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Another emphatic home test victory for the Black Caps will have to wait another day.
A combination of fascinating swing bowling in rewarding conditions and a humiliating lack of enforcement from a chaotic West Indies batting lineup set New Zealand for a first Test win over the West Indies by one inning.
Dismissed in their first innings at Hamilton’s Seddon Park for 138 – with injured goalie Shane Dowrich declared unable to hit – the visitors capitulated again in their second attempt to save the test after the hosts declared 519-7 in their first and single entry.
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Neil Wagner of New Zealand is congratulated by his teammates after dismissing Shamarh Brooks of the West Indies during the third day of the first test at Seddon Park.
However, a bold 7th-century unbroken partnership between Jermaine Blackwood and Alzarri Joseph, aided by some rare blemishes from the hosts, saw the Windies take the game to a fourth day after Saturday’s finale seemed assured.
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NZ has had eight wins over one inning and 100 runs, while its highest margin of victory per runs was over Sri Lanka in Christchurch in 2018 (423). They have also scored 10 wins on the ground five times.
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Shamarh Brooks of the West Indies walks away dejected after being fired on the third day of the first test match at Seddon Park.
The Windies managed to avoid suffering their toughest inning loss in their testing history, one inning and 283 runs defeated by England at Headingley in 2007, but barring action from the rear, it gave no indication that they will be tougher opponents in the second round. .
Tourists avoided becoming the fifth team to be eliminated twice in one day in test cricket, instead joining India against England in 1952, Zimbabwe twice against New Zealand, at Harare in 2005 and Napier in 2012, and Afghanistan against India in 2018.
The victory, on day four, will continue New Zealand’s streak of dominance in home events under skipper Kane Williamson.
Since he assumed the captaincy in 2016, his troops have won 13 of the 19 tests played at home, with another five tied. The only loss in that span was to South Africa at the Basin Reserve in 2017, when the tourists rallied from 94-6 in their first innings to win by eight wickets.
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Kane Williamson gets a third double century test.
Before the test began, Williamson’s opposite, Jason Holder, laid out what it took for his troops to halt a 25-year winless race for tourists in New Zealand testing.
“What’s crucial for us is getting through the tough times,” Holder said.
“In the past we have had periods where we have faltered a lot and we have lost test matches. If we have fewer of those periods, we have a better chance of beating the opposition teams. “
Instead, they compressed those periods into one terrible day.
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Tim Southee sends another express delivery on the third day of the first West Indies test at Seddon Park.
There was a minor element of controversy when John Campbell was the first ground to fall into the second West Indies entry.
The southpaw overtook Boult towards Tom Latham on the second slip and was caught falling too low. Referees Chris Gaffaney and Wayne Knights conferred and requested visual assistance while giving a ‘soft signal’. Replays indicated that the ball may have skimmed the grass as it landed on Latham’s fingers, but they weren’t conclusive enough to save Campbell.
Darren Bravo, who saved his team’s draw against New Zealand when he followed in Dunedin in 2013 with a memorable century, played two rudder drives off Tim Southee only for the bowler to retaliate on slips when he made an excellent catch. in Neil Wagner’s first over from the visiting team’s second dig.
Pollard apparently had as many lives as the luckiest cat in the world – in both innings he was given lbw, but he was pardoned for no balls detected by TV referee Chris Brown and was knocked down three times, including two consecutive balls against Kyle Jamieson before of finally perishing lbw. – after review – to become Daryl Mitchell’s first trial window.
The bowling conditions were ideal for the hosts, with clouds keeping some juice in the wicket and the four rapids managed to get the ball rolling.
Jamieson went on to show how he has gone from a practical provincial player to a test star in one year. The mighty right arm took 2-25 in 13 overs in the early innings, baffling Bravo swinging and Kemar Roach stitching.
The second test begins in Wellington on December 11.
New Zealand’s biggest test wins (by one inning):
– One inning and 301 runs against Zimbabwe, Napier, 2012
– One inning and 294 runs against Zimbabwe, Harare, 2005
– One inning and 185 runs against Pakistan, Hamilton, 2001
– One inning and 137 runs against Bangladesh, Wellington, 2008
– One inning and 132 runs against England, Christchurch, 1984
– One inning and 117 runs against Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, 2016
– One inning and 105 runs against West Indies, Wellington, 1999
– One inning and 101 runs against Bangladesh, Chattogram, 2004
