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Will Young scored an undefeated half century for New Zealand A against the West Indies in Queenstown. (File photo)
Will Young, a member of the Black Caps test team, continues to rack up races in anticipation of a possible international debut.
The 28-year-old continues to be New Zealand’s backup hitting in the red ball format, and has ensured that the team is well covered in the event of a late injury or illness prior to the two trials against the Indies. Westerners, which will start next week.
Young maintained his strong start to the season by leading New Zealand A’s charge with 80 unbeaten on the third day of their four-day game against the Windies in Queenstown on Saturday.
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Will Young continues to rack up races as he awaits a chance to appear in the New Zealand test lineup.
The Central Districts right-hander hit seven fours on his 161-ball hit at John Davies Oval, helping the hosts to 249-4 in response to a whopping 571 from the tourists when bad light stopped play just after 5pm and never allowed the resumption.
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Young also passed 5,000 first-class runs in his innings, following the 64 he missed on his birthday last Sunday against the same opponents in his three-day game tied for the same place.
In his most recent outing prior to that, Young reached his first-class ninth century (110 not out) in the failed Chase of CD’s Plunket Shield against Northern Districts.
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The Black Caps took five wickets and conceded one run during an 11-ball stretch against the West Indies.
His careers will be a comfort not only to him, but also to Black Caps coach Gary Stead and fellow coach Gavin Larsen, who must have been very tempted to opt for the new Devon Conway on the test team of 13. men for the games in Hamilton (December 3-7) and Wellington (December 11-15).
Young, who entered this game with a first-class average of 42.99, is still looking forward to a solid higher-order start from Black Caps. He was scheduled to debut in March last year against Bangladesh in place of the injured captain Kane Williamson, however the match was abandoned after the mosque shootings.
Along with Young, there was also half a century on Saturday for fit starters Henry Cooper (54) and Rachin Ravindra (52).
Cooper last weekend scored 116 for Northland in their two-day Fergus Hickey Rosebowl clash against a Bay of Plenty attack led by Neil-Wagner in Tauranga, while Ravindra scored 112 for NZ A in the first inning of three days. last week against the Windies.
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West Indies 571 v New Zealand A 294-8 (W Young 80no, H Cooper 54, R Ravindra 52; C Holder 2-51).
