08/06Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of West Indies at Kingston, Jun 8-11 2014
New Zealand won by 186 runs
Player of the Match
Mark CraigNew Zealand
08/06Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of West Indies at Kingston, Jun 8-11 2014
New Zealand won by 186 runs
Player of the Match
Mark CraigNew Zealand

West Indies took out their big three in the morning session, but Jimmy Neesham and BJ Watling put New Zealand back on course with a double-century partnership. Neesham reached his second century in his second Test, and Watling just missed out on two successive tons as well, but he did a great job, and 508 will test West Indies' batting for sure. A minimum of five overs remain in the day, but there's enough time for the New Zealand bowlers to get in one or two more than that.

Bharath Seervi: "Tim Southee has hit 45 sixes in his Test career which is 1.40 sixes/match and 0.88 sixes/inning. Among all those players who have hit 25 or more sixes in their career, only Shahid Afridi has higher rates."

and he also has this to add: "508/7d is NZ's second highest total in West Indies. Their highest is 543/3d at Georgetown in April 1972."

174.3
W
Shillingford to Watling, OUT, holes out, and New Zealand have declared. Down the pitch, and swats across the ball and hits it squarer than he would have liked. Drops into deep midwicket's hands and the batsmen sprint off the ground.

BJ Watling c Powell b Shillingford 89 (228m 204b 7x4 1x6) SR: 43.62

174.2
1
Shillingford to Southee, 1 run, ha ha! he presses forward and defends with soft hands into the off side to bring Watling on strike
174.1
2
Shillingford to Southee, 2 runs, turns down the leg side, and Southee gets a little tickle on it down towards fine leg

END OF OVER:
174 | 12 Runs | NZ: 505/6

  • BJ Watling89 (203b)
  • Tim Southee18 (5b)
  • Sulieman Benn52-14-142-3
  • Shane Shillingford46-7-142-2
173.6
0
Benn to Watling, no run, Watling goes for the slog-sweep from way outside off and misses. Ramdin whips off the bails but doesn't appeal at all. His foot was well behind the crease.
173.5
1
Benn to Southee, 1 run, this time he drives inside-out, all along the ground to long-off
173.4
6
Benn to Southee, SIX, that's slogged from way outside off, and he makes a clean connection and sends it soaring over cow corner
173.3
4
Benn to Southee, FOUR, that's full, outside off, and he's flat-batted that over the bowler's head. Powerful strike, and it bounces once into the boundary. Both long-on and long-off were back
173.2
1
Benn to Watling, 1 run, shortish ball, and Watling cuts but finds the sweeper once again
173.1
0
Benn to Watling, no run, Tossed up very high, and Watling nearly yorks himself as he comes down the pitch and drives to cover

END OF OVER:
173 | 13 Runs | NZ: 493/6

  • Tim Southee7 (2b)
  • BJ Watling88 (200b)
  • Shane Shillingford46-7-142-2
  • Sulieman Benn51-14-130-3
172.6
6
Shillingford to Southee, SIX, down the pitch again and he launches this high and handsome over long-on
172.5
1
Shillingford to Watling, 1 run, down the pitch and whipped away to long-on
172.4
2
Shillingford to Watling, 2 runs, shortish ball outside off and Watling cuts but finds the sweeper on the off side
172.3
1
Shillingford to Southee, 1 run, Southee slogs across the line first ball, doesn't get hold of it, and it bounces down to deep backward square leg
172.2
1
Shillingford to Watling, 1 run, shapes to cut again, but that turns sharply, and he can only push it into the off side with a straight bat
172.1
2
Shillingford to Watling, 2 runs, short and wide, and Watling late-cuts that very nicely. Point runs back to cut it off before it reaches the boundary

Nick: "Not everyday a batsman is out for 107 and his average drops dramatically." Yup, it's now a mere 138.50. Southee is the new man.

END OF OVER:
172 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 480/6

  • BJ Watling82 (196b)
  • Sulieman Benn51-14-130-3
  • Shane Shillingford45-7-129-2
171.6
W
Benn to Neesham, OUT, what happened there? That didn't turn and Neesham, poking from the crease, seemed to get an outside edge that Ramdin grabbed after a bit of a juggle. The umpire gives it not out. West Indies call for the review. It isn't a no-ball by any stretch of the imagination, and it's a thick edge... and he's been given out

JDS Neesham c †Ramdin b Benn 107 (216m 171b 11x4 2x6) SR: 62.57

171.5
0
Benn to Neesham, no run, onto middle stump, and he tucks it wristily towards mid-on
171.4
0
Benn to Neesham, no run, tossed up, and he drives to mid-off
171.3
1
Benn to Watling, 1 run, quickish ball on off stump, and Watling pushes it in front of point with a straight bat
171.2
1
Benn to Neesham, 1 run, quicker ball, on off stump, and Neesham nurdles it into the leg side to bring up the 200 partnership
171.1
1
Benn to Watling, 1 run, that's full, on off stump, and he's leaned on it to ease it to deep cover

END OF OVER:
171 | 10 Runs | NZ: 477/5

  • BJ Watling80 (194b)
  • James Neesham106 (167b)
  • Shane Shillingford45-7-129-2
  • Sulieman Benn50-14-127-2
170.6
1
Shillingford to Watling, 1 run, More runs in the V. Doesn't quite get hold of it. I think he might have been looking for the off-drive, but he ends up driving it to long-on
170.5
6
Shillingford to Watling, SIX, whoa. What was I saying about playing in the V? down the pitch, gets into the perfect position to swing through the line and launch that over long-on.
170.4
1
Shillingford to Neesham, 1 run, couple of steps down the pitch and driven down to long-off
170.3
2
Shillingford to Neesham, 2 runs, slightly back of a length, and Neesham waits on it before opening his bat face and dabbing it towards third man

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NZ's Test wins in WI

1

New Zealand's only win in 16 Tests in the Caribbean was in Barbados in 2002, before today

Fifty in quick time

25

No. of balls Shillingford took for his fifty, the second quickest in Tests in terms of balls faced. Kallis did it in 24

Happy hunting ground

23

No. of Tests West Indies have won at Sabina Park - more than at any other venue. This one looks difficult though

A sizeable chunk

30%

Percentage of WI’s wickets post-2005 taken by the four regular bowlers playing this Test. WI used 48 bowlers in this period

Golden ducks

3

Number of times Ross Taylor has been dismissed for a first-ball duck in Test cricket. This was his 100th innings

A big promotion

0

No. of times Ish Sodhi batted above No.7 in 37 previous first-class innings