New Zealand pacers twice ripped through the West Indies baꦦtting lineup on Day 3 of the first Test and took as many as 16 wickets to leave the tourists reeling at 196/6 in their second innings.
The Jason Holder-led side is still 185 runs behind New Zealand’s first innings total of 519/7d.
Tim Southee was the picks of the bowlers with figures of 4ꦬ/35 as West Indies were bundled out for a p𒅌altry 138 in their first innings.
Bowled Timmy! 👏🏽
Figurᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𝓡ᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚes of 4-35 for the big quick Southee on his home patch 👍🏽
R♓ain has stopped, we will see cricket again 𒅌soon it seems ��
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS)
For the second time in♓ the day, at one point West Indies were struggling at 89/6 and still had more than 15 overs to bat. It looked like the home team would dismiss the visitors soon and co🍬mplete the game within three days.
But middle-order batsman Jermaine Blackwood (80 not out) and tailender Alzarri Joseph (59) showed some resistance and took the tourists total to 1🎃96 for six at stumps. The duo prevented an embarrassing loss of their team at least by a day.
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Brief Scores: New Zealand 519/7 d (Kane Williamson 251, Tom Latham 86; Shannon Gabriel 3/89, Kemar Roach 3/114) lead West Indies 138 (John Campbell 26; Tim Southee 4/35, Kyle Jamieson 2/25) & 196/6 (f/o) (Jermaine Blackwood 80*, Alzarri Joseph 59*; Neil Wagner 2/62) by 185 runs.
