http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 v New Zealand – 2nd Test (Day 1) – Match Recap – Roach and Best give Windies edge as Kiwis crumble at 260
Try as they might to hold their own against the West Indies, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758 and Tino Best triggering a batting collapse which saw the Kiwis crumbling, all out, at 260 on the first day of the final Test, played on August 2 at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
Despite skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 and Martin Guptill both managed to reach 50+ individual scores, they were unable to take their figures up to three digits.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/N-Deonarine-c2051 (12-3-43-2) also chipped in with useful performances.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 at first slip in the 5th over, leaving his side at 10 for 1.
The Kiwis’ fortunes failed to improve, with veteran batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/D-Ramdin-c1299 off Tino Best.
Ross Taylor (60) was next up to bat, and the Black Caps received some respite in his 103-run 3rd wicket partnership with Guptill. The duo got their side up to 114 by the 38th over, after which Best struck, once again, to take Taylor out of the game.
Guptill meanwhile, remained constant at the crease, following up his recently improved performances, which saw him registering scores of 97 and 67 during the previous Test at Antigua. However, following the dismissal of the skipper, none of the remaining batsmen were able to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 it out and serve as effective partners for the opener, with the Black Caps’ losing their last seven wickets in the space of 99 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KS-Williamson-c1813 was up next, and chipped in with 22 runs to form a 47-run stand with Guptill. However, the 21-year-old could not hold out against the Windies’ bowling attack, and found himself caught out by Darren Sammy after playing a clumsy shot off part-time spinner Deonarine.
He was followed, in the very next over, by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dean-Brownlie-c1349, who continued his mediocre outings by going the McCullum way, sent back to the pavilion on duck after edging Roach to Ramdin.
By this point, the visitors were at 162 for 5, and received another blow with the dismissal of Guptill, who had served as the anchor of the innings so far. The 25-year-old, who had gone through some stretching exercises earlier in the innings, appeared to be in some discomfort, and found himself run out by a direct hit from Best while attempting to answer partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kruger-van-Wyk-c1811’s (16) call for a quick single.
At 170 for 6, the Kiwis' chances of posting a competitive total looked slim, but contributions from the tail-enders enabled them to work their way up to a total of 260.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Boult-c2708 (14*) provided the late burst the Kiwis needed before Roach intervened to dismiss the first two, with the visitors finishing, all out, at 260.
Having bowled out their opposition on the very first day, the Windies stepped up to bat, with Gayle (1) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kieran-Omar-Akeem-Powell-c71441 (10) opening the innings. However, they only managed to reach a total of 11 runs before the day drew to a close. The second day sees the Windies trailing by 249 runs – a situation which seems under their control given the fact that Gayle is still present at the crease, and the team has 10 wickets in hand.
Tags: