30/11Result
1st Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Dec 1-4 2017
New Zealand won by an inns & 67 runs
Player of the Match
Neil WagnerNew Zealand
30/11Result
1st Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Dec 1-4 2017
New Zealand won by an inns & 67 runs
Player of the Match
Neil WagnerNew Zealand

3:04pm Everything looks different now! Williamson's decision to bowl first on what is evidently a batting paradise might have been punished by a team with more resolve after making a good start. But Wagner took any resolve West Indies had, chucked it into the turf, and crushed it like a cigarette butt repeatedly. A half-century stand for the opening wicket completely undone by aggressive fast bowling that has given him second-best figures by a New Zealander against West Indies, behind Chris Cairns' 7-27 in Hamilton, 1999. New Zealand now have about 40 overs of batting on the very first day after electing to field.

45.4
W
Wagner to Gabriel, OUT, taken at second slip and that's a new career-best for Neil Wagner. He's terrorised the batsmen today. Another one sits on the back foot and pays the price. This is short, angled across off. He's backing away a touch and sticks the bat out away from hso body. Thick edge, taken cleanly with a squat and a reverse cup

ST Gabriel c Latham b Wagner 10 (41m 35b 2x4 0x6) SR: 28.57

45.3
4lb
Wagner to Gabriel, 4 leg byes, full on the pads. Looks to flick and can't get bat on it, but the deflection off his pads take it wide of both keeper and leg gully
45.2
1
Wagner to Roach, 1 run, short and at the hips. Gets the glance through backward short leg and out to fine leg
45.1
0
Wagner to Roach, no run, short ball in the corridor, tapped into the off side off the back foot

END OF OVER:
45 | 8 Runs | WI: 129/9

  • Shannon Gabriel10 (33b)
  • Kemar Roach13 (24b)
  • Matt Henry11-1-39-0
  • Neil Wagner14-2-38-6

andrew: "I'd say Wagner has has more wickets from short balls than anyother bowler in the last 3 years or so. That makes him the best exponent by my books. He isn't as scary as a Mitchell Johnson but by cheeses hes effective."

44.6
0
Henry to Gabriel, no run, back of a length at off stump, defended off the back foot
44.5
0
Henry to Gabriel, no run, short ball just outside off, left alone
44.4
0
Henry to Gabriel, no run, back of a length at off, defended off the back foot
44.3
4
Henry to Gabriel, FOUR, shot! Stands tall and lift this full ball over the bowler. Such class in that stroke. Full face, high elbow. No feet, but four runs
44.2
4
Henry to Gabriel, FOUR, outside edge squeezes through the slip cordon. That straightened after angling into the corridor
44.1
0
Henry to Gabriel, no run, back of a length at off stump, defended off the back foot

END OF OVER:
44 | 2 Runs | WI: 121/9

  • Kemar Roach13 (24b)
  • Shannon Gabriel2 (27b)
  • Neil Wagner14-2-38-6
  • Matt Henry10-1-31-0
43.6
0
Wagner to Roach, no run, good length at leg stump. Flicks straight to backward short leg who gestures a throw but doesn't release the ball. Roach had to make some ground after taking off for a run instinticvely, that might have been close
43.5
1
Wagner to Gabriel, 1 run, another brute but this time he manages to find bat. Unfortunately for him, it lobs over the slip cordon. Bouncer at his chest. He takes the bottom hand off and sways backwards with no control
43.4
0
Wagner to Gabriel, no run, Williamson reviews a caught-behind decision. Blundell took the catch and leaped straight away as he chucked the ball upwards. It was a short one at his mid-riff. He was looking to flick this and it went through, seemingly past the outside edge. There was no sound...and Snicko shows no spike either. That's not out
43.3
0
Wagner to Gabriel, no run, short ball climbing brutally at an off stump line. Too good for No. 11. He's beaten
43.2
1
Wagner to Roach, 1 run, length outside off. Looks to drive through the line and into the covers. Taps it past the non-striker in the end. The face closed
43.1
0
Wagner to Roach, no run, short at off stump, solidly behind to defend into the off side

END OF OVER:
43 | 1 Run | WI: 119/9

  • Shannon Gabriel1 (24b)
  • Kemar Roach12 (21b)
  • Matt Henry10-1-31-0
  • Neil Wagner13-2-36-6
42.6
0
Henry to Gabriel, no run, good length at middle stump, defended to mid-on
42.5
0
Henry to Gabriel, no run, back of a length outside off, climbs past the outside edge
42.4
1
Henry to Roach, 1 run, on-drive...rolls through mid-off. It's a full ball at middle stump. He drives nicely towards the open mid-on region but Gabriel fails to get his bat up quickly. Deflected past mid-off
42.3
0
Henry to Roach, no run, full and just outside off, pushed to mid-off
42.2
0
Henry to Roach, no run, back of a length. Angled in at off stump and then nipping away. Beaten by a long way
42.1
0
Henry to Roach, no run, back of a length, climbing up in the corridor. Beaten on the forward defence

Matt Henry. Three slips, a gully and short leg

END OF OVER:
42 | 1 Run | WI: 118/9

  • Shannon Gabriel1 (22b)
  • Kemar Roach11 (17b)
  • Neil Wagner13-2-36-6
  • Trent Boult16-8-36-2

James: "@Matt No Wagner isn't the best exponent of bouncers and short pitch bowling, rather I see him as the most tenacious exponent of it. Where as Starc and Cummins may bowl short to the tail consistently, Wagner bowls short to everyone and for an extended period of time."

And that will be drinks.

41.6
0
Wagner to Gabriel, no run, back of a length at middle stump, defended on the back foot
41.5
0
Wagner to Gabriel, no run, back of a length at off stump, defended off the back foot

WI in NZ 2017-18 News

NZ ahead

14-13

The Head-to-head record between NZ and WI after this Test. This is the first time NZ have moved ahead of WI in terms of wins in their bilateral history.

Superb seven

12.5

Neil Wagner's strike rate in his figures of 7 for 39, is the second-best in 17 seven-wkt hauls by NZ bowlers in Tests. Only better is Hadlee's 7/23 in 8.3 overs v India in Wellington in 1976.

Middle-order low for WI

22

Runs added by West Indies for their 3rd to 7th wickets in this inns - the third least they have added for these wickets in any Test inns overall and their least in the last 30 years.