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New Zealand [460] beat West Indies [130 and 317] by an innings and 12 runs to win series 2-0

Blackwood needs to play a long innings here , for WI to make a kind of come back in this game.
 
We're usually the ones batting first on those pitches.

We have to get pitches like this or we can't get results and we'd get 600 v 600 games.

Yeah I completely understand that it's necessary in NZ. There isn't the hot sun or type of soil to break up & wear a lot in NZ, so if the pitch starts just barely green then it just really gets flatter & flatter & a lower for 5 days- just harder & harder to get blokes out.

If they start it super green the bowlers are in the game for the first few days & then at least it still has some carry left to get wickets on the last couple of days.
 
They scored 540+
The colour doesn't always mean a lot in modern NZ pitches.

It's not about the colour of the pitch . There was plenty of seam movement on offer. Windies bowled garbage, especially Holder who was either too short or too floaty and Henry Nicholls batted brilliantly.
 
A brilliant spell from Kyle Jamieson had West Indies on the brink of following on at stumps on day two, trailing by 336 runs with just two wickets left.

West Indies were 124/8 at stumps on day two as New Zealand gained an upper hand in the Wellington Test. After bowling out New Zealand for 460, Windies found themselves in early trouble as Tim Southee sent back Kraigg Brathwaite for a duck in the third over.

John Campbell and Darren Bravo appeared edgy as the New Zealand new ball bowlers tested both sides of the bat. Just as it seemed Bravo was settling in for the long haul, having faced nearly 30 balls for his seven, he gifted a return catch to Southee and departed.

Disaster struck in Kyle Jamieson's first over, the best one of the day, as he created chances off the first two balls before getting rid of Campbell off the third. Jamieson's fuller length caused more issues as Roston Chase played all around an inswinger to be cleaned up next ball.

On a hat-trick, Jamieson bowled another sharp inswinger that hit Jermaine Blackwood on the pads. New Zealand reviewed the on-field decision against them, but the ball was going down leg and the hat-trick was averted.

Blackwood and Shamarh Brooks carried them to tea, but the script was pretty much written by then with the visitors at 42/4. Like at Seddon Park, in the face of adversity, Blackwood opened up to play a few strokes after the break.

Aided by a dogged Brooks, Windies slowly rebuilt as Blackwood completed a second fifty-plus score in as many innings. The Black Caps needed a breakthrough and stand-in skipper Tom Latham called on Jamieson, who promptly delivered with the wicket of Brooks, who shouldered arms to one angling in and was bowled.

Bowling changes worked perfectly for Latham as Southee returned to the attack to get rid of the dangerous Blackwood for 69. Jason Holder didn't last long either as Jamieson snaffled him and Alzarri Joseph, last Test's batting hero for Windies, in the same over.

Earlier in the day, New Zealand lost Jamieson for 20, the first time he had been dismissed below 40 in his short Test career. Southee didn't last long either as Joseph captured his second wicket of the day. Nicholls found able company in Neil Wagner, who cracked three fours and a six in his first 11 balls at the crease.

Nicholls brought up his 150 soon enough, and Wagner was put down by Joseph off Gabriel. Wagner smashed 18 runs off one Joseph over and went on a full-fledged attack to complete a 36-ball half-century.

Wagner's onslaught was halted as Roston Chase snared Nicholls and Boult in the same over to wrap up the New Zealand innings for 460. West Indies had a few overs to survive until tea but lost four wickets in the period to once again play catch up.

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It's not about the colour of the pitch . There was plenty of seam movement on offer. Windies bowled garbage, especially Holder who was either too short or too floaty and Henry Nicholls batted brilliantly.

True, there was plenty of assistance in the wicket. Windies let themselves down by dropping about 3 catches just in the couple of hours I watched on Day 1, I assume they dropped 4-5 for the day, plus some through vacant 3rd slip where Holder had no man (on a wicket THAT green only 2 slips... facepalm)
 
Once again Blackwood holds the bridge alone. Has to move up the order.
 
Windies batsmen collapsing like a pack of cards every match these days. Scored 300+ once in their last 18 Test innings.
 
Solid partnership here , 50 runs so far , but WI need huge effort here to get away from innings defeat here
 
WI - 120/2 after 33 overs.

209 more runs to avoid an innings defeat.
 
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Day 3: Stumps - West Indies trail by 85 runs

NZ - 460
WI - 131 & 244/6 (f/o) (65.4)

CRR: 3.72
 
Holder batting on 35 , he likely to get another useless 50 and stay in the playing XI

Stay in the XI? He's the captain & even though he's not great, he's still their best player. The only other player they have worth feeding is Gabriel.

Who would they drop him for? WI domestic cricket is a wasteland of 27 year olds with 3 FC centuries & a batting average of 35. All these "batsmen" also bowl offspin that picks them up 2.5 wickets a game vs other talentless hacks at an average of 30 & thus we get yet another Roston Chase [insert player here].

Their quicks all do ok for a spell here & there & half an over of good stuff after that but just need more 4 day cricket to learn patience.

They have literally no one else to pick as a batsman or bowler who has done the slightest thing in FC cricket to warrant selection.
 
Holder keeps West Indies in the game after New Zealand pacers thrive

An unbeaten half-century from Jason Holder and a strong partnership with Joshua da Silva helped West Indies to 244/6, 85 behind New Zealand, at stumps on day three in Wellington.

Bad light interrupted a resolute sixth-wicket partnership between Jason Holder and Joshua da Silva after the visitors were asked to follow on after finishing their first innings on 131. West Indies lost half their side before the tea break, but Holder and debutant da Silva kept the visitors in the game.

Holder smashed two sixes and a four in three overs after Jermaine Blackwood's dismissal and took the attack to the Black Caps. The skipper completed a half-century off 73 balls eventually as da Silva also settled in nicely. Soon after the drinks break, the umpires deemed that it wasn't bright enough for the game to continue.

At the start of the second innings, John Campbell and Kraigg Brathwaite survived the first 10 overs of the new ball, but in the 12th over the resistance came to an end as Trent Boult picked up Brathwaite and Darren Bravo in the space of four balls to undo the visitors' efforts. Shamarh Brooks showed intent early on with some good-looking shots and alongside a composed Campbell, took the Windies to lunch unscathed.

The two continued to forge a strong association even after the break and then Campbell brought up his half-century with back-to-back fours off Neil Wagner. The two batters started opening up more with runs coming quickly. Brooks' fight didn't last long, though, as he nicked Wagner to the 'keeper on 36.

Roston Chase didn't last long and grabbed a pair when he nicked Kyle Jamieson to the cordon. The tall pacer went on to dismiss Campbell as well in his next over and the Windies had lost three wickets in the space of adding four runs. Jason Holder and Jermaine Blackwood survived lbw shouts but carried West Indies to the tea break without further damage.

Earlier, New Zealand brought the West Indies' first innings to an early close with Tim Southee grabbing the last two wickets. The visitors added just seven runs to their overnight total and were promptly asked to follow on. Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson shared the spoils with five wickets apiece, the first time two New Zealand bowlers had taken five-wicket hauls in the same Test innings at home.
 
That’s NZ at the top of the test ladder for the first time. Well played Kiwis.
 
The Black Caps boosted their hopes of reaching the ICC World Test Championship final after securing back-to-back innings victories against West Indies.

Despite a debut fifty for West Indies’ Joshua Da Silva, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner took two wickets apiece to ensure victory on day four of the second Test, as the hosts won by an innings and 12 runs.

In Southee’s first over of the day, he bowled a beauty to sneak through Jason Holder’s defence as the Windies captain went for 61, before Alzarri Joseph came to the crease. The youngster blasted three fours and two sixes on his way to a quickfire 24 from 12 balls but he tickled one down the leg-side off Southee to BJ Watling.

Da Silva stuck around to register his maiden Test fifty but in Wagner’s first over of the day, he had the 22-year-old trapped in front and he had to go for 57.

Fellow debutant Chemar Holder hit three boundaries to finish on an unbeaten 13 but Shannon Gabriel was cleaned up by Wagner (3/54) to wrap up another emphatic victory for the hosts as the West Indies were bowled out for 317.

Earlier in the match, highest ever international scores for Henry Nicholls (174) and Wagner (66*) helped the Black Caps post 460 in their first innings before five-fors for Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson forced the visitors to follow-on, with Jermaine Blackwood (69) leading the way for the tourists with their only impactful score.

The series win for New Zealand sees them rise to third in the World Test Championship standings, ahead of England, boosting their hopes of reaching the final in 2021.
 
A positive for WI is Joshua Da Silva.

Dowrich is an awful keeper who needs replacing.
 
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