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A majestic display of swing has Tim Southee about to add a third bowler to New Zealand’s ‘group’ of more than 300 players.
Southee won 4-35 in the early innings as the Black Caps sacked the West Indies for 138 at Hamilton on Saturday and then picked up another wicket as the tourists were forced to carry on.
That left Southee 11 wickets short of 300 proving grounds, something they should achieve this summer at home with day four at Hamilton and three more rounds to come.
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Tim Southee sends another express delivery on the third day of the first West Indies test at Seddon Park.
Just two kiwis have collected over 300 scalps in NZ’s 91-year testing history: Sir Richard Hadlee still looks untouchable with 431 plots from 86 tests, while left arm spinner Daniel Vettori sits in a comfortable second place on the ladder with 361 lands in 112 appearances.
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“It’s something I guess when you play long enough, those things happen,” Southee said after the stumps.
“But it will be something special if I can get there, right now it’s about going back tomorrow and getting the remaining land.
“I think having a forced winter break for seven months, although it took a while to get back on track, but once he gets going his body hardens back to cricket and hopefully I can add some time in the end”.
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Trent Boult of New Zealand is congratulated by his teammates after dismissing John Campbell of the West Indies on the third day of the first test.
After failing to break through against the West Indies starters in the final session of day two, the Black Caps attack made regular advances in both innings on Saturday until an unbroken turn-of-the-century partnership for the seventh wicket between Jermaine Blackwood and Alzarri Joseph denied the hosts. a great victory in three days.
“I think we actually played well last night,” Southee said.
“We probably weren’t as consistent as we wanted to and we did that evaluation overnight and we adjusted to it this morning and they helped us with a little swing with the older ball, which we know when we are able to do that we are much more dangerous.
“We knew we had to be in good areas for longer periods of time, we managed to get there a couple early and get the ball rolling.
“We were probably not at our best in the last hour, but Joseph and Blackwood have to be given a bit of credit for the way they took an attacking approach and had a bit of luck along the way. They played positive cricket and we were probably a bit off in the last session as well. “
Southee’s four-wicket tour in the early innings took him to 50 wickets at Seddon Park, becoming the fourth NZ pitcher to capture more than 50 wickets at a test site. Hadlee accomplished the feat at Lancaster Park and Basin Reserve, while the others to do so were Vettori and Chris Martin.
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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.
The right arm, who will turn 32 on the first day of the second test in Wellington, continues to be heavily hunted on New Zealand’s all-time bowling list by his longtime partner in crime, Trent Boult.
The left arm took two wickets on Saturday to increase his test run to 269 wickets.
Neil Wagner, who has a better hit test rate than Southee and Boult, brought his terrain test collection to 210 by catching two scalps in each inning on day three, giving the trio 768 test victims between them. .
Newcomer Kyle Jamieson also impressed in his third test, taking three wickets on Saturday and was unlucky enough not to grab any more.
“He’s been a great addition,” Southee said.
“At the end of last summer he had a massive impact on those two tests against India and he has shown again here that he has picked up where he left off with bat and ball.
“He’s added another variation: you have me and Trent, left and right gunsmiths swinging and Wags with his stuff and then you have a guy who’s an absolute behemoth and for a tall guy he hits a little challenging areas.”
