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Kiwis name young batsman for WI tour recall strike bowler
Saturday, November 30, 2013
CHRISTCHURCH
New Zealand selectors have named a 13-man squad to play an international series against West Indies starting in Dunedin on Tuesday. The squad includes 23-year-old batsman Kane Williamson who broke a bone in his left thumb in Bangladesh last month. Williams is expected to undergo a final fitness clearance closer to the match but officials say the signs are promising. “Kane has been in the nets batting and bowling and getting his intensity levels up,” says general manager National Selection Bruce Edgar. “We’re confident he should be right come Tuesday.”
The squad also sees the return of lead strike bowler Tim Southee after an ankle surgery in July. Southee was eased back into international cricket during the limited overs section of the tour to Bangladesh and was in top form this week taking 6-79 for the Northern Knights. Southee’s Knights teammates leg spinner Ish Sodhi and all-rounder Corey Anderson are in line to play their first Tests at home next week.
The pair who debuted on the recent tour of Bangladesh were both named in the 13-man squad despite Anderson suffering a rib injury while in Sri Lanka. “We know we’re capable of playing well in familiar conditions,” said head coach Mike Hesson. “You only need to look back to the English series last summer where we were one wicket away from a series victory.” (CMC)
New Zealand squad
Brendon McCullum (c), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Peter Fulton, Aaron Redmond, Hamish Rutherford, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson.
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West Indies won the toss and elected to field
New Zealand 203/3 (56.4 ov)
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Stumps - Day 1
New Zealand 367/3 (90.0 ov)
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AJ Redmond must either be a pothong or badlucky, everybody else get past 50 or 100 except he.
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Shocked Narine didn't make the team
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Shocked Narine didn't make the team :rotfl:
I more shocked Rampaul ent make d team... :cursing:
I most shocked that people nominate dem pottong selectors.... :frustrated:
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For those who can access it, here is an online espn link:
http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index
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All we waiting on is Ross Taylor's double century.
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New Zealand 575/8 at tea.
This is batting practice.
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Well at least I am enjoying the view of ground. The park-like setting is very scenic and picturesque while New Zealand continues to batter the West Indians into submission.
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Well at least I am enjoying the view of ground. The park-like setting is very scenic and picturesque while New Zealand continues to batter the West Indians into submission.
Ent!
I was wrong, is battering practice.
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And Edwards done out already.
I going and watch Michgan v Duke oui...
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Michigan getting licks, so I come back... Just in time to see Powell out.
New Zealand 609/9d
West Indies 24/2 (9.4 ov)
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Stueps
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DM and MS double ton today man, wha all yuh worried bout
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Cricket: Taylor double-century sets up NZ
By David Leggat
Wednesday Dec 4, 2013
West Indies have a fight on their hands to save the first test against New Zealand at Dunedin.
At stumps on the second day, the tourists were 67 for two in reply to New Zealand's 609 for nine declared.
It was New Zealand's fourth highest test total and eclipsed the old record for the highest total after being sent in. New ball bowlers Trent Boult and Tim Southee took a wicket apiece. Boult had Kirk Edwards, out of the test for 18 months, edged a catch to Peter Fulton at second slip off Boult's seventh ball, and Kieran Powell drove loosely to be caught behind off Southee soon after.
Darren Bravo was on 37 and Marlon Samuels 14.
But the day belonged to Ross Taylor, who became the 12th batsman to score a test double century for New Zealand.
He batted eight hours 11 minutes, faced 319 balls and hit 23 fours. It was the first double hundred for New Zealand since Brendon McCullum's 225 against India at Hyderabad in 2010. McCullum walked out with Taylor to start the day, the first time two New Zealand batsmen have begun a day's play with 100 to their name.
But he didn't last long, gone for 113, however Taylor had useful partnerships with wicketkeeper BJ Watling, of 84 for the sixth wicket, 76 with Ish Sodhi for the eighth and a brisk 61 with Neil Wagner for the ninth.
Lively Tino Best had the best figures, three for 148, with two apiece for captain Darren Sammy, who was nursing a minor gluteal strain after lunch and didn't bowl, and spinner Narsingh Deonarine.
SCOREBOARD
Scorecard
New Zealand v West Indies
Date:3 December 2013Match:1st TestVenue:University Oval, DunedinStart time:09:30Umpires:Nigel Llong / Paul ReiffelToss:West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl.
West Indies trail New Zealand by 542 runs with 8 wickets remaining — Close of play
New Zealand First Innings
609 for 9 declared (153.1 overs)
West Indies First Innings
67 for 2 (24.0 overs)
New Zealand First Innings
Extras (1nb 0w 10lb 10b) Total 609 for 9 declared (153.1 overs)
Peter Fulton c Kirk Edwards b Darren Sammy 61
Hamish Rutherford c Narsingh Deonarine b Shane Shillingford 62
Aaron Redmond c Marlon Samuels b Tino Best 20
Ross Taylor not out 217
Brendon McCullum * b Darren Sammy 113
Corey Anderson c Denesh Ramdin b Tino Best 0
BJ Watling † c Kirk Edwards b Tino Best 41
Tim Southee c Darren Bravo b Narsingh Deonarine 2
Ish Sodhi c & b Narsingh Deonarine 35
Neil Wagner run out (Darren Bravo) 37
Trent Boult
Bowling O M R W
Tino Best 34.1 5 148 3
Shannon Gabriel 27.5 4 148 0
Darren Sammy 23.1 4 79 2
Shane Shillingford 46 7 138 1
Narsingh Deonarine 22 0 76 2
West Indies First Innings
Extras (1nb 0w 8lb 0b) Total 67 for 2 (24.0 overs)
Kirk Edwards c Peter Fulton b Trent Boult 0
Kieran Powell c BJ Watling b Tim Southee 7
Darren Bravo not out 37
Marlon Samuels not out 14
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Narsingh Deonarine
Denesh Ramdin †
Darren Sammy *
Shane Shillingford
Tino Best
Shannon Gabriel
Bowling O M R W
Trent Boult 8 5 7 1
Tim Southee 7 1 15 1
Neil Wagner 6 2 27 0
Ish Sodhi 3 0 10 0
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not tryin to sound unappreciative or such but the general policy is to post items related to a particular game's thread... if one exists.........it is cleaner to have all related items in the same thread rather than dispersed ..........also helps avoid duplication. :beermug:
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Thanks wasn't aware ...will comply
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Thanks wasn't aware ...will comply
No worries. I working now.
I go fix dis later.
VB
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DM and MS double ton today man, wha all yuh worried bout
Doh watch d score lol
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DM and MS double ton today man, wha all yuh worried bout
Doh watch d score lol
Well DM and MS both fell victim to a double-strike by Tim Southee, but, alas, no double tons for Samuels or Bravo.
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Wickets fallin in clumps. We done loss this. It's time to retire some players in the longer format and try some young fellas. We gettin Licks anyway.
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DM and MS double ton today man, wha all yuh worried bout
in the follow-on, right?
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DM and MS double ton today man, wha all yuh worried bout
in the follow-on, right?
:rotfl: boy, so much for being an optimist
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Them fellas ain't serious. Is best we stick to T20. The art of playing test cricket is long lost
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Shiv does score runs regardless of who the opposition is, the Man is a beast.
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Meh father in law here say WI lose the attention span for anything more than 20 overs
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Most of dem fellas simply should have chosen another sport...
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Steups; that commentator needs to shut his trap. There was too much doubt with that Darren Bravo decision.
Steups
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Steups; that commentator needs to shut his trap. There was too much doubt with that Darren Bravo decision.
Steups
I now coming to say the same thing.
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Steups; that commentator needs to shut his trap. There was too much doubt with that Darren Bravo decision.
Steups
I now coming to say the same thing.
He is now accusing Darren of being dishonest.
Steups
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Well at least I am enjoying the view of ground. The park-like setting is very scenic and picturesque while New Zealand continues to batter the West Indians into submission.
So true. I would go to NZ to watch the windies get licks at this ground.
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The commentators begging for wickets again.
Every windies batsman look shaky when they come in.
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168/2
West Indies trail by 228 runs with 8 wickets remaining.
Who here thinks we can bat for another 2 days?
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Well done Kirk Edwards. Time to retire Gayle
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Darren Bravo records the first test century on this New Zealand tour by any West Indian batsman and scores his fifth test hundred in the process.
Congrats to BCL's virtual doppelganger.
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Tell all yuh de man was scorin a ton, I only geh de innings wrong ;D
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Hmm. Can we hold out another day?
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Hmm. Can we hold out another day?
DR and DM need to bat through this last session then we could talk about possibilities. Tell you what, if we bat through 2nd session tomorrow, we can do it...
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150 and still going for young bravo.
Well done so far fella.
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These commentators had all them instructions on how to out man when NZ was batting?
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This commentator had all them instructions on how to out man when NZ was batting?
Ent
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Just as I started to relax and enjoy...
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Just as I started to relax and enjoy...
Ramdin had to go an out and sour the vibes.
I know the feeling
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Sammy had no idea what happened in that over. He still out there by luck alone.
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Bravo acting more like de skipper, everytime sammy play a crazy shot he walk down de pitch and talk to him
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Well done Young Bravo.
Double Century!
:applause: :applause: :applause:
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Bravo even look like his cousin with the celebrations...
Déjá vu circa 1994
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:applause: :applause:
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Finally, I can go to sleep happy with a windies performance.
We might still lose, but at least we put up a fight this time.
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Finally, I can go to sleep happy with a windies performance.
We might still lose, but at least we put up a fight this time.
The fact that this match has even gone to a fifth day is remarkable.
I thought it would have been over by lunchtime.
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if windies save this match i will be more impressed with that than anything i seen from them over last 2 years
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Ah want a 300 from Bravo
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Shannon Gabriel not supposed to be on this Team
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Ah want a 300 from Bravo
He will have to bat through tea w/some support to save this match. If he bats through tea he will make the triple ton
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Cricket: Bravo! Dazzling Darren in groove
By David Leggat
Saturday Dec 7, 2013
Sometimes the best way to judge the mood of a team comes at the end of a day's play.
So it was with the West Indies last night as they kicked a football about. Where over the last three days it has been a largely muted exercise, last night there was piles of exuberance. It's not hard to work out why, after a day in which they acquitted themselves with plenty of grit and took what was shaping as an embarrassing four-day first test defeat into the fifth day.
New Zealand are still warmest of favourites, considering the West Indies are effectively 47 for six. But, inspired by Darren Bravo's terrific double century, they will feel far more confident going into the second and third tests. And, who knows, if Bravo and captain Darren Sammy can get through the first session today, the concluding stages may yet be intriguing.
The West Indies will start at 443 for six, with Bravo on 210 and Sammy 44, their seventh wicket stand worth 80 so far."We're still on top but there's still a lot of hard work to do," said New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi last night. "If we can knock a couple over early in the morning hopefully we [won't] have too many more to chase."
Sodhi, in his third test, had a long day, wheeling away exclusively from the northern end of University Oval for 28 overs, but it was a tiring day for the bowlers as the pitch steadily died. New Zealand would have fancied their chances at the start of the day, but test wins aren't supposed to be easy and the most satisfying are those that are hard-won.
New Zealand got two wickets in the first session, including the key man, Shiv Chanderpaul. Travel adjustments were briefly contemplated until Bravo, with help from Narsingh Deonarine (122 runs for the fifth wicket), Denesh Ramdin (a 56-run partnership for the sixth) and Sammy, changed all that.
Bravo was magnificent. He had slices of luck along the way, a run out threatened to derail him at 76 and Neil Wagner spilling a return catch on 82 and there was the odd error outside off stump.
But he unfurled a stream of glorious shots, primarily through the offside and reminiscent of his cousin, the great Brian Lara. "That's very BCL," said a wise and experienced voice in the press box as he lashed one through the covers.His 200 came with an edge past slip shortly before stumps. By the end he had batted for 9 hours 18 minutes, faced 404 balls and hit 30 fours.
"Just keep going," came the tweet from Lara at one point. He did.
Comparisons with his cousin are unfair, but Bravo, talented but yet to write his name in capital letters on the West Indian landscape, stood tall in his own right yesterday.New Zealand would have made their job far easier had three catches not been spilled. Tim Southee, off a difficult return catch, and Brendon McCullum at short mid-off put chances down off Deonarine.
Sodhi did well, sticking to the one end, believing the direction of the small bit of breeze helped his drift.
Still, a handful of overs from the pavilion end, just to try it out, might have helped.
The seamers toiled hard but found Bravo in the mood to punish anything loose. In time this may come to be seen as a career-changer for the 24-year-old Trinidadian.
Near the end, Sammy speared a shot just wide of Southee at cover. That was soon after he'd banged Sodhi for two sixes in an over. He can't run, with a gluteal strain, but he hits the ball cleanly.
This was a day on which the West Indies grew in self-belief.
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Ah want a 300 from Bravo
Next time. Bravo gone for 218. Good knock sir :applause: :applause: :applause:
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Sammy needs to remember that Best has a test high score of 95; he has to trust him.
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Sammy needs to remember that Best has a test high score of 95; he has to trust him.
Tino swinging like he killing zombies.
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Sammy needs to remember that Best has a test high score of 95; he has to trust him.
Trust best?
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Sammy needs to remember that Best has a test high score of 95; he has to trust him.
Trust best?
Point taken; let's hope that Best does not try to get into a hitting competition with Sammy, that is obviously not what is required
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Sammy needs to remember that Best has a test high score of 95; he has to trust him.
You were saying... ::)
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Sammy needs to remember that Best has a test high score of 95; he has to trust him.
You were saying... ::)
I guess it was too much to hope for...
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507 all out.
Now if only they had shown that kind of application in the first innings.
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Shillingford strikes
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In India, that would be not-out.
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Narine has such a good record against NZ I'm shocked he is not in the team. Why call him up?
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Shillingford is a beast boy. Second wicket. What makes him so difficult to play?
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Shillingford 3rd wicket. Wow
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Shillingford is a beast boy. Second wicket. What makes him so difficult to play?
Beast x 3.
That one is more Rutherford than Shillingford though. A shot worthy of the west indies.
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Shillingford is a beast boy. Second wicket. What makes him so difficult to play?
Beast x 3.
That one is more Rutherford than Shillingford though. A shot worthy of the west indies.
Imagine if Narine and Shillingford was bowling together
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Hoping for Rain lol
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Shillingford my god 4 wickets
44-4
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Beast mode in full effect.
NZ 44/4
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Beast mode in full effect.
NZ 44/4
He dread I ain't go lie
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We need to get Ross Taylor out. Then I will believe this is more than just a spirited ending.
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Rain!
Ha Ha Ha, NZ thought they had it easy, now they will have an inquest.
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Match Done. Draw.
Well done windies, you didn't give up and avoided the loss.
:applause: :applause: :applause:
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God is ah Trini and probably did not want to see Bravo's 218 end up being in vain.
Of course, he may be a West Indian by extension also.
;D
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Tonight in NZ the almighty definitely west Indian, mom Lil B :beermug:
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That will teach NZ not to mess with the almighty West Indies :) lol
We did just enough to extend the match lol
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We should win the next test.
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This still doesn't erase d fact that we almost lost by an innings...and we havent selected d best team for the tour..people real have short memories yes..... :frustrated:
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This still doesn't erase d fact that we almost lost by an innings...and we havent selected d best team for the tour..people real have short memories yes..... :frustrated:
This was headed to another 3 day loss. Let ppl enjoy the escape nah.
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Ah curious to see if dey keep d same team for d 2nd test...
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Ah curious to see if dey keep d same team for d 2nd test...
I hope the selectors find a replacement for Gabriel; on the evidence, he is simply not up to par.
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Cricket: Bravo! Dazzling Darren in groove
By David Leggat
Saturday Dec 7, 2013
Sometimes the best way to judge the mood of a team comes at the end of a day's play.
So it was with the West Indies last night as they kicked a football about. Where over the last three days it has been a largely muted exercise, last night there was piles of exuberance.It's not hard to work out why, after a day in which they acquitted themselves with plenty of grit and took what was shaping as an embarrassing four-day first test defeat into the fifth day.
New Zealand are still warmest of favourites, considering the West Indies are effectively 47 for six. But, inspired by Darren Bravo's terrific double century, they will feel far more confident going into the second and third tests.
And, who knows, if Bravo and captain Darren Sammy can get through the first session today, the concluding stages may yet be intriguing.The West Indies will start at 443 for six, with Bravo on 210 and Sammy 44, their seventh wicket stand worth 80 so far.
"We're still on top but there's still a lot of hard work to do," said New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi last night. "If we can knock a couple over early in the morning hopefully we [won't] have too many more to chase."
Sodhi, in his third test, had a long day, wheeling away exclusively from the northern end of University Oval for 28 overs, but it was a tiring day for the bowlers as the pitch steadily died.
New Zealand would have fancied their chances at the start of the day, but test wins aren't supposed to be easy and the most satisfying are those that are hard-won.
New Zealand got two wickets in the first session, including the key man, Shiv Chanderpaul. Travel adjustments were briefly contemplated until Bravo, with help from Narsingh Deonarine (122 runs for the fifth wicket), Denesh Ramdin (a 56-run partnership for the sixth) and Sammy, changed all that.
Bravo was magnificent. He had slices of luck along the way, a run out threatened to derail him at 76 and Neil Wagner spilling a return catch on 82 and there was the odd error outside off stump.
But he unfurled a stream of glorious shots, primarily through the offside and reminiscent of his cousin, the great Brian Lara. "That's very BCL," said a wise and experienced voice in the press box as he lashed one through the covers.
His 200 came with an edge past slip shortly before stumps. By the end he had batted for 9 hours 18 minutes, faced 404 balls and hit 30 fours.
"Just keep going," came the tweet from Lara at one point. He did.
Comparisons with his cousin are unfair, but Bravo, talented but yet to write his name in capital letters on the West Indian landscape, stood tall in his own right yesterday.
New Zealand would have made their job far easier had three catches not been spilled. Tim Southee, off a difficult return catch, and Brendon McCullum at short mid-off put chances down off Deonarine.
Sodhi did well, sticking to the one end, believing the direction of the small bit of breeze helped his drift.
Still, a handful of overs from the pavilion end, just to try it out, might have helped.
The seamers toiled hard but found Bravo in the mood to punish anything loose. In time this may come to be seen as a career-changer for the 24-year-old Trinidadian.
Near the end, Sammy speared a shot just wide of Southee at cover. That was soon after he'd banged Sodhi for two sixes in an over. He can't run, with a gluteal strain, but he hits the ball cleanly.
This was a day on which the West Indies grew in self-belief.
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Rain cruelly deprived New Zealand of a drought-ending test win at University Oval today.
By David Leggat
Sunday Dec 8, 2013
"We're going to bowl again."
"Thank you very much, Brendon."
And on that captains' exchange, as relayed by West Indian skipper Darren Sammy last night, hinged one of the big talking points out of the drawn test at University Oval.
New Zealand led by 396 at the halfway point and skipper Brendon McCullum last night strongly defended his decision to enforce the follow on.
However, New Zealand's bowlers, tiring and on a pitch that was dying, battled to work through the tourists' second innings.The result: the West Indies rattled up 507 and lasted just long enough to deny New Zealand victory when the anticipated rain arrived just before tea.
"Do I doubt the decision to enforce? Absolutely not," said McCullum.
"I think it was the right decision at the right time. If the rain had held, we would have got the result. There are times we'd love to have the other side from a luck point of view, but that's cricket.
"To get 600 and set the game up like we did, we gave ourselves a real opportunity. I thought we were excellent through the majority of that test and played some really good cricket."
However, Sammy was delighted by McCullum's decision: "Their bowlers toiled [224 overs in the back-to-back innings] and that's a lot of yards in the legs. So hopefully we can go into the second test and they'll be a bit tired and we will be a fresher team."
Sammy himself may struggle to make the start line at the Basin Reserve. He maintained his strained gluteal muscle, sustained on the second morning, was improving, although his limping between the wickets during his gutsy 80 yesterday would suggest only slowly. He is important to the team but may be severely limited in his third seamer role.
"I think with the combination of our squad, it's important that I am able to bowl - so I'll give it my best shot."
Sammy acknowledged the draw felt like a win, and had high praise for double century-maker Darren Bravo, labelling his 218 "a real mature innings. Somebody had to put their hand up for the team and one of the youngest guys did it".
"I guess Darren copied what Ross Taylor did and we batted around him. The key thing was occupying the crease. It is a moral boost for the guys, especially coming from India [where they were thrashed in a two-test series]."We all know he's a class player. He models himself on his cousin Brian [Lara] and I guess even the great Lara would have been proud of that innings."
McCullum has his fingers crossed his seamers will be ready for the Basin Reserve after their hefty workload in Dunedin.
Last season it backfired on them against England, when after bowling 170 overs over the last two days, they then had to back up on days one and two of the next test for another 147 overs.
"It is a little concerning. We'll see how they pull up," he said. "They put in a tremendous amount of work over the last few days, but they're young guys and very fit and strong. I couldn't ask for any more than what they've given," he said. "[But] we'll have to think what the right thing is to do at the time as well."
He admitted New Zealand hadn't expected the West Indies batsmen to last as long as they did, "and you've got to give credit to them for doing so."With an eye on the second test, injured batsman Kane Williamson is playing a Hawke Cup game for Bay of Plenty against Counties to test out the state of his left thumb, which was fractured in Bangladesh in October.
Rain cruelly deprived New Zealand of a drought-ending test win at University Oval today.
Needing 112 to beat the West Indies in the first test of the three-game series, New Zealand were making heavy weather of the chase on the final afternoon at 79 for four when the rain arrived just on tea and didn't let up.
For the West Indies it was a bullet dodged as they had been on the back foot for most of test, but survived courtesy of Darren Bravo's 218 and captain Darren Sammy's gutsy 80 to reach 507 in their second innings. It was the West Indies fourth highest second innings total.
New Zealand were undone by offspinner Shane Shillingford, who took all four wickets as the hosts' got fidgety as they eyed their first win in 10 tests, only to run out of time.The rain was always expected to arrive but New Zealand couldn't get going in their second innings.
Ross Taylor, the first innings double centurymaker, spent 94 minutes over 16 not out, while Corey Anderson was on 20 when the rain came. Shillingford finished with four for 26 off 15 tight and penetrative overs.
New Zealand's last test victory was in Colombo last November. Since then they have lost four tests - two each against South Africa and England - and drawn five, three against England and two against Bangladesh.
The second test starts in Wellington next Wednesday.
- Herald on Sunday