Day One Friday Dec 01,2017
NZ won the toss and chose to field
Squads
West Indies were all-out for 134 in 45.4 Overs
NZ Bowling
Neil Wagner 7/39(14.4 Overs)
Trent Boult 2/36(16 Overs)
Neil Wagner was twice on a hat-trick to take career-best figures of 7-39, helping New Zealand dismiss the West Indies for 134 and take control of the first cricket test on Friday.
The West Indies reached 59-0 before losing all 10 wickets for 75 runs in the face of Wagner’s onslaught of accurate, short-pitched bowling. A last wicket partnership of 29 between Kemar Roach (14 not out) and Shannon Gabriel (10 made the collapse less severe.
New Zealand, playing its first test since March and its first against the West Indies in three years, was 85-2 at stumps with Jeet Raval 29 and Ross Taylor 12. It’s command of the first day was undermined slightly by the loss of Tom Latham for 37 and captain Kane Willaimson, in a dry patch, for 1.
After losing the toss and being asked to bat at Basin Reserve, West Indies openers Kraigg Brathwaite (24) and Kieran Powell (42) looked completely comfortable in their 90 minute partnership for the first wicket of 59.
But Wagner removed Brathwaite with a bouncer for his first wicket, which was a prototype for most of the rest, and that began a collapse which was only broken by the lunch break before seven wickets fell in little more than an hour in the second session.
Day Two Saturday Dec 02,2017
At close of play NZ were 447/9 with Tom Blundell 57 * and Trent Boult 02* at the crease
NZ's Colin de Grandhomme capitalised on a strong platform laid by fifties from Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls to raze West Indies with a stunning onslaught that all but batted them out of the Wellington Test. Along with Tom Blundell's debut fifty, de Grandhomme hammered a 71-ball maiden ton with 4x11 and 6x3, the second fastest by a New Zealand batsman in Tests, to thrust New Zealand to 447/9, a lead of 313.
Day Three Sunday Dec 03,2017
At close of play West Indies were 214/2 with Craigg Brathwaite 79* and Shai Hope 21* at the crease
Earlier NZ at 520/9 declared their 1st innings with big scores from
Ross Taylor 93(160 Balls 4x10)
Colin de Grandhomme 105(74 Balls 4x11 and 6x3)
Tom Blundell 107(180 Balls 4x13 and 6x1)
Day Four Monday Dec 04,2017
Scorecard
West Indies 134 and 319
New Zealand 520/9 Declared
Match Result - NZ won by an innings and 67 Runs
MOM - Neil Wagner(NZ) for his 7/39(14.4 Overs) and 2/102(22 Overs)
Series Result - NZ lead the 2-Match Test Series 1-0
A dramatic West Indies batting collapse gave New Zealand victory by an innings and 67 runs in the first Test on the fourth day in Wellington on Monday Dec 04,2017
The West Indies lost their last five wickets for just 33 runs in nine overs after lunch to give New Zealand victory with more than a day to spare.
The domination was set up by New Zealand winning the crucial toss and rolling the tourists for 134 on a green wicket before replying with 520 for nine declared as the pitch flattened out.
The West Indies resumed on Monday at 214 for two in their second innings, looking to knock off their 386-run deficit with minimal damage.
But the resistance ended with the loss of Kraigg Brathwaite for 91 inside the first hour as three wickets fell before lunch.
The wicket was no longer offering the bowlers any assistance but the fight had gone out of the West Indies, with the downward slide gathering pace from the first ball after the interval when Sunil Ambris was out.
Ambris, who made a golden duck when he stepped back on to his wicket in his debut first innings, made 18, including a six off Trent Boult, before being caught at first slip off Colin de Grandhomme.
Two runs and six balls later, Shane Dowrich (three) steered a Neil Wagner delivery straight to Mitchell Santner at point.
It was the first wicket of the innings for man-of-the-match Wagner and he followed with the dismissal of Jason Holder (seven) to finish with nine for the match after his seven for 39 in the first innings.
The West Indies had started the day pinning their hopes on Brathwaite but he was the first to fall after adding 12 to his overnight 79.
After facing 221 balls, the most by any batsman in the Test, the West Indies opener was too slow bringing his bat down on a straight delivery from spinner Santner which rapped him on the pads, ending a 65-run stand with Shai Hope.
Nine overs later, Hope was also back in the pavilion for 37 when New Zealand took the second new ball and he edged Boult to the safe hands of Kane Williamson at gully.
Roston Chase fell to Matt Henry for 18 as the West Indies ended the morning having lost three for 72.
Henry, who is likely to be replaced by Tim Southee in the second Test in Hamilton starting on Saturday, finished with three for 57.
Day 4 of the first Test between New Zealand and West Indies was a much happier story for the 24-year-old who became just the sixth Test player in history to hit a six in their first scoring shot. The last cricketer to achieve the feat was Sri Lanka’s Dhananjaya de Silva in 2016 against Australia.
After failing to open his account in two deliveries from Trent Boult, he sent the ball straioght over the fine leg fence
before being dismissed for 18, as West Indies went down in the first Test by an innings-and-67-run.
On the first day, Ambris’ nerves got the better of him as he got out via hit-wicket on the first delivery. The right-hand batsman successfully faced Wagner’s delivery and drove it towards the fine leg. But as he played the shot, he went a little too further behind his crease and nudged the bails with his leg, adjudging him out via hit wicket.
That made him the first cricketer to score a golden duck via a hit-wicket on his Test debut. He also became the first Test cricketer to get out by a hit-wicket on a duck in over 14 years. Former Australian skipper Steve Waugh was the last player to get out on a duck in this manner in 2003 against India.
NZ won the toss and chose to field
Squads
New Zealand
- Tom Latham
- Jeet Raval
- Kane Williamson(c)
- Ross Taylor
- Henry Nicholls
- Tom Blundell(wk)
- Mitchell Santner
- Colin de Grandhomme
- Matt Henry
- Neil Wagner
- Trent Boult
West Indies
- Kraigg Brathwaite
- Kieran Powell
- Shimron Hetmyer
- Shai Hope
- Roston Chase
- Sunil Ambris
- Shane Dowrich(wk)
- Jason Holder(c)
- Kemar Roach
- Miguel Cummins
- Shannon Gabriel
West Indies were all-out for 134 in 45.4 Overs
NZ Bowling
Neil Wagner 7/39(14.4 Overs)
Trent Boult 2/36(16 Overs)
Neil Wagner was twice on a hat-trick to take career-best figures of 7-39, helping New Zealand dismiss the West Indies for 134 and take control of the first cricket test on Friday.
The West Indies reached 59-0 before losing all 10 wickets for 75 runs in the face of Wagner’s onslaught of accurate, short-pitched bowling. A last wicket partnership of 29 between Kemar Roach (14 not out) and Shannon Gabriel (10 made the collapse less severe.
New Zealand, playing its first test since March and its first against the West Indies in three years, was 85-2 at stumps with Jeet Raval 29 and Ross Taylor 12. It’s command of the first day was undermined slightly by the loss of Tom Latham for 37 and captain Kane Willaimson, in a dry patch, for 1.
After losing the toss and being asked to bat at Basin Reserve, West Indies openers Kraigg Brathwaite (24) and Kieran Powell (42) looked completely comfortable in their 90 minute partnership for the first wicket of 59.
But Wagner removed Brathwaite with a bouncer for his first wicket, which was a prototype for most of the rest, and that began a collapse which was only broken by the lunch break before seven wickets fell in little more than an hour in the second session.
Day Two Saturday Dec 02,2017
At close of play NZ were 447/9 with Tom Blundell 57 * and Trent Boult 02* at the crease
NZ's Colin de Grandhomme capitalised on a strong platform laid by fifties from Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls to raze West Indies with a stunning onslaught that all but batted them out of the Wellington Test. Along with Tom Blundell's debut fifty, de Grandhomme hammered a 71-ball maiden ton with 4x11 and 6x3, the second fastest by a New Zealand batsman in Tests, to thrust New Zealand to 447/9, a lead of 313.
Day Three Sunday Dec 03,2017
At close of play West Indies were 214/2 with Craigg Brathwaite 79* and Shai Hope 21* at the crease
Earlier NZ at 520/9 declared their 1st innings with big scores from
Ross Taylor 93(160 Balls 4x10)
Colin de Grandhomme 105(74 Balls 4x11 and 6x3)
Tom Blundell 107(180 Balls 4x13 and 6x1)
Day Four Monday Dec 04,2017
Scorecard
West Indies 134 and 319
New Zealand 520/9 Declared
Match Result - NZ won by an innings and 67 Runs
MOM - Neil Wagner(NZ) for his 7/39(14.4 Overs) and 2/102(22 Overs)
Series Result - NZ lead the 2-Match Test Series 1-0
A dramatic West Indies batting collapse gave New Zealand victory by an innings and 67 runs in the first Test on the fourth day in Wellington on Monday Dec 04,2017
The West Indies lost their last five wickets for just 33 runs in nine overs after lunch to give New Zealand victory with more than a day to spare.
The domination was set up by New Zealand winning the crucial toss and rolling the tourists for 134 on a green wicket before replying with 520 for nine declared as the pitch flattened out.
The West Indies resumed on Monday at 214 for two in their second innings, looking to knock off their 386-run deficit with minimal damage.
But the resistance ended with the loss of Kraigg Brathwaite for 91 inside the first hour as three wickets fell before lunch.
The wicket was no longer offering the bowlers any assistance but the fight had gone out of the West Indies, with the downward slide gathering pace from the first ball after the interval when Sunil Ambris was out.
Ambris, who made a golden duck when he stepped back on to his wicket in his debut first innings, made 18, including a six off Trent Boult, before being caught at first slip off Colin de Grandhomme.
Two runs and six balls later, Shane Dowrich (three) steered a Neil Wagner delivery straight to Mitchell Santner at point.
It was the first wicket of the innings for man-of-the-match Wagner and he followed with the dismissal of Jason Holder (seven) to finish with nine for the match after his seven for 39 in the first innings.
The West Indies had started the day pinning their hopes on Brathwaite but he was the first to fall after adding 12 to his overnight 79.
After facing 221 balls, the most by any batsman in the Test, the West Indies opener was too slow bringing his bat down on a straight delivery from spinner Santner which rapped him on the pads, ending a 65-run stand with Shai Hope.
Nine overs later, Hope was also back in the pavilion for 37 when New Zealand took the second new ball and he edged Boult to the safe hands of Kane Williamson at gully.
Roston Chase fell to Matt Henry for 18 as the West Indies ended the morning having lost three for 72.
Henry, who is likely to be replaced by Tim Southee in the second Test in Hamilton starting on Saturday, finished with three for 57.
West Indies’ Sunil Ambris continues unique Test debut against New Zealand
Sunil Ambris continued his unique Test debut in Wellington as he hit a six in his first scoring Test career shot three days after making an unwanted record when he got out by a hit-wicket on a duck.Day 4 of the first Test between New Zealand and West Indies was a much happier story for the 24-year-old who became just the sixth Test player in history to hit a six in their first scoring shot. The last cricketer to achieve the feat was Sri Lanka’s Dhananjaya de Silva in 2016 against Australia.
After failing to open his account in two deliveries from Trent Boult, he sent the ball straioght over the fine leg fence
before being dismissed for 18, as West Indies went down in the first Test by an innings-and-67-run.
On the first day, Ambris’ nerves got the better of him as he got out via hit-wicket on the first delivery. The right-hand batsman successfully faced Wagner’s delivery and drove it towards the fine leg. But as he played the shot, he went a little too further behind his crease and nudged the bails with his leg, adjudging him out via hit wicket.
That made him the first cricketer to score a golden duck via a hit-wicket on his Test debut. He also became the first Test cricketer to get out by a hit-wicket on a duck in over 14 years. Former Australian skipper Steve Waugh was the last player to get out on a duck in this manner in 2003 against India.
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