West Indies v New Zealand | 1st Test | June 8-11, 2014 | Kingston

[Haz95]

Come on Gayle, this is the type of play we like

 

[Space Cat]

Craig gets his first test wicket. Hes impressed.

 

[Haz95]

clear out there

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Criage looks amazing. I like this bowler.

 

[Space Cat]

Craig!

 

[Adil_94]

Great battle between Gayle and Southee.

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[Haz95]

damnn lol

 

[Adil_94]

Craig 2 wickets now Windies in trouble

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[Zohaib Shah]

West Indies should quit Test cricket and focus on twenty20.

 

[Batman_DB]

craig got 2wks in 3 balls suddenly nzl spinners looking better

 

[Space Cat]

Like i said guys don't judge Craig on his First Class career he bowls for Otago which is probably the worst pitch for spinners in NZ.

 

[Haz95]

Lara wannabee in. This should be interesting

 

[Adil_94]

Gayle looks like the biggest joke of the century here. He finally faces real cricket after a while and ends up looking like a novice.

Test Cricket at times is about survival. NZ pacers are high class if he goes on to make a 100 his early struggles will be forgotten

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[Adil_94]

That looked dead

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[Haz95]

lol this Craig guy is proving to be pretty impressive. Guess we are gonna make him look like the next Murali later this year

 

[Haz95]

lol this is madness

 

[Adil_94]

Windies in big trouble Bravo gone very tame dismissal

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[Space Cat]

Sodhi gets Bravo.

NZs much maligned spin attack is doing the damage here.

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Can anyone give me even 1 reason why the Windies deserve to play tests and we dont?? They dont look remotely interested in test cricket

NZ are my favourite of the test teams so I'm happy to see them doing well

 

[Batman_DB]

what the heck another 1 went down!!

 

[Justcrazy]

Bravo gone

 

[NZcricketfan]

Worlds worst spin attack taking wickets

 

[Justcrazy]

Kiwis should win this game , pitch will help spin more as the game goes on.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4 :4

Gayle attacking Craig here

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Gayle is bound to get out soon with the way he's going. He's looking to hit almost every ball. He need's to calm down a bit and know this is Test cricket not twenty20.

 

[EC666]

Gayle's doing the right thing. Field is up, you've got to attack. Put the pressure on the bowlers and get into their heads.

 

[leatherface58]

With Gayle around, quick singles are practically out of the question.

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Gotta say I find it fascinating how quickly Chaunderpaul can move his feet by having a awkward square arm stance like that.

 

[Justcrazy]

These two must stick here if WI want to save the game.

 

[EC666]

Chanderpaul is a delight to watch. What a legend. Hope he does well.

Gayle, meanwhile, is going for another 300.

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Nice looking shot by Chaunderpaul. Unfortunately he never got a 4.

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Great shot by Gayle. Four!

 

[Boi]

50 for Gayle! Come on get a big one lad!

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Wow no sixes yet from Gayle. So unlike Gayle.

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Brilliant shot by Chaunderpaul. FOUR!

 

[Justcrazy]

for Gayle

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 35 runs

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Chaundarpaul is looking aggressive today. Something very nice to see from him.

 

[eradicator]

The innings was boring when Powell and Gayle were batting but now its slowly getting fun to watch.

 

[Zohaib Shah]

Great stop by the New Zealand Captain. A full dive stop.

 

[Batman_DB]

good counter attack by SHIV and Gayle

 

[eradicator]

Lunch now

 

[Justcrazy]

Lunch

WI 97 / 3

 

[Zohaib Shah]

I think Fawad Alam has a chance to be a future Chaunderpaul. His stance is like Chaunderpauls and he plays his shots down most of the time.

 

[Batman_DB]

gayle gone no fairytale 100 for him

 

[jattafridi]

gayle 64

 

[Sam18696]

West Indies should just stop playing test cricket

 

[Batman_DB]

another 1 gone

 

[jattafridi]

one more gone

 

[Space Cat]

Southee getting big inswing here.

 

[Batman_DB]

can they save follow on now?

 

[Space Cat]

Deserved wickets for Southee he bowled brilliantly earlier for no luck.

 

[Justcrazy]

samuels gone

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Im going to ask this question again.

What have the Windies done to merit test cricket that we havent??

104/5. And yet again Shiv must repair. They really dont care the Windies. Hammered vs India. Hammered vs NZ and now being hammered again by the looks of it. Bangladesh could be eyeing a test series win in a couple of months IMO

 

[Justcrazy]

This looking like another big loss for WI

 

[Justcrazy]

Poor batting by WI once again.

 

[Space Cat]

Shame we didnt pick wagner with the ball reversing like this.

 

[Space Cat]

Im going to ask this question again.

What have the Windies done to merit test cricket that we havent??

104/5. And yet again Shiv must repair. They really dont care the Windies. Hammered vs India. Hammered vs NZ and now being hammered again by the looks of it. Bangladesh could be eyeing a test series win in a couple of months IMO

To be fair to the Windies its not easy batting conditions out there. Southee is near unplayable and Craig has surprised everybody.

 

[Justcrazy]

Craig has so far bowled well.

 

[Buffet]

NZ may win their 2nd test series in WI. Good bowling by Southee and Co

 

[Batman]

West Indies need 202 more runs to avoid the follow-on with 5 wickets in hand.

Doesn't look good though!

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

Ramdin

 

[leatherface58]

Ramdin to score a ton and hold a note saying "Yeah Sammy come back nah?"

 

[Justcrazy]

Boult back , will look for some reverse swing here

 

[MarkCooper]

What has happened to Samuels. He has completely lost it this last 18 months.

 

[eradicator]

Denesh Ramdin is a better test bat than Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

 

[eradicator]

Not able to fulfill his potential by coming out to bat at most horrible situations 9 times out of ten. 5 Wickets down , trailing by 400 runs . Even best of the best batsmen would crumble under such pressure.

 

[Justcrazy]

Chanderpaul looking solid 18 no of 15 balls

 

[Justcrazy]

First priority should be to avoid the follow on here

 

[eradicator]

Top Shot by Chanders

 

[eradicator]

Boundary by Ramdin

 

[eradicator]

Ramdin showing aggression , partnership developing.

 

[MarkCooper]

Good old Chanderpaul. He never wins any games for his side but who needs match winning innings when you can protect your average and get a nice NOT OUT on the scorecard.

 

[Batman_DB]

WI allout trailing by 246 runs

nzl gona bat

shiv was closing on a 100 but ran out of partners

 

[Batman_DB]

Southee has bowled superbly all day. He's finished with figures of 4 for 19 in 16.2 overs. Simply outstanding

 

[khalil1986]

Good old Chanderpaul. He never wins any games for his side but who needs match winning innings when you can protect your average and get a nice NOT OUT on the scorecard.

Yes I am sure it is very easy to get an 84* striking at 60, what exctly is he supposed to do if no one wants to hang around with him.

 

[khalil1986]

Southee has bowled superbly all day. He's finished with figures of 4 for 19 in 16.2 overs. Simply outstanding

Nice copy and paste job

 

[eradicator]

Yes Chanderpaul should learn the art of playing match winning innings from Afridi.

What else is he supposed to do instead of fighting a lone battle from one end while wickets keep tumbling from the other ? He scored 84 runs and remained not out with no support whatsoever from others, he has already done more than what one single man is capable of.

 

[khalil1986]

Chanders needs to move to 4 as the rest of his team mates are totally inept at holding their end up and invariably he is stuck with tail.

 

[hadi123]

West indies are playing poorly