form middle order batsman Marlon Samuels and opening batsman Kieran Powell and bringing in Jermaine Blackwood and Leon Johnson, who were both successful with the bat for the West Indies Sagicor High Performance Centre against Bangladesh A.
Yesterday, Ramdin said both replacements could be in line for a Test debut and that they might even have to tweak their bowling
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Johnson ‘elated’ with WI call-up
Story Created: Jun 14, 2014 at 9:37 PM ECT
Express
Guyanese middle order batsman Leon Johnson is ‘very happy and elated’ to be called up to the West Indies team for the second Test against New Zealand starting tomorrow at the Queen’s Park Oval.
Johnson, from Kumauni Creek in the Demerara River, opener Kraigg Brathwaite and middle order bat Jermain Blackwood were three changes made to the Windies squad after the team lost the first Test by 186 runs at Sabina Park last week.
“I just want to continue scoring runs as I have been doing and make meaningful contributions in whichever way I can to the team” Johnson told the Kaieteur News shortly before leaving for Trinidad and Tobago.
The talented player who also bowls useful spin made his first-class debut for Guyana against the Leewards at Enmore in 2004 when he was just 16.
Johnson has two hundreds and 19 fifties from 50 first-class matches and has been consistent this season for Guyana when he registered his maiden first-class to for his country in Antigua against the Leeward Islands in April.
“I think the main reason for my recent success is due to me maturing not only as a player but a person as well, so that has enabled me to understand the game and my own game better,” explained Johnson.
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New Zealand wins the toss and bats; second toss in a row that West Indies have lost, steups.
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Note ...All pictures courtesy WICB
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Brian Lara was on hand to present Jermaine Blackwood his first international cap, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 1st day, June 16, 2014
NEW ZEALAND 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
TWM Latham c Benn b Roach 82 163 10 0 50.30
HD Rutherford c Gayle b Taylor 3 37 22 0 0 13.63
KS Williamson c sub (JO Holder) b Gabriel 42 104 5 0 40.38
LRPL Taylor not out 17 34 3 0 50.00
BB McCullum* not out 4 4 1 0 100.00
Extras (b 2, lb 6, nb 3) 11
Total (3 wickets; 54 overs) 159 (2.94 runs per over)
To batJDS Neesham, BJ Watling†, TG Southee, IS Sodhi, MD Craig, TA Boult
Fall of wickets 1-16 (Rutherford, 8.1 ov), 2-120 (Williamson, 42.4 ov), 3-146 (Latham, 51.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JE Taylor 11 4 15 1 1.36 (1nb)
KAJ Roach 14 1 45 1 3.21
ST Gabriel 10 2 33 1 3.30 (2nb)
SJ Benn 19 3 58 0 3.05
Lunch ..
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Jerome Taylor in action at Queen's Park Oval,
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Kane Williamson plays the ball behind point
Inshan Ali: "To the West Indies Board of Control, are you for real? Why isn't Sunil Narine in the team for the second match? Maybe the cricket board for the West Indies can tell me why. If they are basing their reason that Sunil Narine did not report on June 1st, and decided to play in the final IPL game which his team won, they, the selectors of the West Team need to be fired.
Reason: Brendon McCullum played the match two days earlier for Chennai. Had Chennai won that match, he would have played the final match on June 1st against Narine's team. I doubt strongly that the New Zealand selectors would have dropped him because he is the captain. "
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Kemar Roach appeals for a wicket
Frenetic last few minutes of the second session, during which West Indies have reprieved Ross Taylor thrice. They have sent back both Williamson and Latham, though, and will be back to probe at McCullum and Taylor after tea. Join us at 3 pm
DC: "Quite frankly i think the pressure of captaincy has taken a toll on Ramdin's wicket keeping. The byes and indecisiveness of not going at that chance are evidence. "
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Tom Latham brings up his fifty
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54.2
Benn to McCullum, OUT, appeal for leg before, umpire Tucker says no, Benn wants the review immediately, Windies decide to go for it, McCullum is caught on the crease as this carries in to him from a length, and hits the back leg, ball tracker shows it hitting middle near the top, there is no HotSpot, but there does not seem to be an inside edge, and after an eternity, umpire Tucker raises the finger, so finally, some reward for Benn, and no thanks to any Windies fielder
BB McCullum lbw b Benn 4 (6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
End of over 57 (1 run) New Zealand 167/4
LRPL Taylor 18 (42b 3x4 0x6)
JDS Neesham 5 (8b 1x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 21-3-60-1
KAJ Roach 15-1-49-1
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61.5
Taylor to Neesham, OUT, West Indies continue their resurgence today, Neesham flashes at a short and wide one, and Gayle takes the screamer at first slip
JDS Neesham c Gayle b Taylor 15 (34m 25b 2x4 0x6) SR: 60.00
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Shannon Gabriel bends his back
End of over 63 (1 run) New Zealand 193/5
BJ Watling 0 (6b 0x4 0x6)
LRPL Taylor 34 (55b 6x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 24-3-69-1
JE Taylor 12-4-20-2
Jordanious77: "The BIG difference between McCullum and Narine is McCullum was told he could play the IPL finals. Whereas I'm guessing Narine was told to leave his IPL side and join the WI team and he made his decision clear. I guarentee that if McCullum was asked to join up with NZ early he would have. McCullum would put his country first, and Narine didn't. That is the main point of difference here. If McCullum had been asked to come back early and he didn't, i'm 100% sure NZ would have dropped him for the tests as well. Narine lacked respect for the team and ALL team managements have to stand up to players not putting their team first in order to create a winning culture."
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Jermaine Blackwood receives his first international cap, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 1st day, June 16, 2014
Ticcups: "How can we sit in our living rooms and question Narine's loyalty to WI cricket, when he put in the time(years) and effort to become skilled enough to be a world class spinner. These players have all dreamed of playing for the WI their whole lives, if you ask anyone of them I am sure they would put WI first, but they all are acutely aware that there is still a lot of life to go after cricket, and who will take care of them then? WICB, I think not."
63.4
Taylor to Watling, OUT, another one to Taylor, Watling pushes without moving his feet at a pitched up ball outside off and feathers it through to the keeper
BJ Watling c †Ramdin b Taylor 0 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
End of over 64 (5 runs) New Zealand 198/6
IS Sodhi 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)
LRPL Taylor 39 (57b 7x4 0x6)
JE Taylor 13-4-25-3
SJ Benn 24-3-69-1
Trevor E Smith: "If Narine was lying on a beach somewhere I could understand. But alas, he was putting his skills to the test against very stiff competition. Precisely the kind of preparation that the Windies desperately need. Sometimes we make rules and stick them without any regard for what is in the best interest of all stakeholders in each situation."
67.2
Taylor to Sodhi, OUT, Jerome Taylor continues to chip away at New Zealand, and Gayle holds on to another one at first slip, Sodhi is half forward as he pushes at an away moving full delivery, and thick-edges to Gayle
IS Sodhi c Gayle b Taylor 0 (10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
New Zealand 199/7 (67.3 ov)
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Shannon Gabriel picked up the wicket of Kane Williamson, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 1st day, June 16, 2014
End of over 68 (7 runs) New Zealand 206/7
TG Southee 7 (4b 1x4 0x6)
LRPL Taylor 39 (69b 7x4 0x6)
JE Taylor 15-4-33-4
SJ Benn 26-5-69-1
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any online links for the match?
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any online links for the match?
Here it is .....http://www.cricmelive.com/sky-sports-3-live-streaming.php (http://www.cricmelive.com/sky-sports-3-live-streaming.php)
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Jerome Taylor is congratulated by Denesh Ramdin
End of over 70 (1 run) New Zealand 210/7
TG Southee 10 (13b 1x4 0x6)
LRPL Taylor 40 (72b 7x4 0x6)
JE Taylor 16-4-34-4
SJ Benn 27-5-72-1
70.1
Benn to Southee, OUT, Benn in action right after drinks, Southee is given leg-before by umpire Tucker and reviews after consulting with Taylor, Benn tosses it up, Southee plays from the crease, he is struck absolutely plumb in front, ball tracker shows that is hitting middle
TG Southee lbw b Benn 10 (14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 71.42
New Zealand 210/8 (70.1 ov)
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71.3
Gabriel to Craig, OUTCraig dabs at a rising back of a length ball, and edges it to second slip, where Darren Bravo takes a sharp catch low to his right
MD Craig c Bravo b Gabriel 4 (7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 57.14
New Zealand 215/9 (71.3 ov)
End of over 72 (7 runs) New Zealand 217/9
TA Boult 1 (3b 0x4 0x6)
LRPL Taylor 41 (73b 7x4 0x6)
ST Gabriel 11-2-40-2
SJ Benn 28-6-72-2
End of over 74 (3 runs) New Zealand 220/9
TA Boult 1 (11b 0x4 0x6)
LRPL Taylor 44 (77b 7x4 0x6)
ST Gabriel 12-2-43-2
JE Taylor 17-5-34-4
74.4
Benn to Boult, OUT, that has to be it, and it is, Benn gets his third, just reward after seeing so many chances go down off his bowling, Boult caught on the crease with the arm ball, he is given, they review it, ball tracker has that hitting the top of leg stump
TA Boult lbw b Benn 1 (12b 0x4 0x6) SR: 8.33
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Sulieman Benn appeals for an lbw chance, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 1st day, June 16, 2014
New Zealand 221 (74.4 ov) all out
West Indies 0/0
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat
New Zealand have lost their last nine wickets for 101 runs. What a comeback from the home bowlers, and that amid their fielders missing so many opportunities
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Innings break - Day 1
NEW ZEALAND 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
TWM Latham c Benn b Roach 82 229 163 10 0 50.30
HD Rutherford c Gayle b Taylor 3 37 22 0 0 13.63
KS Williamson c sub (JO Holder) b Gabriel 42 153 104 5 0 40.38
LRPL Taylor not out 45 159 80 7 0 56.25
BB McCullum* lbw b Benn 4 12 6 1 0 66.66
JDS Neesham c Gayle b Taylor 15 34 25 2 0 60.00
BJ Watling† c †Ramdin b Taylor 0 9 8 0 0 0.00
IS Sodhi c Gayle b Taylor 0 16 10 0 0 0.00
TG Southee lbw b Benn 10 21 14 1 0 71.42
MD Craig c Bravo b Gabriel 4 9 7 1 0 57.14
TA Boult lbw b Benn 1 19 12 0 0 8.33
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 2, nb 3) 15
Total (all out; 74.4 overs; 349 mins) 221 (2.95 runs per over)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JE Taylor 17 5 34 4 2.00 (1nb, 1w)
KAJ Roach 17 1 61 1 3.58
ST Gabriel 12 2 43 2 3.58 (2nb, 1w)
SJ Benn 28.4 6 73 3 2.54
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New Zealand have lost their last nine wickets for 101 runs. What a comeback from the home bowlers, and that amid their fielders missing so many opportunities. Most of the New Zealand batsman contributing to their dismissals, including the solid Tom Latham, who made his third successive fifty. The pitch had eased out after the first hour, but New Zealand have ceded the advantage Latham had built up for them. There is still some help out there, and West Indies are faced with just under half an hour of batting
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Gayle and Brathwaite walk out to open. Boult has the new ball
End of over 1 (maiden) West Indies 0/0
CH Gayle 0 (6b 0x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 0 (0b 0x4 0x6)
End of over 2 (1 run) West Indies 1/0
CH Gayle 0 (9b 0x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 1 (3b 0x4 0x6)
TG Southee 1-0-1-0
TA Boult 1-1-0-0
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Chris Gayle is bowled, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 1st day, June 16, 2014
2.6
Boult to Gayle, OUT, what a delivery, Boult goes through Gayle and uproots the off stump
CH Gayle b Boult 1 (11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 9.09
End of over 3 (3 runs) West Indies 4/1
KC Brathwaite 3 (7b 0x4 0x6)
TA Boult 2-1-3-1
TG Southee 1-0-1-0
End of over 4 (maiden) West Indies 4/1
KC Brathwaite 3 (13b 0x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 0 (0b 0x4 0x6)
TG Southee 2-1-1-0
TA Boult 2-1-3-1
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End of over 7 (1 run) West Indies 6/1
SJ Benn 0 (8b 0x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 5 (23b 0x4 0x6)
TA Boult 4-2-4-1
TG Southee 3-1-2-0
Ten wickets going down in two sessions. New Zealand squandering a superb start before they pulled one back late in the day with the wicket of Gayle. The ball is still new and it will be a testing first hour for the hosts on day two. Will also be interesting to see how the two NZ spinners go, with Benn finding plenty of bounce and some turn on occasion.
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Hits and misses
Windies bowlers restrict Black Caps
By \\\\\ Garth Wattley
Story Created: Jun 16, 2014 at 9:46 PM ECT
Express
Had the West Indies fielders been World Cup footballers, they would have been hauled off the field for missing six chances against New Zealand yesterday. But the opposition did not make them pay. A three-wicket burst by Jerome Taylor after tea, and better catching saw to that, as the Black Caps were curtailed for 221 on the opening day of the second Test.
And perhaps the tone for this match was set when in the seven overs West Indies batted before the close, late swing by Trent Boult plucked out Chris Gayle’s off-stump, leaving nightwatchman Sulieman Benn to go to the close with Kraigg Brathwaite at six for one.
Taylor’s perfect length in a five-over spell (5-0-19-3) rescued a day at the Queen’s Park Oval that was going to pieces for Denesh Ramdin and his men before the break. But Taylor removed Jimmy Neesham, BJ Watling and Ish Sodhi to seize the advantage for the Windies, after Benn had made the initial breakthrough, winning an lbw decision via the Decision Review System (DRS) against visiting captain Brendon McCullum.
Giant left-arm spinner Benn (28.4-6-73-3) and Shannon Gabriel (12-2-43-2), playing his first Test at home—replacing the injured Shane Shilingford—chipped in with four wickets between them as New Zealand collapsed. They lost seven wickets for 62 runs.
Benn, victim of four of the six missed opportunities, was eventually rewarded for utilising his height and the bounce the pitch offered him; while Taylor (17-5-34-4) who also removed opener Hamish Rutherford (in for Peter Fulton) in the first session, kept his length just full enough — especially in that post tea session — to entice his victims into giving catches.
New Zealand’s rapid decline in the afternoon left WI skipper Denesh Ramdin with a smile on his face. That smile was not there however in the last over to tea, when in the closing minutes of the session, debutant Jermaine Blackwood missed Ross Taylor (45 not out) at backward point, and in the last over, Ramdin himself and solitary slip Chris Gayle allowed a Taylor edge to sail between them, and Kirk Edwards grassed a one-handed effort very close in on the on-side, next ball, the last of the session.
Those were three escapes for Taylor with just 17 to his name. He would get a fourth later before Benn ended the innings with the wicket of Trent Boult.
“What happened was that we created the chances and once that was happening we knew we could do it again,” an unperturbed Taylor said of those second session mishaps.
He certainly kept his cool to deliver in a way the West Indies have missed too often in his absence of nearly five years.
The let-offs, while not reflecting well on the choice of shot by the batsmen, was also an indication that the bowlers could get more joy from this surface than they did in Jamaica. So while perfect foil Benn and quicks Taylor, Gabriel and Kemar Roach would have been pleased to keep the total below 250 after opener Tom Latham (82, 229 minutes, 10 fours) and Kane Williamson (42, 153 minutes, five fours) had posted 105 for the second wicket.
The Windies only removed Rutherford in the first session, but might have done better had they collectively made the batsmen play at more balls after McCullum had won the toss and decided to bat first again.
Latham and Williamson put on 105 for the second wicket after left-hander Rutherford followed a ball he could have left and gave Gayle the first of his three catches in the innings.
Latham, with his third consecutive half-century of the series was threatening to hold up the Windies even further. But a tumbling low catch by Benn in the gully ended his resistance after lunch at 146 for three. Big Benn did not miss his targets on this day.
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Day 2
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Tim Southee celebrates Suliemann Benn's wicket, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 2nd day, June 17, 2014
11.3
Southee to Benn, OUT, no need of reviews this time, Southee has cleaned up the nightwatchman, length ball, pitching middle, coming in, hits the pad and ricochets onto the stumps
SJ Benn b Southee 4 (20b 1x4 0x6) SR: 20.00
End of over 12 (wicket maiden) West Indies 16/2
KA Edwards 0 (3b 0x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 6 (38b 0x4 0x6)
TG Southee 6-3-7-1
TA Boult 6-3-5-1
End of over 16 (7 runs) West Indies 32/2
KA Edwards 12 (22b 1x4 1x6)
KC Brathwaite 9 (43b 0x4 0x6)
MD Craig 1-0-7-0
TA Boult 8-3-11-1
End of over 21 (6 runs) West Indies 52/2
KC Brathwaite 24 (63b 1x4 0x6)
KA Edwards 17 (32b 2x4 1x6)
TG Southee 9-3-17-1
MD Craig 3-0-16-0
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End of over 26 (6 runs) West Indies 82/2
KA Edwards 37 (47b 6x4 1x6)
KC Brathwaite 34 (78b 3x4 0x6)
JDS Neesham 3-0-22-0
MD Craig 5-1-24-0
James: "In fairness to Braithwaite, the scoreboard has been rattling along recently. As ever with West Indies, need to carry on, and not get carried away."
R Sawh: "Avenash is right, and it's probably no surprise that Brathwaite considers Chanderpaul to be his favorite batsman. Along with Shiv's son, Tagenarine, there may be a whole new generation of stubborn defenders in the future! "
The ball is being changed, the previous one has landed on the roof the stadium. Southee has a chat with umpire Gould as he rubs it on his trousers
(http://s14.postimg.org/5k50e6yht/Kirk_Edwards_scored_an_attacking_half_century_W.jpg)
Kirk Edwards scored an attacking half-century, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 2nd day, June 17, 2014
End of over 28 (6 runs) West Indies 100/2
KA Edwards 49 (53b 7x4 2x6)
KC Brathwaite 40 (84b 4x4 0x6)
JDS Neesham 4-0-28-0
MD Craig 6-1-36-0
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30.3
Sodhi to Edwards, OUT, lovely again, and this time Sodhi has something to show for it too, flights it again, pitches right on off stump, quite some turn takes a thin edge as Edwards pushes forward to defend, Watling snaps it up
KA Edwards c †Watling b Sodhi 55 (64b 7x4 3x6) SR: 85.93
End of over 31 (11 runs) West Indies 119/3
DM Bravo 10 (3b 2x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 43 (88b 4x4 0x6)
IS Sodhi 1-0-11-1
TA Boult 10-3-15-1
End of over 32 (1 run) West Indies 120/3
DM Bravo 10 (7b 2x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 44 (90b 4x4 0x6)
TA Boult 11-3-16-1
IS Sodhi 1-0-11-1
End of over 34 (maiden) West Indies 124/3
DM Bravo 10 (13b 2x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 48 (96b 5x4 0x6)
TA Boult 12-4-16-1
IS Sodhi 2-0-15-1
Its Lunch ....
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End of over 52 (2 runs) West Indies 175/3
KC Brathwaite 72 (153b 7x4 0x6)
DM Bravo 37 (64b 5x4 0x6)
TA Boult 15-4-22-1
MD Craig 13-2-55-0
Don: "I think today has been a reality check for Mark Craig and the NZ team. Debut 8 wickets, playing at the international level must have seemed so easy just the match before. However, at this level if you aren't right at the top of your game every ball, every session you'll find yourself in trouble very quickly. Although when a team is going through a successful patch its good for them to find themselves on the back foot every now and again, just as a reminder that at this level you can never take it easy. "
(http://s14.postimg.org/5vmgqyext/Kraigg_Brathwaite_pulls_West_Indies_v_New_Zeala.jpg)
Kraigg Brathwaite pulls, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 2nd day, June 17, 2014
End of over 55 (4 runs) West Indies 191/3
DM Bravo 48 (78b 7x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 77 (157b 8x4 0x6)
MD Craig 15-2-70-0
TA Boult 16-4-23-1
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Chris R: "WI fans are impossible to please. When we collapse in a heap we are batting too 'wild' When a batsman digs in we are batting too slow. Not sure what WI fans want"
Annan Boodram: "@ Chris R: not sure what Windies fans you/'re referring to. The real fans, the ones who sleep, dream and breathe our cricket want exactly what we're seeing here right now. And we would be in heaven if we see this consistently."
End of over 56 (2 runs) West Indies 193/3
KC Brathwaite 78 (160b 8x4 0x6)
DM Bravo 49 (81b 7x4 0x6)
IS Sodhi 6-0-29-1
MD Craig 15-2-70-0
End of over 57 (9 runs) West Indies 202/3
KC Brathwaite 82 (164b 9x4 0x6)
DM Bravo 54 (83b 8x4 0x6)
JDS Neesham 5-0-37-0
IS Sodhi 6-0-29-1
Big Mike: "I'm absolutely loving what I'm seeing...not too far from the Oval and I think I'm gonna stop in and show my appreciation for a good knock from Braithwaite. Loving the grit and grind he's showing. I do think Gayle should be down to #5 though."
End of over 61 (2 runs) West Indies 209/3
DM Bravo 58 (101b 8x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 85 (170b 9x4 0x6)
JDS Neesham 7-0-43-0
IS Sodhi 8-1-30-1
The partnership has grown to exactly 100 at the tea break. West Indies only 12 behind New Zealand now. Little support for Southee and Boult. Craig just not allowed to settle down, Sodhi inconsistent and Neesham all over the place.
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End of over 62 (1 run) West Indies 210/3
KC Brathwaite 86 (176b 9x4 0x6)
DM Bravo 58 (101b 8x4 0x6)
IS Sodhi 9-1-31-1
JDS Neesham 7-0-43-0
End of over 64 (12 runs) West Indies 224/3
DM Bravo 69 (105b 9x4 1x6)
KC Brathwaite 89 (184b 9x4 0x6)
IS Sodhi 10-1-43-1
TG Southee 16-4-40-1
End of over 66 (14 runs) West Indies 246/3
DM Bravo 83 (111b 9x4 3x6)
KC Brathwaite 97 (190b 11x4 0x6)
IS Sodhi 11-1-57-1
TG Southee 17-4-48-1
Leo: "Very poor selection by New Zealand, going into a match with 2 inexperienced spinners (even at first class level) and only a part time medium pacer to fall back on. Really should have picked Neil Wagner, seems like the perfect wicket for him to work with the old ball."
End of over 68 (2 runs) West Indies 251/3
KC Brathwaite 100 (200b 11x4 0x6)
DM Bravo 85 (113b 9x4 3x6)
KS Williamson 1-0-2-0
JDS Neesham 8-0-46-0
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End of over 69 (5 runs) West Indies 256/3
DM Bravo 89 (119b 9x4 3x6)
KC Brathwaite 100 (200b 11x4 0x6)
JDS Neesham 9-0-51-0
KS Williamson 1-0-2-0
End of over 71 (8 runs) West Indies 265/3
DM Bravo 95 (122b 10x4 3x6)
KC Brathwaite 103 (209b 11x4 0x6)
JDS Neesham 10-0-59-0
KS Williamson 2-0-3-0
End of over 72 (5 runs) West Indies 270/3
DM Bravo 100 (128b 11x4 3x6)
KC Brathwaite 103 (209b 11x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 3-0-8-0
JDS Neesham 10-0-59-0
(http://s3.postimg.org/bogl8t9sj/Darren_Bravo_takes_off_after_reaching_his_first.jpg)
Darren Bravo takes off after reaching his first hundred on his home ground, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 2nd day, June 17, 2014
Vee: "This Thursday and Friday are public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago which is when I intended to go down to the Oval and soak in some of the cricket so I hope the game lasts until then. Poor planning though by the WICB, two holidays and the weekend would have made for four days of cricket with a much better turnout."
Mark: "Darren Bravo jumped and punched the air like BC Lara did when he got to 400 a few years ago. Great batting from Bravo, was way over due for a 100."
End of over 78 (7 runs) West Indies 287/3
DM Bravo 107 (151b 11x4 4x6)
KC Brathwaite 113 (222b 11x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 6-1-18-0
MD Craig 18-2-77-0
Kelvin: "I think New Zealand made an error in selection this game. Their strong suit is their pace line up and this track definately offers more to pace bowlers than the last Test. They should have picked Wagner instead of Sodhi. Kane Williamson is a more than capable 2nd spinner if he is needed."
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End of over 79 (4 runs) West Indies 291/3
KC Brathwaite 115 (226b 11x4 0x6)
DM Bravo 109 (153b 11x4 4x6)
MD Craig 19-2-81-0
KS Williamson 6-1-18-0
79.2
Williamson to Bravo, OUTBravo holes out moments before the new ball, he is furious with himself, it was tossed up on middle, Bravo had a heave at it, across the line, long off ran in and took the top-edge
DM Bravo c Craig b Williamson 109 (155b 11x4 4x6) SR: 70.32
End of over 80 (wicket maiden) West Indies 291/4
S Chanderpaul 0 (4b 0x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 115 (226b 11x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 7-2-18-1
MD Craig 19-2-81-0
Ben: "Having now seen West Indies a few times in the past year playing our Black Caps, I think there is plenty of reason for West Indian fans to be hopeful about the future of this batting lineup. Edwards and Bravo both look like they could be solid and consistent contributors, and Brathwaite is showing today that maybe he has something too. Now if they could just find some fast bowlers like they had in the 80s and 90s, and they could be on their way back up."
The new ball is available now, and New Zealand have taken it. three slips, two gullies for Boult
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End of over 81 (3 runs) West Indies 294/4
S Chanderpaul 2 (6b 0x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 116 (230b 11x4 0x6)
TA Boult 17-4-26-1
KS Williamson 7-2-18-1
End of over 83 (2 runs) West Indies 300/4
S Chanderpaul 4 (12b 0x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 120 (236b 12x4 0x6)
TA Boult 18-4-28-1
TG Southee 18-4-52-1
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Kraigg Brathwaite raises his bat on reaching his first century, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 2nd day, June 17, 2014
End of over 85 (maiden) West Indies 300/4
S Chanderpaul 4 (18b 0x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 120 (242b 12x4 0x6)
TA Boult 19-5-28-1
TG Southee 19-5-52-1
End of over 86 (3 runs) West Indies 303/4
KC Brathwaite 123 (248b 12x4 0x6)
S Chanderpaul 4 (18b 0x4 0x6)
TG Southee 20-5-55-1
TA Boult 19-5-28-1
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88.2
Boult to Brathwaite, OUT, uh oh, Brathwaite falls at the fag end of the day, tries to drive this good length delivery, it swings in and he only succeeds in popping it straight back to the bowler
KC Brathwaite c & b Boult 129 (258b 13x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
Roach is the nightwatchman
New Zealand 221
West Indies 310/5 (88.2 ov)
West Indies lead by 89 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
End of over 89 (1 run) West Indies 310/5
KAJ Roach 0 (4b 0x4 0x6)
S Chanderpaul 4 (22b 0x4 0x6)
TA Boult 21-5-30-2
TG Southee 21-5-60-1
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New Zealand fielders crowd the cordon, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 2nd day, June 17, 2014
End of over 91 (maiden) West Indies 310/5
KAJ Roach 0 (10b 0x4 0x6)
S Chanderpaul 4 (28b 0x4 0x6)
IS Sodhi 12-2-57-1
TG Southee 22-6-60-1
Umpires have another chat and this time they decide the light has deteriorated too much, and that will be it for the day....
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David Leggat: Taylor haunts Black Caps yet again
12:11 PM Tuesday Jun 17,
The last time New Zealand clapped eyes on Jerome Taylor he was belting them about Dunedin's University Oval en route to a maiden test century.
That was late in 2008 when, batting at No 8, his run-a-ball 106, as part of a 153-run stand with Shiv Chanderpaul, helped pull the West Indies from a dicey situation and ensure a draw.
Now, after a four and a half year absence from the international stage, Taylor's class has added fresh penetration to the West Indies attack.
His four for 34 spearheaded their running through New Zealand for 221 on the first day of the second test at Port-of-Spain today.
That comes after an impressive display of control in unhelpful conditions in the first test loss in Jamaica. Taylor's 37-16-65-4 for the match brought back control so badly missing from the seamers during their tour to New Zealand last summer.
Jimmy Neesham, BJ Watling and Ish Sodhi were whisked out in similar fashion, edging catches behind the wicket when pushing away from the body at deliveries swinging away in the space of 16 balls. Suddenly 192 for four became 199 for seven and the shape of the game had changed significantly.
Taylor's most celebrated performance was ripping England out for 51 on his home ground at Sabina Park in early 2009. Taylor's five for 11 - Strauss, Cook, Pietersen, Collingwood and Prior, no mean haul - set up an innings and 23-run win.
Nine months later he was gone, bedevilled by injury, and that seemed his lot. For a long time it appeared to have brought a premature end on a burgeoning career, which began 11 years ago.
Instead Taylor is back, still just 29, and setting high standards for the West Indian seamers.
As for New Zealand, Hamish Rutherford fared no better than Peter Fulton at the top of the order, 22 balls over three before an edge to slip, and had Ross Taylor not been badly missed in consecutive balls on 13 and 17, 221 would have been substantially trimmed.
Trent Boult's peach to remove Chris Gayle before stumps slightly redressed things. But New Zealand have plenty to do in the coming days to keep their nose in front in the series.
- NZ Herald
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Bravo, Brathwaite grateful for help
By Garth Wattley
Story Created: Jun 17, 2014 at 11:52 PM ECT
Express
When Kraigg Brathwaite reached his first Test century and Darren Bravo his first in the Caribbean and on home soil, they were not thinking of themselves only.
Bravo ran towards where his parents sat in the stands and also dedicated his 109 to the Special Olympics athletes of Trinidad and Tobago. He also took the time to thank brother Dwayne for the chat they had before the match, and mentor Brian Lara.
“Brian is my role model,” Bravo said after scoring his sixth Test century.
“When he scored his first hundred (in T&T), I was right up in the members stand looking on, so I knew that whenever I got the opportunity, I wanted to go out there and actually make a hundred on my home ground. It was my first hundred in the Caribbean, so it was a special one, knowing I made it in front of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.”
Bravo also spoke about timely advice from the former West Indies ace batsman Lara before the match. “He just told me that I should concentrate as much as possible. He has been looking at me for quite some time and he believes that my concentration tends to lack a little bit. He told me that whenever I get past 30, my average tends to be in the high 70s, so what he was trying to say, whenever you get a start it’s very important that you carry on, so I listened to him. It was a great feeling and I would like to thank him very, very much.”
Brathwaite, 21, made the most of his recall to the Test side for this match with his 129, spread over six hours. And when he got the single that took him to three figures, there was one he remembered instantly.
“I thought about my father,“ said Brathwaite, to whom he dedicated the knock. The opener also mentioned the work he did recently with “positive person” Sir Viv Richards at the Sagicor High Performance Centre, which has helped with his new approach to batting.
He was also grateful to Bravo with whom he put on 182, a record for the fourth wicket against New Zealand. “Obviously he’s a good player. He was talking to me a lot, telling me to play straight and it worked out for both of us,” he said.
And Bravo also was full of praise for his batting partner.
“I must say very well done to Kraigg. That was a fantastic innings. He eased the pressure on me the way he batted. He’s very disciplined, so I was happy to bat with him, I’m happy that myself and Kraigg were able to put the team in the driving seat.”
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Oval distraction
Story Created: Jun 17, 2014 at 11:37 PM ECT
express
A day at the cricket has been a less frequent experience for me this season; and not by design. But for this West Indies versus New Zealand Test match, I am determined to make up for lost time; even if that means taking my eyes off the World Cup for a couple hours. World Cup fever though is like dust; it gets into everything, including the Queen’s Park Oval.
Monday, 11.30am,
Gerry Gomez Media centre
“Portugal is a football team?” West Indies Cricket Board media officer Adriel “Woody” Richard is asking, challenge ripe in his tone. The first match for Woody’s beloved Germans and the Portuguese is less than half hour away, but he is in a belligerent mood. He gets some support. “Portugal is something to eat!” chimes in the local cricket board’s media man Zaid Mohammed.
That is what Woody is expecting his Germans will do in a few minutes. The football talk is livening up the room in a way the cricket is not doing. Guardian reporter Venode Mamchan is offering to bring coffee to various people. He’s sure they will need it as New Zealand proceed calmly to lunch, only one wicket down for 86.
The Oval pitch may have a tinge of encouraging green, but there seemed to be no special challenge for the batsmen. West Indies, playing Shannon Gabriel for the injured Shane Shillingford, did not make Tim Latham, Hamish Rutherford and Kane Williamson play at the ball often enough, not in areas that would get them out. Lunch score not encouraging: 81-1
2.45pm
The Germans feasted on their Portugal, 4-0. Woody can’t stop talking about it. But the West Indies players could not be as content having their tea right now. They got two more wickets in the second session. But they should have had more. The Windies missed about five chances after lunch, four of them going to hand.
Dangerous Ross Taylor tried his best to get out. He cut straight to new boy Jermaine Blackwood. Ball went through him. Bowler Sulieman Benn was not pleased.
Taylor then gave catching practice to Denesh Ramdin and Chris Gayle. He put the ball between them and they watched it and each other as it went for four. Why only one slip for your fast bowler at this stage?
And just to test whether this was one of those days when he could do anything and get away with hit, Ross struck the same bowler Jerome Taylor up the on-side of the pitch, only for the man placed close-in there, Kirk Edwards to put down the catch.
With that they all went to tea. How different 159 for three would have been but for all that! Big Benn only had one wicket up to that time, but he had applied enough pressure to have taken about three.
Three is what he eventually ended up with though. The last session turned the day around. Taylor stepped it up, bowling consistently on a full length, the fielders started holding catches again and the wickets began tumbling down.
West Indies have so missed Taylor’s skill with the ball and awareness of what is required in a given situation. Hope he can stay fit. Taylor and Benn put WI back in the match with New Zealand all out for 221. Good comeback. But will those missed chances still turn out to be a factor later on?
5.20pm
End of play near; end of Gayle already. Big man looked very uncertain at the crease, and did not cover his off-stump for the one that Trent Boult bowled him with. Benn replaced him for night watchman work. Wish they would stop with that. Let the specialists go and bat. This will be an early wicket in the morning.
Tuesday, 10.30am
Took the bowlers four-and-a-half overs to get rid of Benn. It was a bit much to expect he would last too long against the still new ball. Kirk Edwards now gets the chance to earn his pay.
Lunch, noon
Good morning’s play. Entertaining. Surprising really.
Didn’t expect that West Indian batsmen, so lacking in runs lately, to have played so positively. Give Edwards credit. He didn’t let rookie off-spinner Mark Craig settle. Played sweetly through the covers and thumped him for a couple sixes too. Jimmy Neesham also got slapped around too in his 55.
The big surprise was that Kraigg Brathwaite took his cue. He shed his default slow mode and attacked Craig, even when New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum packed the avenue through midwicket for the off-spinner.
Even when Edwards went, Darren Bravo got 10 runs off his first three balls. It was good cricket, the batsmen attacking and the fielding side staying on the attack, close fielders flocking around the batsmen like corbeaux circling for food.
Gus Logie, West Indies hero and coach of not so long ago was there taking it all in. Not too many others were there with him, such are the times, so different to when he played Tests here. Didn’t miss the World Cup this morning. Hope the rest of this match is as much of a distraction.
garth.wattley@trinidadexpress.com
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Pictures courtesy WICB
Chanderpaul and Roach walk out in bright sunshine. We are all set to go. Southee will start off proceedings. Two slips and as many gullies
The cracks on the pitch haven't opened up with the grass cover holding them together, says Jeff Dujon on air. Still decent batting conditions then. There are a few rough areas, not quite rough enough yet, Dujon adds
End of over 92 (2 runs) West Indies 312/5
KAJ Roach 1 (15b 0x4 0x6)
S Chanderpaul 5 (29b 0x4 0x6)
TG Southee 23-6-62-1
IS Sodhi 12-2-57-1
End of over 96 (maiden) West Indies 321/5
KAJ Roach 3 (26b 0x4 0x6)
S Chanderpaul 12 (42b 1x4 0x6)
TG Southee 25-7-63-1
TA Boult 23-5-38-2
End of over 100 (6 runs) West Indies 333/5
S Chanderpaul 20 (53b 2x4 0x6)
KAJ Roach 6 (40b 0x4 0x6)
MD Craig 20-2-87-0
TA Boult 25-5-43-2
100.1
Boult to Roach, OUT, Boult strikes, similar to the manner in which Brathwaite fell, inswinger bouncing from a good length, Roach leaning into the stroke too much, and pops up a simple catch to midwicket
KAJ Roach c Neesham b Boult 6 (41b 0x4 0x6) SR: 14.63
devils-advocate: "to be fair, that would be nearly all the time: WI have had their backs to the wall more often than not since the late 90s. I worry what's in store for them when he retires (what is the pension age in Guyana?)..."
Boult to continue..
West Indies 333/6 (100.1 ov)
West Indies lead by 112 runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
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End of over 101 (wicket maiden) West Indies 333/6
J Blackwood 0 (5b 0x4 0x6)
S Chanderpaul 20 (53b 2x4 0x6)
TA Boult 26-6-43-3
MD Craig 20-2-87-0
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Jermaine Blackwood hits through the off side,
End of over 103 (10 runs) West Indies 343/6
J Blackwood 10 (11b 1x4 1x6)
S Chanderpaul 20 (59b 2x4 0x6)
TA Boult 27-6-53-3
MD Craig 21-3-87-0
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I am happy to see the young ones standing up. Next Drop Gayle
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WiFan: "It makes me angry when fans and experts alike go on about Chanders being crab-like and stodgy as if that is all there is to his batting. If you consider his strokeplay from the point of making contact with the ball, it is as classy and complete as any of the other greats - he has all the shots in the book, including genuine pull and hook shots, and no more than the standard weaknesses outside off. "
End of over 104 (12 runs) West Indies 355/6
S Chanderpaul 31 (64b 3x4 1x6)
J Blackwood 11 (12b 1x4 1x6)
MD Craig 22-3-99-0
TA Boult 27-6-53-3
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I am happy to see the young ones standing up. Next Drop Gayle
Yes I agree ..new Captain start with the young ones ....
ok Blackwood we need a ton ...
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105.3
Craig to Blackwood, no run, dropped by Latham at forward short leg, Blackwood worked it low to him from deep in the crease, but it went through the fielder's fingers, Craig is anguished
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul was lbw padding up
End of over 108 (maiden) West Indies 357/6
S Chanderpaul 33 (76b 3x4 1x6)
J Blackwood 11 (24b 1x4 1x6)
MD Craig 24-4-100-0
TG Southee 28-8-65-1
End of over 111 (5 runs) West Indies 365/6
J Blackwood 16 (35b 2x4 1x6)
S Chanderpaul 36 (83b 3x4 1x6)
IS Sodhi 14-2-64-1
MD Craig 25-4-101-0
114.1
Sodhi to Chanderpaul, OUT, massive shout for lbw as Chanderpaul pads up to a legbreak outside off, not given, and New Zealand will review it, there was a lot of turn on that, now then, ball tracker has that hitting leg stump on the inside, and umpire Gould raises the finger, what a big strike as lunch approaches
S Chanderpaul lbw b Sodhi 47 (93b 5x4 1x6) SR: 50.53
West Indies 380/7 (114.1 ov)
West Indies lead by 159 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
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End of over 117 (4 runs) West Indies 394/7
D Ramdin 4 (9b 0x4 0x6)
J Blackwood 30 (52b 3x4 2x6)
IS Sodhi 17-2-85-2
MD Craig 28-4-109-0
End of over 118 (2 runs) West Indies 396/7
J Blackwood 31 (57b 3x4 2x6)
D Ramdin 5 (10b 0x4 0x6)
MD Craig 29-4-111-0
IS Sodhi 17-2-85-2
The lead has swelled to 175, as 86 runs came in the session from 27 overs
kb: "Blackwood has 30 more runs than what samuels would have made based on his recent form."
Its Lunch ...
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good knock blackwood
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now for taylor to put some bat on ball to frustrate dem more
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End of over 130 (5 runs) West Indies 443/7
J Blackwood50 (93b 5x4 2x6)
D Ramdin32 (46b 4x4)
KS Williamson13-2-34-1
JDS Neesham11-0-63-0
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Jermaine Blackwood on his way to a half-century on debut, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 3rd day, June 18, 2014
End of over 135 (1 run) West Indies 450/7
D Ramdin32 (62b 4x4)
J Blackwood57 (107b 5x4 2x6)
JDS Neesham14-0-68-0
IS Sodhi18-2-86-2
135.3
Sodhi to Blackwood, OUT, and third ball he strikes, Blackwood pushing forward to try and defend a tossed up legbreak, pitches off, turns sharply, takes a thin edge to slip, amid some atrocious bowling, he comes up with such gems, end of an extremely handy debut innings
J Blackwood c Taylor b Sodhi 63 (146m 110b 6x4 2x6) SR: 57.27
End of over 136 (10 runs) West Indies 460/8
JE Taylor4 (3b 1x4)
D Ramdin32 (62b 4x4)
IS Sodhi19-2-96-3
JDS Neesham14-0-68-0
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Ish Sodhi in action, West Indies v New Zealand
136.5
Neesham to Ramdin, OUT, flying take from Ross Taylor at slip, Ramdin squared up by a short of a length ball dug in towards off, thick outside edge races to Taylor's right, but he goes almost horizontal in the air to pluck it, with both hands too
D Ramdin c Taylor b Neesham 32 (92m 67b 4x4 0x6) SR: 47.76
End of over 137 (wicket maiden) West Indies 460/9
ST Gabriel0 (1b)
JE Taylor4 (3b 1x4)
JDS Neesham15-1-68-1
IS Sodhi19-2-96-3
137.1
Sodhi to Taylor, OUT, Sodhi ends with four eventually, Taylor tries to go big, but tamely lofts this tossed up delivery for long off to run to his left and take a straightforward catch
JE Taylor c Craig b Sodhi 4 (11m 4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
Last three wickets falling in no time but West Indies have a sizeable lead. New Zealand will have a mini session of 25 minutes to survive till tea.
Sri: "Good grief, people, Sodhi is only 21 years old and this is only his 8th test! Give him a break. Not every leg-spinner can be Shane Warne out of the gate. Though the Kiwi cricket board might do well and hire Warnie to coach this lad."
RH: "Ish Sodi is playing because he takes wickets at critical junctures; please open your eyes beyond ...."
Joel: "Not even Warne can be Warne out of the gate. By his 8th test he had 3 innings of over 100 runs with 0 or 1 wicket."
New Zealand 221
West Indies 460
New Zealand trail by 239 runs with 10 wickets remaining
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McCullum and Latham will open the batting. Rutherford had not taken the field this morning with an upset stomach, and he cannot bat till the New Zealand innings is 164 minutes old, we are informed on air. Or he can come in at No 7, if New Zealand lose five wickets before that time elapses. Latham to take strike. Taylor from round the stumps, an angle that bothered Latham in the first innings
James: "Nasty little session coming up for New Zealand. 6 overs or so from Roach and Taylor. Little to gain and a lot to lose."
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Denesh Ramdin guides one to the off side, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 3rd day, June 18, 2014
End of over 1 (1 run) New Zealand 1/0
TWM Latham1 (6b)
BB McCullum0 (0b)
End of over 3 (maiden) New Zealand 4/0
TWM Latham2 (15b)
BB McCullum2 (3b)
JE Taylor2-1-1-0
KAJ Roach1-0-3-0
End of over 5 (maiden) New Zealand 4/0
TWM Latham2 (21b)
BB McCullum2 (9b)
JE Taylor3-2-1-0
KAJ Roach2-1-3-0
6.4
Taylor to McCullum, OUT, Taylor strikes, McCullum surprised with a full and fast one hurled in towards the stumps, tries to bring bat around front pad, misses the ball, it hits him in front of leg, umpire Gould thinks and raises the finger, McCullum reviews, that is hitting leg on the inside, and McCullum is gone
BB McCullum lbw b Taylor 3 (17b 0x4 0x6) SR: 17.64
New Zealand 9/1 (6.4 ov)
Its tea time...
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Roger: "Sammy over Gabriel? Don't agree, Jason Holder instead of Gabriel. He is the tallest bowler we have had in a while, the selectors need to give him some time to develop. Gabriel needs to go and play Rugby or something. He has never impressed, his pace isn't even that great."
End of over 16 (maiden) New Zealand 23/1
TWM Latham 7 (46b 1x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 12 (33b 2x4 0x6)
ST Gabriel 2-1-1-0
SJ Benn 1-0-4-0
Leonard Baichan: "I think WI team on the right track man. Na blame selector and coach. When a man have a bat in him hand only he know what he can do. Coaching cant do nothing. This boy Blackwood look aright and I think dem boys will improve. No worry, everything will be allright, man. When I play with WI, we had strong team and every team will go up and down. You just gat to wuk hard and you will get good result man."
End of over 17 (1 run) New Zealand 24/1
TWM Latham 7 (49b 1x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 13 (36b 2x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 2-0-5-0
ST Gabriel 2-1-1-0
End of over 17 (1 run) New Zealand 24/1
TWM Latham 7 (49b 1x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 13 (36b 2x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 2-0-5-0
ST Gabriel 2-1-1-0
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mikesiva: "Mark, I don't think any WI supporter is taking victory for granted atm. We've been through too many hard times to know that we have to wait for the fat lady...."
End of over 23 (3 runs) New Zealand 43/1
TWM Latham 17 (63b 3x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 21 (59b 3x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 5-0-13-0
ST Gabriel 5-1-12-0
End of over 31 (2 runs) New Zealand 59/1
KS Williamson 30 (88b 4x4 0x6)
TWM Latham 24 (82b 4x4 0x6)
CH Gayle 4-1-12-0
SJ Benn 8-2-15-0
End of over 34 (maiden) New Zealand 60/1
TWM Latham 24 (93b 4x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 31 (95b 4x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 10-3-16-0
JE Taylor 9-4-10-1
End of over 35 (5 runs) New Zealand 65/1
TWM Latham 24 (94b 4x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 36 (100b 5x4 0x6)
JE Taylor 10-4-15-1
SJ Benn 10-3-16-0
End of over 40 (1 run) New Zealand 73/1
KS Williamson 38 (118b 5x4 0x6)
TWM Latham 30 (106b 4x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 13-5-17-0
CH Gayle 6-1-19-0
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Neil: "These two are doing the job that is required. I don't know why anyone is hassling them for slow batting. There are two full days after this one, so much time, and if these two can take us to the end of the day still 1 wicket down then I would be extremely happy. If they manage to wipe off the deficit in the first couple of sessions tomorrow with plenty of wickets in hand then they may be able to start attacking a bit more. But until that happens, this is what is required."
End of over 41 (maiden) New Zealand 73/1
TWM Latham 30 (112b 4x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 38 (118b 5x4 0x6)
CH Gayle 7-2-19-0
SJ Benn 13-5-17-0
This partnership has lasted nearly 35 overs, but New Zealand are still 166 behind. A lot of time left in this Test, and West Indies firmly in front at the moment.
New Zealand 221 & 73/1 (41.0 ov)
West Indies 460
New Zealand trail by 166 runs with 9 wickets remaining
End of days play ....
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Fighter is this the side that got blown up last week. It is so friggin hard to believe this performance. But leh me doh talk to fast.
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Cricket: Black Caps trail by 166
10:00 AM Thursday Jun 19, 2014
New Zealand battled back strongly after conceding a first innings lead of 239 in the second test against the West Indies today, reaching 73-1 in its second innings at close on the third day at the Queen's Park Oval.
No. 3 Kane Williamson hit an unbeaten 38 and shared a determined, unbroken second wicket stand of 64 with opener Tom Latham, who struck 30 not out.Pacer Jerome Taylor removed stand-in opener Brendon McCullum, the Kiwi skipper, and finished with 1-15.
The West Indies, replying to New Zealand's first innings of 221, had earlier stretched its overnight 310-5 to 460 all out half hour before tea.
Newcomer Jermaine Blackwood hit a forthright 63 off 110 balls with six fours and two sixes.
He shared stands of 47 with veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul and 76 with captain Denesh Ramdin to help ram home the advantage the hosts had built on day two.
Chanderpaul struck five fours and a six in 47 while Ramdin hit four boundaries in 32 off 67 balls.
New Zealand removed nightwatchman Kemar Roach (6) and Chanderpaul in the morning session. Roach chipped Trent Boult to short midwicket at 333-6 while Chanderpaul was given out lbw playing no stroke to a big-spinning leg break from Ish Sodhi - after a TV review - at 380-7.
But Blackwood and Ramdin consolidated the Caribbean's side advantage after the break with an enterprising half century stand.
The tourists eventually wrapped up the innings with three wickets for the cost of four runs.Blackwood edged to Ross Taylor at first slip off Sodhi while Ramdin picked out the same fielder, who dived to his right to haul in a brilliant catch to give seamer Jimmy Neesham his first scalp.
Sodhi ended the West Indies' resistance when Jerome Taylor (4) holed out to long-off.
The leg-spinner earned career-best figures of 4-96 while left-arm seamer Boult took 3-75.
New Zealand, forced to open with captain McCullum instead of the ill Hamish Rutherford, survived unscathed to tea.
But Taylor struck early in the final session when he gained an lbw verdict against McCullum (3), who failed as he tried to overturn the decision on TV review.
But Latham, with three successive half centuries behind him, and the equally assured Williamson blunted the home team over the next two hours, ten minutes with few alarms.
The pair, which has already shared two century stands in this series, chose defense as their main method. Williamson blossomed at times and counted five fours off 118 balls, while Latham struck four boundaries off 122 deliveries.
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Fighter is this the side that got blown up last week. It is so friggin hard to believe this performance. But leh me doh talk to fast.
Deeks
This team is like a yo yo ....up one week down the next week up.
It seems the young ones want a place in the team . ...Polly should be given a chance also .
I am keeping quiet also , lets see what happens tomorrow . If NZ get a 150 runs lead on
the fifth day we could be in trouble ..the pitch is playing low and on occasions bouncy ..
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ICC MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dubai, 19 June 2014
Tim Southee fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct
New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee has been fined for a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Code for Players and Support Personnel during second day’s play in the second Test against the West Indies in Port of Spain.
Southee was fined 30 per cent of his match fee by Chris Broad of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, after he pleaded guilty to breaching Article 2.1.8, that relates to ‘conduct contrary to the spirit of the game’.
The incident related to Southee’s confrontation with West Indies batsman Kirk Edwards around the 31st over of the West Indies’ first innings, which required the intervention of the on-field umpires.
Commenting on his decision, Mr Broad said: “Southee’s behavior towards Edwards was unacceptable and contrary to the spirit of the game. He disregarded the on-field umpires’ previous warnings and continued to engage with Edwards, which required the intervention of the umpires in the middle of the pitch.
“In doing so, Southee neither showed respect to his opponent nor to the umpires, something which has no place in our sport.”
The charge was laid by on-field umpires Ian Gould and Rod Tucker, as well as TV umpire Richard Illingworth, all from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.
All Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand and a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee.
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David Leggat: Pressure on young batsmen to save test
12:51 PM Thursday Jun 19, 2014Add a comment
Tom Latham hasn't put a foot wrong as a test opener; Kane Williamson's resolute qualities are not in doubt.
The two young men shape as key to New Zealand's prospects of surviving the second test against the West Indies.
When they resume the fourth day early tomorrow at 73 for one, New Zealand will be trailing the hosts by 166 runs, with their captain, Brendon McCullum already dismissed and a question mark over the health of opener Hamish Rutherford.
A far cry indeed from the first test in Jamaica, won so handsomely by 186 runs.
In fact the West Indies have got themselves into a formidable position in similar fashion to New Zealand in Jamaica, dismissing the opposition cheaply in their first innings, piling on a strong first innings of their own - in which two batsmen, Kraigg Brathwaite and Darren Bravo (for New Zealand read Williamson and Jimmy Neesham) made centuries and Jermaine Blackwood added a lively half century on debut.
The task is tall for New Zealand.
Still Latham, with scores of 83, 73 and 82 in the series, and Williamson, who hit his sixth test hundred in Jamaica and has now eased his average up to 37.12, are well capable of hunkering down. Latham is just 20 runs short of becoming the eighth Black Cap to score four successive half-centuries.
Rutherford's illness did raise one interesting point, though.
McCullum, a former test opener, whose days going in first appeared to be over after the tour to South Africa at the start of last year, stepped up to fill the temporary vacancy.
This is the man who scored New Zealand's first triple test hundred four innings ago, has averaged 49.9 since the start of England's visit early last year and who, you'd have thought, should have been best employed in his usual position.
Clearly pushing wicketkeeper BJ Watling up to the top, after hours in the field, was not on, but this was a case where perhaps Williamson and the following batsmen should simply have moved up a spot.
Consider Williamson has been a de facto opener all last summer as Peter Fulton and Hamish Rutherford battled dreadful batting yips. Since putting on 95 against the West Indies in Dunedin in the first test of the home summer, that pair have average 14 for the first wicket.
Would Williamson have been significantly handicapped by having to walk out for the first ball with Latham? Don't think so.
Instead McCullum, first test failures notwithstanding, was removed from a position in which he must feel a high degree of comfort.
McCullum's 302 at Wellington against India was a monumental demontration of defiance and concentration. New Zealand will need those qualities in abundance over the next two days.
Instead the player who has proven he can do it most recently, has been removed from the equation for a short term fix.
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10.05am Finally we have the groundsmen out. They are scraping off pieces of that loose surface. The hosts won't like this delay. Should have been taken care of before the start of play
10.04am Nobody has come out yet to do something about this. It's just the batsmen and the umpires scratching and gardening in the offensive area
10.02am Oh hold on. There is a delay. The pitch around the foot marks, right at the crease, is coming off, as if damaged. This will need repairing. It is peeling off. Not sure why this has come to the notice of everybody at the time of the start of the day's play
No crowd despite this being holiday to watch the home side push for a win. Kane Williamson and Tom Latham walk out to resume the hard work from yesterday. How are West Indies going to go about this? Spin is the first option. The new ball is 39 overs away
9.55am "The cracks have opened but very very little," says Jeff Dujon of the pitch. "It remains a pitch that is good for batting. The bowlers will really have to toil."
Five minutes to go to the start of day four
9.45am The skies are clear blue right now, and we are on for an on-time start
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10.10am More testing going on. Wonder how the batsmen in the shed feel about this? Wonder who is happier with this delay? Ten minutes lost say New Zealand, but uneven surface to stand on says West Indies
We are ready to go again
10.07am Seven minutes lost already. The batsmen are testing out the area now. Umpire Rod Tucker has just used the hammer to see how solid the surface is
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Jerome Taylor celebrates the wicket of Brendon McCullum, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 3rd day, June 18, 2014
End of over 42 (maiden) New Zealand 73/1
KS Williamson 38 (124b 5x4 0x6)
TWM Latham 30 (112b 4x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 14-6-17-0
CH Gayle 7-2-19-0
End of over 44 (maiden) New Zealand 73/1
KS Williamson 38 (130b 5x4 0x6)
TWM Latham 30 (118b 4x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 15-7-17-0
JE Taylor 11-5-15-1
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Tom Latham was caught off a delivery that bounce
End of over 46 (maiden) New Zealand 77/1
KS Williamson 38 (136b 5x4 0x6)
TWM Latham 34 (124b 5x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 16-8-17-0
JE Taylor 12-5-19-1
49.3
Benn to Latham, OUT, Benn has produced one of the nine deliveries West Indies need. This is short of a length, and explodes from the rough, towards Latham's chest. It is turning in towards off so he has to play at it. And it lobs off the glove, it seems. Latham has walked although I will be interested in seeing if the ball hit the glove strap or his arm
TWM Latham c Brathwaite b Benn 36 (195m 138b 5x4 0x6) SR: 26.08
End of over 50 (3 runs) New Zealand 84/2
LRPL Taylor 0 (3b 0x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 43 (143b 5x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 18-8-22-1
JE Taylor 14-5-21-1
End of over 54 (1 run) New Zealand 94/2
LRPL Taylor 6 (17b 1x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 47 (153b 5x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 20-8-26-1
KAJ Roach 8-4-15-0
End of over 57 (maiden) New Zealand 96/2
KS Williamson 49 (165b 5x4 0x6)
LRPL Taylor 6 (23b 1x4 0x6)
KAJ Roach 10-5-17-0
SJ Benn 21-9-26-1
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Kane Williamson drives, West Indies v New Zealand
End of over 60 (1 run) New Zealand 108/2
LRPL Taylor 15 (33b 3x4 0x6)
KS Williamson 52 (173b 5x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 23-9-33-1
KAJ Roach 11-5-22-0
60.5
Roach to Williamson, OUTlovely bowling from Roach. West Indies have largely kept New Zealand honest with their discipline and with their effort on this flat pitch. Slightly short of a length, slightly wide, Williamson reaches outside his body's line to feel for it. The ball holds its line, takes the edge, and Ramdin pouches. Huge celebration from Gayle and Ramdin. They reckon this is the big wicket
KS Williamson c †Ramdin b Roach 52 (178b 5x4 0x6) SR: 29.21
End of over 61 (wicket maiden) New Zealand 108/3
JDS Neesham 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
LRPL Taylor 15 (33b 3x4 0x6)
KAJ Roach 12-6-22-1
SJ Benn 23-9-33-1
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Ross Taylor goes back to cut, West Indies v New Zealand
End of over 66 (4 runs) New Zealand 121/4
LRPL Taylor 20 (49b 3x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 26-9-41-2
CH Gayle 8-3-19-0
65.6
Benn to Neesham, OUT, oh boy. Is this the catch that won the match? West Indies well and truly on the home stretch now. An unbelievable return catch from Benn. Neesham is down the track to drive this well to Benn's right, but lithely - for a man Benn's height - Benn goes to his right, and uses his long right arm to pluck this. And gets up coolly as if he has taken a regulation catch. Absolutely superb from Benn
JDS Neesham c & b Benn 7 (22m 15b 1x4 0x6) SR: 46.66
End of over 65 (maiden) New Zealand 117/3
LRPL Taylor 17 (47b 3x4 0x6)
JDS Neesham 6 (11b 1x4 0x6)
CH Gayle 8-3-19-0
SJ Benn 25-9-37-1
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12.02pm A very good session for West Indies comes to an end. It is not just the result - three big wickets - but the effort they have put in and the discipline they have observed. This is a flat pitch, and needs all the hard work. West Indies have shown that all. Benn has removed left-hand batsmen Latham and Neesham - the latter with a stunning return catch - and Roach has accounted for Williamson. West Indies must be scenting the win now, but there is still some way to go.
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Kemar Roach celebrates dismissing Kane Williamson, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 4th day, June 19, 2014
End of over 67 (8 runs) New Zealand 129/4
LRPL Taylor 28 (55b 5x4 0x6)
BJ Watling 0 (0b 0x4 0x6)
KAJ Roach 14-6-34-1
SJ Benn 26-9-41-2
New Zealand 221 & 129/4 (67.0 ov)
West Indies 460
New Zealand trail by 110 runs with 6 wickets remaining
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The big Benn to start off after lunch
12.38 pm 110 ahead, West Indies looking very good to square the series today itself. However, they need another big effort from here on to seal this contest because the wickets won't come easily.
End of over 69 (4 runs) New Zealand 134/4
BJ Watling4 (11b 1x4)
LRPL Taylor28 (56b 5x4)
ST Gabriel6-1-16-0
End of over 75 (7 runs) New Zealand 151/4
BJ Watling10 (26b 2x4)
LRPL Taylor35 (77b 6x4)
ST Gabriel9-2-23-0
SJ Benn30-12-47-2
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Sulieman Benn celebrates a wicket, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 4th day, June 19, 2014
End of over 78 (maiden) New Zealand 152/4
LRPL Taylor36 (86b 6x4)
BJ Watling10 (35b 2x4)
SJ Benn32-14-47-2
ST Gabriel10-2-24-0
There is a massive cotton-ball of a cloud hanging over the ground.. It's grey.. it could be threatening.. Lots of bright areas around though..
78.4
Gabriel to Taylor, OUT, Gabriel's patience has paid off! Or it it Taylor's impatience? A mix of the two.. Length delivery outside off and Taylor goes for an ill-advised on-the-up drive - he was looking to belt the leather of this. He gets a thick outside edge en route to the keeper. The noise was loud, the noise was clear. Taylor reviews it in some faint hope.. Gabriel is miles behind the line, the edge is louder in the replay and Taylor has to go.. What a shot to play after all that hardwork! Eight balls to go for the new ball and Taylor has handed it in a platter to West Indies
LRPL Taylor c †Ramdin b Gabriel 36 (88b 6x4 0x6) SR: 40.90
End of over 79 (1 run) New Zealand 153/5
HD Rutherford0 (2b)
BJ Watling11 (37b 2x4)
ST Gabriel11-2-25-1
SJ Benn32-14-47-2
End of over 85 (maiden) New Zealand 165/5
BJ Watling15 (55b 2x4)
HD Rutherford7 (21b 1x4)
JE Taylor16-6-22-1
SJ Benn35-15-49-2
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End of over 88 (2 runs) New Zealand 176/5
BJ Watling 17 (63b 2x4 0x6)
HD Rutherford 13 (31b 2x4 0x6)
CH Gayle 9-3-20-0
JE Taylor 17-6-27-1
Now the bowlers.. West Indies still have a good buffer of 63 runs
88.3
Taylor to Rutherford, OUT, oh poor Rutherford! He decides not to drive finally, but this one is full and coming in with the angle from round the stumps. Rutherford shoulders arms to the wrong one - he didn't judge the line there at all.. it swung in too. The umpire lifts his finger - that was always going to go against Rutherford
HD Rutherford lbw b Taylor 13 (34b 2x4 0x6) SR: 38.23
New Zealand 179/6 (88.4 ov)
End of over 91 (2 runs) New Zealand 181/6
BJ Watling 18 (67b 2x4 0x6)
IS Sodhi 3 (11b 0x4 0x6)
JE Taylor 19-6-31-2
SJ Benn 37-16-51-2
End of over 91 (2 runs) New Zealand 181/6
BJ Watling 18 (67b 2x4 0x6)
IS Sodhi 3 (11b 0x4 0x6)
JE Taylor 19-6-31-2
SJ Benn 37-16-51-2
2.42 pm West indies have continued making inroads towards a big win here in Trinidad. Fifty one runs were scored, but more importantly, Ross Taylor and Hamish Rutherford were sent back. New Zealand still need to score another 58 runs to make West Indies bat again, but they don't have much left in the arsenal. A lot will depend on how long Watling survives. The writing though, as a feedbacker mentioned, is on the wall.
Its Tea....
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Jimmy Neesham was caught and bowled playing this shot, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 4th day, June 19, 2014
Back after the break. Still no sign of the new ball..West Indies continue with spin, Big Benny to carry on
End of over 92 (1 run) New Zealand 182/6
BJ Watling 18 (70b 2x4 0x6)
IS Sodhi 4 (14b 0x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 38-16-52-2
JE Taylor 19-6-31-2
End of over 94 (maiden) New Zealand 188/6
BJ Watling 18 (76b 2x4 0x6)
IS Sodhi 10 (20b 1x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 39-17-52-2
JE Taylor 20-6-37-2
End of over 95 (4 runs) New Zealand 192/6
IS Sodhi 14 (26b 2x4 0x6)
BJ Watling 18 (76b 2x4 0x6)
JE Taylor 21-6-41-2
SJ Benn 39-17-52-2
95.5
Roach to Sodhi, OUT, there is the breakthrough and it's that short and wide delivery again! Sodhi looks for a cut again but this gets a little big on him, takes the top edge to the keeper. The new ball gets a wicket within two overs
IS Sodhi c †Ramdin b Roach 14 (30b 2x4 0x6) SR: 46.66
Southee replaces Sodhi
Three more to go for a West Indies win.
End of over 96 (1 run) New Zealand 193/7
TG Southee 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
BJ Watling 19 (77b 2x4 0x6)
KAJ Roach 15-6-35-2
JE Taylor 21-6-41-2
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99.3
Roach to Southee, OUT, Edwards takes a screamer at cover! Southee's entertaining stay comes to an end. It was a full delivery on the stumps, Southee looks to play towards midwicket and gets a big leading edge to the off.. Edwards had to react and cover some ground too as it was getting away from him, but he holds on to it in style
TG Southee c Edwards b Roach 15 (12b 2x4 1x6) SR: 125.00
Mark Craig is the No. 10.. he didn't do much damage with the ball in this Test, can he make WI bat again?
End of over 100 (1 run) New Zealand 212/8
MD Craig 0 (3b 0x4 0x6)
BJ Watling 22 (87b 2x4 0x6)
KAJ Roach 17-6-40-3
ST Gabriel 13-2-48-1
End of over 102 (7 runs) New Zealand 220/8
MD Craig 4 (9b 1x4 0x6)
BJ Watling 26 (93b 2x4 0x6)
KAJ Roach 18-6-47-3
ST Gabriel 14-2-49-1
End of over 105 (3 runs) New Zealand 225/8
MD Craig 7 (22b 1x4 0x6)
BJ Watling 28 (98b 2x4 0x6)
ST Gabriel 16-2-54-1
SJ Benn 40-18-52-2
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End of over 106 (1 run) New Zealand 226/8
MD Craig 7 (25b 1x4 0x6)
BJ Watling 29 (101b 2x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 41-18-53-2
ST Gabriel 16-2-54-1
Don: "@Adam - They're not playing in England for it to rain the whole day, with WI requiring just 2 wickets i don't think any amount of rain is going to help them. "
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BJ Watling provided some resistance in the lower-middle order, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 4th day, June 19, 2014
End of over 109 (2 runs) New Zealand 232/8
BJ Watling 32 (109b 2x4 0x6)
MD Craig 10 (35b 1x4 0x6)
KAJ Roach 20-6-52-3
SJ Benn 42-18-54-2
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End of over 114 (1 run) New Zealand 237/8
BJ Watling 34 (120b 2x4 0x6)
MD Craig 13 (54b 1x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 45-19-57-2
CH Gayle 10-3-21-0
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Live scorecard here:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-new-zealand-2014/engine/match/730279.html
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End of over 125 (maiden) New Zealand 255/8
MD Craig 29 (96b 3x4 0x6)
BJ Watling 36 (144b 2x4 0x6)
JE Taylor 25-8-46-2
ST Gabriel 18-3-55-1
End of over 127 (1 run) New Zealand 257/8
MD Craig 29 (102b 3x4 0x6)
BJ Watling 38 (150b 2x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 49-19-62-2
ST Gabriel 19-3-56-1
5.32 pm West Indies have toiled very very hard all day. They are on the verge of a big win but they have been stretched to the limit by the ninth wicket pair of BJ Watling and Mark Craig. The two came together 27.3 overs ago when an innings loss was almost written on the cards. But they batted and batted and batted. New Zealand are only 18 runs ahead and do not have much of a chance with two wickets in hand. Keep an eye skywards as there is a some rain in the air. It is not likely to threaten the game though. We will be back tomorrow for the last day.
New Zealand 221 & 257/8 (127.0 ov)
West Indies 460
New Zealand lead by 18 runs with 2 wickets remaining
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Good luck to them.
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David Leggat: Please Lord, give us rain
10:54 AM Friday Jun 20, 2014
New Zealand's batsman BJ Watling, right, defends his wicket against West Indies during the second innings on the fourth day of their second cricket Test match in Port of Spain. Photo / AP
That New Zealand took the second test into the final day is hugely to the credit of BJ Watling and tyro Mark Craig.
Their unbroken 45-run stand ensured that New Zealand can have a prayer meeting overnight - "Please Lord, the locals need some rain" - otherwise, barring a truly remarkable rearguard action, the teams will go to Barbados with all to play for.
Watling, who has so often been a rock in the middle to latter stages of New Zealand innings of late, has battled through 61 overs for his 38; Craig has done sterling work over 102 balls for his 29.
Since his first innings duck at Wellington against India in February, Watling has scored 124, 89, 22 not out, 0 and 38 not out.
That pair have avoided an innings defeat, and would be entitled to cast a sideways glance at some of their team mates' batting efforts today.
Tom Latham got a cracking ball from Sulieman Benn, who spat up at him, but Ross Taylor and Ish Sodhi attempted forcing shots outside off stump they didn't need to play, while Tim Southee's 15 off 12 balls and subsequent loose shot were hardly what was called for.
Along the way Jimmy Neesham fell to a superb return catch by big Benn, low to his right, and Hamish Rutherford made a judgment error, shouldering arms to a right armer coming around the wicket to be lbw.
Had Rutherford, produced a decent score he could have ended the debate over which two out-of-sorts openers, Peter Fulton or himself, should get a second opportunity in the third test alongside Latham.
So in pockets there was fight, but not enough, and not consistently enough.
The West Indies bowlers are far removed from the largely sorry lot who toured New Zealand last summer.
Jerome Taylor and Kemar Roach have added punch while Benn, an average performer in New Zealand five and a half years ago, has done admirably.
Assuming they wrap up the victory tomorrow - which would be only their second in the last 14 years at Queen's Park - who will take the momentum to Kensington Oval in Barbados? The home side you would imagine.
Therein lies the rub for New Zealand, who took a grip on the series in Jamaica but have been second best throughout the first four days.
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WI vs KIWIS
Blackwood: The key was playing my natural game
Published: Guardian
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Vinode Mamchan
West Indies batsman Jermaine Blackwood plays through the offside on the third day of the second Test against New Zealand at Queen's Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, yesterday. Blackwood scored a half century (63) to help the regional side to a first innings score of 460. Photo: Ashley Allen
New West Indies batsman Jermaine Blackwood says that the key to his successful entry into Test cricket was playing his natural game.
Blackwood scored 63 off 103 balls, hitting six fours and two sixes, as he helped the West Indies to reach 460 all out in reply to New Zealand’s 221 all out. Batting a second time the New Zealanders reached 73 for one at the close of the third day.
Blackwood speaking to reporters at the close of play said: “When I went out there I was a bit nervous for the first over but after that I settled down and played my natural game and this really helped me.
“Having Shivnarine Chanderpaul out there was also a big help as he was coming up to me and telling me to play my natural game and just settle down.”
Blackwood said he enjoyed his time out in the middle and around the West Indies players.
“Being around some really good players is tremendous. Having to play my first match with guys like Chris (Gayle) and Shiv is tremendous and they have been good to me and this is helping me as I go about this first match.”
The Jamaican added that his stint at the Sagicor High Performance Centre (HPC) in Barbados has really helped his game.
“The HPC has really helped me with my game. I was allowed to concentrate on my cricket while there and bat many more balls. I was able to leave a lot of balls and take my time a bit.”
Blackwood, who up until three weeks ago did not even have a First Class century, now has three and a Test fifty. He said batting longer was the key.
“Batting more balls is what got me to triple figures in the games before the Test and even this 63 I got here is because I was able to play balls on their merit. I am not going to change my game much, if a ball is there to be hit, I am going to hit it and this should lead to success.”
Its now lunch ...
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These fellas serious?
This is some BS. Them gone from 212/8 to 307/8 and we not looking like we can do anything about it.
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129.1
Taylor to Craig, no run, length delivery on off, Craig waits on the back foot and defends it to cover
129.2
Taylor to Craig, FOUR, this is horrible! dropped by third slip - Big Benny. Taylor gets this one jag away a touch, gets the outside edge which flies at a comfortable height to third slip.. It just bursts through his fingers.
129.3
Taylor to Craig, FOUR, edge and dropped by Gayle! This is incroyable! This one should have been easier - maybe for Ramdin, definitely for Gayle.. Through the cordon and four
129.4
Taylor to Craig, no run, back of length delivery, this one meets the middle of the bat, defended to off
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Kirk Edwards makes a diving save, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 4th day, June 19, 2014
End of over 139 (2 runs) New Zealand 300/8
MD Craig57 (152b 7x4)
BJ Watling53 (172b 3x4)
KAJ Roach24-6-60-3
ST Gabriel20-3-57-1
Drinks. Another hour is gone.. Only five more remain. New Zealand fight continues. West Indies would think 'What if..'
Ashwin : "This is the same sort of defiance the kiwis showed earlier this year when they played India at Wellington. Great Discipline and Grit, even after conceding a 200 run lead. Good signs for the kiwis. Thought TBH would love to see the Windies grab a win here. "
Drizzling
142.4
Roach to Craig, OUT, there it is! at long last, the wicket West Indies have been waiting for, a pitched-up delivery outside off, at long last the no-footwork batting of Craig costs him, he goes for a drive well outside off and that is through to Ramdin for an easy catch, end of a 99-run stand that was getting the West Indians antsy
MD Craig c †Ramdin b Roach 67 (184m 167b 9x4 0x6) SR: 40.11
End of over 135 (3 runs) New Zealand 289/8
MD Craig55 (142b 7x4)
BJ Watling44 (158b 2x4)
KAJ Roach22-6-56-3
JE Taylor29-8-67-2
End of over 138 (1 run) New Zealand 298/8
MD Craig56 (150b 7x4)
BJ Watling52 (168b 3x4)
ST Gabriel20-3-57-1
KAJ Roach23-6-58-3
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Mark Craig tries to evade a short ball, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 4th day, June 19, 2014
Drizzling
End of over 148 (1 run) New Zealand 320/9
TA Boult4 (14b)
BJ Watling59 (197b 3x4)
SJ Benn56-20-73-2
KAJ Roach28-6-74-4
End of over 152 (4 runs) New Zealand 331/9
BJ Watling 66 (216b 4x4 0x6)
TA Boult 8 (19b 1x4 0x6)
SJ Benn 58-20-78-2
ST Gabriel 23-3-66-1
152.2
Gabriel to Boult, OUTit's all over, short ball outside off, bottom edge through to the keeper and the innings ends at 331, target is 93, anyone thinks there is a chance for NZ? Jeff Dujon says it is quite overcast
TA Boult c †Ramdin b Gabriel 8 (21b 1x4 0x6) SR: 38.09
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Kemar Roach gets together with team-mates after dismissing Mark Craig, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 5th day, June 20, 2014
Superb innings from BJ Watling, playing more than 200 deliveries. It might still not be enough to save the Test for New Zealand, but Watling is putting together a series of fighting innings just when his team needs it.
New Zealand 221 & 331 (152.2 ov)
West Indies 460
New Zealand lead by 92 runs with 0 wickets remaining
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Mark Craig and BJ Watling added 99 for the ninth wicket, West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Trinidad, 5th day, June 20, 2014
1.12 pm Bad news for West Indies, the covers are coming back on. It has started drizzling again.
1.05 pm The covers are coming off now. We will have restart soon. mikesiva: "I'm a bit concerned about the QPO outfield. That part of Port-of-Spain is built on land that used to be mangroves, so, when it rains, there's really nowhere for the water to run off to. As a result, it settles in the outfield."
12.55 pm The sun is out as we head into the fourth innings but it will be a while before we get going; the covers are soaking wet. West Indies don't need any more of these breaks. Just 93. They do get tricky these ones sometimes though. In another news, Rod Tucker has been replaced by Illingworth as he is not well.
jack: "Gayle should not open, instead should come in at 4 or 5, and then blast away if required. If he opens and fails yet again as he normally does, it affects the morale of the team....Good luck WI...you have earned this victory when it comes...best wishes from Toronto"
Superb innings from BJ Watling, playing more than 200 deliveries. It might still not be enough to save the Test for New Zealand, but Watling is putting together a series of fighting innings just when his team needs it.
12.15 pm Covers are coming on as it begins to rain at the Queen's Park Oval.
Raff: "Craig top-scored for NZ with 67. How frequently does a batsman batting at 10 or lower top-score for his team? Can't imagine it's all that frequent -- especially now that Phantom is not playing test cricket. "
Olly B: "To paraphrase the great Bolly Birmingham "those little Kiwis will be praying for it to rain and rain hard""
victor: "Can someone loan me a couple of TVs? There's two Test matches and a World Cup to watch." I'm keeping an eye on three TVs here.
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1.50 pm Strap your belts, read the safety instructions on the back of the seat, turn off your mobile phones.. we are good to take off. The teams are in the middle, sunny condition, Big Gayle and Brathwaite walk in with purpose. Ninety three to get, plenty of overs remaining assuming the weather stays clear. Gayle to take strike against Southee.
End of over 1 (5 runs) West Indies 5/0
KC Brathwaite 0 (3b 0x4 0x6)
CH Gayle 5 (3b 1x4 0x6)
End of over 3 (9 runs) West Indies 18/0
CH Gayle 17 (13b 4x4 0x6)
KC Brathwaite 1 (5b 0x4 0x6)
TG Southee 2-0-14-0
TA Boult 1-0-4-0
End of over 4 (4 runs) West Indies 22/0
KC Brathwaite 1 (8b 0x4 0x6)
CH Gayle 20 (16b 4x4 0x6)
TA Boult 2-0-7-0
TG Southee 2-0-14-0
"if only New Zealand had a Sunil Narine," shouts someone from the stands
5.6
Boult to Gayle, SIX, make it three in this over! Boult goes round the wicket but it doesn't make a difference to Gayle. It's not as big as the last shot, but this clears the ropes at long off again, comfortably
5.5
Boult to Gayle, SIX, another biggie! Lands in third tier over long-off! he charges down the pitch and flat bats it over the infield..
5.4
Boult to Gayle, no run, walks down the pitch and gets a short of length delivery that jags away from him, gets beaten by that
5.3
Boult to Gayle, SIX, this one is out of here! Hits the rooooooof! Length delivery, no swing, thank you very much. This is Gayle territory, straight over the sight screen
End of over 6 (20 runs) West Indies 49/0
CH Gayle 45 (27b 5x4 3x6)
KC Brathwaite 3 (9b 0x4 0x6)
TA Boult 3-0-27-0
TG Southee 3-0-21-0
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End of over 8 (17 runs) West Indies 66/0
KC Brathwaite 3 (16b 0x4 0x6)
CH Gayle 62 (32b 5x4 5x6)
IS Sodhi 1-0-17-0
TG Southee 4-1-21-0
End of over 9 (8 runs) West Indies 74/0
CH Gayle 69 (36b 5x4 6x6)
KC Brathwaite 4 (18b 0x4 0x6)
MD Craig 1-0-8-0
IS Sodhi 1-0-17-0
End of over 10 (4 runs) West Indies 78/0
KC Brathwaite 8 (24b 1x4 0x6)
CH Gayle 69 (36b 5x4 6x6)
IS Sodhi 2-0-21-0
MD Craig 1-0-8-0
End of over 13 (4 runs) West Indies 91/0
KC Brathwaite 14 (34b 1x4 0x6)
CH Gayle 76 (44b 6x4 6x6)
MD Craig 3-0-17-0
KS Williamson 1-0-4-0
2.43 pm West Indies looked set to win this by an innings, were made to stretch, but they have still managed the next best thing - they win this by 10 wickets.
New Zealand 221 & 331
West Indies 460 & 95/0 (13.2 ov)
West Indies won by 10 wickets
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I glad the NZ strech them to the max. Doh give them no easy win. the 99run partnership for the last wicket was prob. the best thing. The WI must develop some fortitude. CONGRATS to them though. Thanks NZ for making the game exciting. Show them how to fight for it.
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Cricket: Gayle powers West Indies to win
6:22 AM Saturday Jun 21, 2014
West Indies bowler Kemar Roach, center, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of New Zealand's Mark Craig who was caught behind by West Indies' Denesh Ramdin for 67. Photo / AP
Left-hander Chris Gayle hit six sixes in a whirlwind 80 off 46 balls today to power the West Indies to a 10-wicket victory over New Zealand midway through the fifth and final day of the second cricket test.
Gayle added seven fours as the hosts raced to a victory target of 93 without loss in just 13.2 overs at Queen's Park Oval, finishing on 95-0.
Man of the match Kraigg Brathwaite followed his first innings 129 with 14 not out.
The three-match series is now level at 1-1 with the final test in Bridgetown, Barbados, starting on Thursday.
After dismissing New Zealand for 331 in its second innings, a rain delay of an hour jangled West Indian nerves but the sun emerged and Gayle quickly erased any doubts with a typically power-packed innings.
The 34-year-old opener was particularly severe on left-arm seamer Trent Boult, who disappeared for three sixes overhead in his third over.
Gayle brought up the equal second fastest 50 by a West Indian when he smacked his 28th delivery for his fourth six, and he continued to plunder all the tourists' bowlers.
Victory was completed when Gayle cracked his seventh four through the covers off Kane Williamson's part-time off-spin.
Earlier, New Zealand carried its overnight 257-8 to 331 before being bowled out on the stroke of lunch.
Wicketkeeper B.J. Watling ended 66 not out after a marathon which spanned 6 1/2 hours and occupied 216 balls.
Left-handed tailender Mark Craig struck nine fours in a top score of 67, his maiden test half century.
Watling stretched his defiant overnight partnership with Craig to 99, a ninth wicket record for New Zealand against the Caribbean side as well as at this venue. Kemar Roach eventually made the vital breakthrough and led the West Indian bowlers with 4-74.
Shannon Gabriel took the final wicket and finished with 2-66. Fellow seamer Jerome Taylor took 2-73 and left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn claimed 2-78.
The West Indies only had themselves to blame as Craig rode his luck early in the day.
He was dropped by Sulieman Benn and Gayle off successive balls from Taylor. Benn grassed a very sharp chance at third slip while Gayle was late to move to a first slip chance that wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin could easily have gone for.
Craig, in his second test, brought up 50 off 126 balls with seven fours. Watling followed soon afterward, having faced 164 balls with three boundaries.
The resistance finally ended when Roach induced Craig to edge a drive through to Ramdin.
Last man Trent Boult (8) hung around for 40 minutes before Gabriel also claimed an edge to Ramdin as he tried to evade a short ball.
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"I thought we were pretty good for most of the Test match but that first innings, getting out for 220-odd was not good," says Brendon McCullum. "West indies deserved to win. We were 160 for 3 and we were in a very good position then, we could have gone on to record 400, but there were no partnerships. Credit to West Indies for coming back after we had them back for the first two sessions of the Test. We will cop that on the chin, we were second best, but we need to make sure we come back strongly in the next Test."
"It was a fantastic win. The conditions were tough for the bowlers," says Denesh Ramdin. "The pitch was placid, it was one in which you had to keep working well. Sulieman Benn put on a marathon spell. We were a bit lazy in the field. We hope we don't take it lightly against the lower order next time. Hopefully we can get a good pitch in Barbados, where batsmen can score runs and fast bowlers can take wickets.
" Kragg Brathwaite is the Man of the Match for his maiden Test century. He says, "I was looking forward to it (to the hundred). I have been doing a lot of work,especially against spin. I put in a lot of hard work, stayed positive and it worked well. It was not easy (staying away from the team)."
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The key 2 WI winning a game nobody taking them on.
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McCullum: WI deserved to win
By Roger Seepersad
Story Created: Jun 20, 2014 at 9:25 PM ECT
Rxpress
The New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum believes the West Indies deserved their hard-fought ten-wicket win yesterday but promises his side will bounce back stronger for the deciding Test in Barbados next week.
Speaking to the media following the game at Queen’s Park Oval, yesterday, McCullum said it was good to see the West Indies fight their way back into the series especially on the first day of the second Test when New Zealand were in a decent position after two sessions of play.
“West Indies deserved to win. We were 160 for three and we were in a very good position then but credit to West Indies for coming back after the first two sessions of the Test,” said McCullum.
Meanwhile, West Indies skipper Denesh Ramdin was all smiles after his first Test victory in charge of the regional side and it was even more special for the wicket-keeper to get success in front of his home crowd. “It was a fantastic victory in the end. It was a hard-fought win,” he said.
Ramdin had called for more patience heading into the contest and was happy with the way his players responded and he believes that it made a difference in the end.
“I think we bowled the right areas and we were a lot more patient in this game. They were 80 odd for one wicket on the first day and we pulled in back by Tea time and then having lost the toss and to bowl them out, any captain will take that in a day’s play,” he said.
“The conditions were tough for the bowlers but our bowlers put in a lot of effort and our batters did the job in the first innings was good to set up the match. Coming out of Jamaica we needed to attack the bowlers more and be confident and play our natural game,” Ramdin explained.
However, Ramdin insisted that the home team still have some work to do ahead of the final match of the three-Test series and they struggled to dismiss the Kiwis in the second innings, allowing a 99-run eighth-wicket partnership to stretch the game into the final day. “It was frustrating having that lower order come and put on a partnership. They gave us some chances but we did not take them. And at the end of the day I think we were lackadaisical in the field and we were not hungry for that last couple of wickets there,” said Ramdin.
“We came back this morning (yesterday) with a lazy attitude and that could have haunted us but we came out on the better end in this match. It is very important that we stay patient, stay humble and hungry for success when we head to Barbados,” he added.
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The key 2 WI winning a game nobody taking them on.
Caught the highlights; the crowd was still sparse.