Live cricket updates: Black Caps v West Indies, day four of the second test at Basin Reserve

All the action between the Black Caps and West Indies in Test 2.

Day 3 Report: By Dylan Cleaver:

Trent Boult has almost admitted that his great teammate and new ball partner Tim Southee will hit 300 proving grounds before him, but, he says, don’t expect him to finish there.

Both starred in a truncated third day. Southee cleared the last two wickets of the first West Indies innings to get his 11th round of five wickets in testing, while Boult, with no terrain and no luck in the first innings, has three in the second.

Southee has 294 test hairs, while Boult has 272.

“I really haven’t thought of [300]Boult said, not entirely convincing.

“If there is a race to 431 it would be pretty good,” he said of Sir Richard Hadlee’s record review in New Zealand. “I just really enjoy bowling with him. We have been good partners for several years and we complement each other very well.”

With the attack continuing to impress, it took a few clouds to come in from the south and a visiting skipper with a point to demonstrate put a stick in the spokes of the Black Caps.

It will be temporary. With two days to play against the West Indies, 85 runs behind with just four wickets in the second inning in hand, they’ll need a biblical-type intervention to avoid defeat, but at least they can see Sunday night at the Basin as a moral victory. of type.

At 170-6 after Jermaine Blackwood’s window, thrown for 20 pitches across the line, it seemed inevitable that New Zealand’s powerful attack would cut through the tail.

They didn’t make the tail, however, as West Indies captain Jason Holder (60) and rookie goalkeeper Joshua da Silva (25) showed their guts to go 244-6. It was then that the mealy clouds consolidated enough to force the players to leave the field.

The New Zealanders did not argue too much about the decision to leave the field. The attack has done a lot of heavy lifting in the two trials and the consecutive mandatory follow-ups are often better for the ego than the body.

“We would have loved to go on, but that cannot be controlled. We are in a great position and everything is very good for us,” said Boult.

“There was a good resilience from Jason Holder. They are hitting very well; good and positive on the short ball too.”

That positivity has had a flow effect in the locker room. Starter John Campbell, who hit 68 before cutting Kyle Jamieson at his stumps, noted that Holder has a double century of testing.

“He’s still in the fold. Josh on debut is very capable, as we can see from the way he hit tonight,” Campbell said.

The West Indies started the third day at 124-8 chasing New Zealand 460 and were greeted at the door by the Chance brothers, Slim and Fat.

The end of their first innings was conveniently quick, with Southee taking away da Silva (3) and Shannon Gabriel (2). It meant that for the third time in history, two New Zealanders had five-wicket sets in the same inning.

Given the speed with which those events unfolded, enforcing the follow-up was a formality.
Boult finally got his payoff, as Kraigg Brathwaite was caught nicely around the corner by Will Young and Darren Bravo shortly after, throwing the ball into the ravine after awkwardly rejecting it from his grid.

Shamarh Brooks joined Campbell and the pair fought bravely, compiling 89 for the third wicket before Neil Wagner picked up his first wicket of what is his 50th test.

Roston Chase took a pair when he pushed Kyle Jamieson into the cordon and Campbell followed. His window marked the regrettable end of the West Indies higher order in this series and the microscope will surely train its three most seasoned activists.

Brathwaite, Bravo and Chase came to New Zealand with 21 centuries of testing between them, but they contributed just 108 runs with a combined average of 8.66. They bagged three ducks and none went over 25, truly miserable loot.

Holder might offer you a small, barely perceptible streak of hope next door, but those three will find your contributions useless.