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Best performances - Batsmen

KS Williamson
KS Williamson
251(412) 34x4 - 2x6
Control %84%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 65 runs
  • 6x4 - 0x6
28 11 36 39 54 16 31 36
J Blackwood
J Blackwood
104(141) 11x4 - 2x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 28 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
16 7 18 15 20 7 12 9

Best performances - Bowlers

TG Southee
TG Southee
O19
M7
R35
W4
Eco1.84
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
N Wagner
O13.5
M0
R66
W4
Eco4.77
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

West Indies , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

New Zealand led the 2-match series 1-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

11:00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

3,4,5,6 December 2020 (5-day match)

Test debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

New Zealand 60, West Indies 0

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: @AlMuthu

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Jason Holder We just weren't good enough. We passed the bat quite a few times but credit to Kane, he made us toil. We still had some positive stuff with our bowling unit. Our batting wasn't good enough. I have to congratulate Blackwood and Joseph for their innings. But quite frankly our top order needs to do better. We're still scratching our heads. Our preparations has been good. We had two solid warm up games and although the surface was different, I think we need to show better application up top. This New Zealand team bowls in partnerships and we need to do that with the batting too. We need to hold them at bay and get some scoring shots and do those good things. We need answers and we need em quickly. Kemar pushed through this Test match but he'll be going home to be with his family now. Shane, we're not quite sure about the extent of his hand injury. Looking pretty doubtful for the second Test. As I said t other guys, it's time to deliver and stopped talking. We've talked a lot and we've promised a lot. Now it's time to look ourselves in the mirror and fight. We've thrown in the towel too easily. We need to change that.

Kane Williamson is Man of the Match: Obviously it was nice to spend time in the middle and build some partnerships. A surface if the ball was on the right area was passing the bat consistently. It was really challenging technically and mentally. So it was nice to spend time out there and get through those tough times but that's Test cricket. Tom Latham was outstanding. When you get put into bat and you see a wicket as green as that, you can have a few pre-empted ideas. Throughout the batting order, we had a number of valuable contributions. It was a really important collective effort to get to our first innings total.

We knew that West Indies coming here were going to be a tough challenge. We were fortunate to get off to a good start and hold that position. Coming into today, we knew it'd be tough. They bat deep and their middle order hit back really well. Jermaine scored a very nice hundred. So we had to be patient with the ball in hand and know that if we are in the areas for long enough, we'd get our opportunities. The wicket started to flatten out so it was important we put in a collective effort.

There's so many different bits and pieces you can look at but nothing gives you an answer as such. For us it was sticking to our plans. I think we saw some strong application from the batting and bowling groups to stay on task for long periods. I guess when the ball is moving around and missing the bat, you can try too hard. I guess our guys started like that but then settled in well. Our schedule is quite busy now and we know there's another game in Wellington now so we need to shift focus to that.

In this game we adapted quite quickly. That's always a challenge in Test cricket. We'll go to Wellington and we'll look to do that again. All in all, a really pleasing effort from out side. And a very good cricket wicket as well that offered to bat and ball

12.20 pm This game belongs to the New Zealand captain. Kane Williamson made his highest Test score (251) in difficult conditions. He was batting in long-form cricket for the first time in nine months. And the number of mistakes he made could be counted on one hand.

After his tour de force, New Zealand's bowlers, led by Tim Southee, fed off their captain's discipline. Their ability to put six balls in the same area and keep asking the same tough questions of the West Indies batsman was crucial to how this Test turned out.

Jermaine Blackwood and Alzarri Joseph are positive signs for the future of West Indies cricket, but unless they can find a working top order, their efforts in fast-bowler friendly conditions really won't be fun.

Rose: "Wagner took 6 wickets in the match and only 1 was a bumper! Who'd have thought it?"

58.5
W
Wagner to Gabriel, OUT, middle stump out of the ground. New Zealand win by an innings and 134 runs. Gabriel loads up a big swing down the ground. He misses. Wagner hits

ST Gabriel b Wagner 0 (3m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

58.4
0
Wagner to Gabriel, no run, short and skiddy. Gabriel swivels on his back foot to try and work it behind square leg. Looks very awkward doing so
58.3
0
Wagner to Gabriel, no run, bouncer on middle and off, Gabriel gets out of the way
58.2
0
Wagner to Gabriel, no run, looks for the yorker this time, but it slides down leg

With it all coming to an end, Williamson takes a little time to talk to Roach, who lost his father a few days before the start of the game.

58.1
W
Wagner to Blackwood, OUT, taken at square leg! The Wagner short ball finally takes down the man it was after for all innings. It's too close to his body. It doesn't give him the room to free the arms and add power into the pull shot. It also hits the bat very high and as a result Blackwood only picks out backward square leg. Still, a beautiful counterattacking hundred and Hamilton stands up to applaud his effort.

J Blackwood c Southee b Wagner 104 (239m 141b 11x4 2x6) SR: 73.75

END OF OVER:
58 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 247/7

  • Kemar Roach0 (2b)
  • Jermaine Blackwood104 (140b)
  • Kyle Jamieson12-2-42-2
  • Neil Wagner13-0-66-2
57.6
0
Jamieson to Roach, no run, back of a length and outside off, no shot

West Indies 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4KC BrathwaiteJD Campbell
2nd21DM BravoKC Brathwaite
3rd2SSJ BrooksKC Brathwaite
4th0KC BrathwaiteRL Chase
5th26RL ChaseJ Blackwood
6th36JO HolderJ Blackwood
7th155J BlackwoodAS Joseph
8th3KAJ RoachJ Blackwood
9th0KAJ RoachST Gabriel