16/06Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of West Indies at Port of Spain, Jun 16-20 2014
West Indies won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Kraigg Brathwaite
Kraigg BrathwaiteWest Indies
16/06Result
2nd Test, New Zealand tour of West Indies at Port of Spain, Jun 16-20 2014
West Indies won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Kraigg Brathwaite
Kraigg BrathwaiteWest Indies

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.

Eusha: "The innings of NZ here and that of Sri Lanka in the UK actually ended at the same time! That must be a first! Thousands of miles across two continents!"

152.2
W
Gabriel to Boult, OUT, it'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 (39m 21b 1x4 0x6) SR: 38.09

152.1
0
Gabriel to Boult, no run, shortish ball on off stump, sturdy defence from Boult, better than you'd expect from a No. 11

Carey: "Its just 4am here in NZ and the only sadness from a NZ perspective is that Southee does not show the same gritty application when batting as his lower order team mates. A classic example of what if..."

END OF OVER:
152 | 4 Runs | NZ: 331/9

  • BJ Watling66 (216b)
  • Trent Boult8 (19b)
  • Sulieman Benn58-20-78-2
  • Shannon Gabriel23-3-66-1
151.6
4
Benn to Watling, FOUR, he manages to punch it past point, put has enough behind it to send it to the boundary. Six balls to Boult in the next over

What's he going to do now?

151.5
0
Benn to Watling, no run, quicker delivery on the stumps, defended to cover

Now the field comes in

151.4
0
Benn to Watling, no run, tossed up on the stumps, Watling defends it to the leg side

Dark clouds coming in from one side of the ground

151.3
0
Benn to Watling, no run, lots of air on this one, squeezed to point
151.2
0
Benn to Watling, no run, flatter and quicker on off, the batsman defends it to cover
151.1
0
Benn to Watling, no run, fuller outside off, Watling pushes it to cover calmly

Big Benn on

END OF OVER:
151 | 1 Run | NZ: 327/9

  • Trent Boult8 (19b)
  • BJ Watling62 (210b)
  • Shannon Gabriel23-3-66-1
  • Sulieman Benn57-20-74-2

dougy: "What happened to lunch..?" ---- Last wicket, so extended by half an hour

150.6
0
Gabriel to Boult, no run, short ball now, this one is easier to deal with, defended off the back foot
150.5
0
Gabriel to Boult, no run, stays on the back foot and defends this angled delivery down the pitch. There is some movement
150.4
1
Gabriel to Watling, 1 run, back of length delivery on the stumps, tucked away to leg side for a single
150.3
0
Gabriel to Watling, no run, some swing for the bowler! this one jags back in and hits the front pad, everyone appeals, but there are no reviews left. the replays show that was hitting the middle of the middle stump.. What a reprieve for Watling! The appeal was a bit scattered there.

Matthew: "One of the finest double-Cowans I've ever seen. Lovely effort by Watling."

150.2
0
Gabriel to Watling, no run, angled in towards off stump, Watling defends it with aplomb
150.1
0
Gabriel to Watling, no run, fuller delivery on the stumps, punched back to the bowler

END OF OVER:
150 | 1 Run | NZ: 326/9

  • BJ Watling61 (206b)
  • Trent Boult8 (17b)
  • Sulieman Benn57-20-74-2
  • Shannon Gabriel22-3-65-1

luke: "If I was less lazy I'd check that stat from Pelham. I remember Zimbabwe failing to chase down a very small total against the WI in 2000 in the WIndies - not 't'other way round" --- It's the quiz question of the day then

149.6
1
Benn to Watling, 1 run, he looks to change the strike over, and sweeps it to fine leg for a single
149.5
0
Benn to Watling, no run, he comes forward and defends this to off
149.4
0
Benn to Watling, no run, gets and inside edge on to his pads as he looks to defend

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Fightback

7

Number of times that New Zealand have avoided defeat after conceding a lead of more than 239

Winless

0

Number of Tests that West Indies have won in the last year - Bangladesh are the only other team to not win a Test in this period

MIA

67

Number of matches that Roach, Taylor and Benn have collectively missed between their last Test appearance and this series

Turners

16

Number of spinners who have played Tests for New Zealand post-2000. The fewest for any team

smart stats

22

Number of times that West Indies has scored 400+ runs in an innings in the last 10 years – only Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have done this fewer times.

Is there a way back?

1

Number of times that New Zealand have won a Test after conceding 400 in the first innings – versus Bangladesh.

Debutants

60

Number of Test caps West Indies have handed since 2000 - Jermaine Blackwood is the latest. Only England have had more debutants in this period (61)

In the last two years..

6

Number of times that two West Indian batsmen have scored hundreds in a Test innings - against New Zealand (3 times), Bangladesh (2) and Zimbabwe (1).

smart stats

6

Number of 3rd wicket partnerships worth 75+ runs in the last 50 Test innings for West Indies.

Slowest of 'em all

33

Kraigg Brathwaite's Test strike rate - the lowest for any batsman since his debut in May 2011 (min. 200 runs).