Jack Taylor: "Just the 40 balls for Blundell to get from 90 to 100 then. Well done to the lad"
Bryn: "Maiden from centuries from #7 & #8 in the same innings. Surely a first?"
Nick: "Congratulations Blundell! Sure the opposition isn't that strong but a hundred is a hundred."
Tim Pate: "Why not declare after the 100 or after the 6 at end of over....nah lets wait for 4 dot balls. "
12:30pm They've declared. 386 runs ahead. Perhaps a little later than they'd wanted, but you've got to give that leeway to your debutant. A finely crafted century for Blundell on debut, despite all the scratchiness at the end. Trent Boult did superbly too. An unbeaten 18 off 60 balls. Unfortunately, cricket batting stats don't have a column for "stunning rearguard". West Indies' misery comes to an end. Period. Bouncers incoming soon.
Now for Boult's hundred.
END OF OVER:148 | 8 Runs | NZ: 520/9
- Tom Blundell107 (180b)
- Trent Boult18 (56b)
- Roston Chase28-4-95-2
- Jason Holder34-8-102-1
Jerry: "Sending my antacid bill to Blundell. "