10/12Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Dec 11-14 2020
New Zealand won by an inns & 12 runs
Player of the Match
Henry Nicholls
Henry NichollsNew Zealand
10/12Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Dec 11-14 2020
New Zealand won by an inns & 12 runs
Player of the Match
Henry Nicholls
Henry NichollsNew Zealand

END OF OVER:
114 | 8 Runs 2 Wkts | NZ: 460/10

  • Neil Wagner66 (42b)
  • Roston Chase13-1-54-2
  • Chemar Holder26-1-110-2

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2.01pm New Zealand end with 460. Given the attack they have, and their familiarity with these conditions, and the help on offer, it looks like an absolute mountain for West Indies to climb. We'll see very soon if they can make a better fist of their first innings than they did in Hamilton. Wagner ends unbeaten on 66, what an innings it's been in his 50th Test.

113.6
W
Chase to Boult, OUT, another super catch, this time from Brooks, to end the innings. Tossed up, and Boult flicks uppishly. Brooks does the rest at midwicket, diving to his left once again

TA Boult c Brooks b Chase 6 (2m 3b 0x4 1x6) SR: 200.00

113.5
0
Chase to Boult, no run, now he makes room to stab a good-length off-stump ball to backward point

slip and leg slip in place.

113.4
6
Chase to Boult, SIX, starts with a six. Of course he does. Tossed up wide of off, and Boult walks out of his crease and clobbers it over the wide long-on boundary. It wasn't perfectly middled, and deep midwicket almost got to it, but it fell just far enough to his left, and just far enough over the rope

In walks Trent Boult, the most entertaining batsman in world cricket, apart from maybe Jasprit Bumrah. Over the wicket to the right-hander.

113.3
W
Chase to Nicholls, OUT, gone, Chase ends Nicholls' long innings. Tosses it up outside off and he goes hard at the drive, but can't keep it down, and short extra-cover takes a sharp catch. Kraigg Brathwaite the fielder, throwing himself low to his left. A packed Basin Reserve rises to applaud his innings

HM Nicholls c Brathwaite b Chase 174 (425m 280b 21x4 1x6) SR: 62.14

113.2
1
Chase to Wagner, 1 run, length ball on off stump, swept along the floor to long leg
113.1
1
Chase to Nicholls, 1 run, tossed up on off stump, nimble footwork to get to the pitch and clip to long-on

END OF OVER:
113 | 11 Runs | NZ: 452/8

  • Neil Wagner65 (41b)
  • Henry Nicholls173 (278b)
  • Chemar Holder26-1-110-2
  • Roston Chase12-1-46-0
112.6
6
CK Holder to Wagner, SIX, short on off stump, gets it up to shoulder height, and that's a stunning hit from Wagner, pulls it all the way over the square leg boundary, perfectly controlled too, with a turn of the wrists at impact to give it the impetus it needs to clear the rope

Over the wicket to Wagner.

112.5
1
CK Holder to Nicholls, 1 run, length ball, some width on this occasion, carved away to deep point
112.4
0
CK Holder to Nicholls, no run, length ball close to off stump, left alone
112.3
4
CK Holder to Nicholls, FOUR, wide half-volley, and Nicholls gets forward and thrashes it away between extra-cover and mid-off
112.2
0
CK Holder to Nicholls, no run, good ball, nice length in the channel, brings Nicholls forward to defend and straightens it past his edge
112.1
0
CK Holder to Nicholls, no run, back of a length, close to off stump, defended into the covers

Thanks, Sreshth. Chemar continues, one short of his century. Round the wicket to Nicholls.

END OF OVER:
112 | 5 Runs | NZ: 441/8

  • Henry Nicholls168 (273b)
  • Neil Wagner59 (40b)
  • Roston Chase12-1-46-0
  • Chemar Holder25-1-99-2

Here's Karthik Krishnaswamy again.

111.6
1
Chase to Nicholls, 1 run, tossed up, on off, and driven to long on
111.5
0
Chase to Nicholls, no run, full outside off, and he slices a drive with the turn

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West Indies 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st37KC BrathwaiteJD Campbell
2nd4DM BravoJD Campbell
3rd89SSJ BrooksJD Campbell
4th1JD CampbellRL Chase
5th3JD CampbellJ Blackwood
6th36JO HolderJ Blackwood
7th82JO HolderJ Da Silva
8th30AS JosephJ Da Silva
9th25CK HolderJ Da Silva
10th10ST GabrielCK Holder