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New Zealand took a strong lead of 481 runs over West Indies on the third day of the ongoing first Test match in Christchurch. The Kiwis have scored 417 runs for 4 wickets in the second innings till stumps on Thursday. Will Young is unbeaten on 21 and Michael Bracewell is unbeaten on 6 runs.
Captain Tom Latham played an inning of 145 runs. While Rachin Ravindra scored 176 runs. Kemar Roach and Ojas Shields took 2-2 wickets from West Indies. Earlier, West Indies were all out for 167 in their first innings. New Zealand got a lead of 64 runs in the first innings. The team was all out for 231 runs in the first innings.
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Kiwis started playing at 32/0, captain Latham’s century In the morning New Zealand started playing with the score of 32/0. The team lost the first wicket on the score of 84 runs. Here Devon Conway was out after scoring 37 runs. He was caught out by Jaden Seals. Kane Williamson, who came at number three, could not perform well and became the victim of Kemar Roach on the personal score of 9 runs.
Rachin Ravindra also scored a century, 279 run partnership with Latham After losing the second wicket in the form of Williamson for 100 runs, openers Tom Latham and Rachin Ravindra put their team in a strong position by making a partnership of 279 runs on 328 balls for the fourth wicket. This partnership was broken by Kemar Roach. He got Tom Latham caught by wicketkeeper Tevin Imlak. Rachin was bowled by Jaden Seales.
Tom Latham out of second test After the end of the day’s play, New Zealand Cricket reported that Tom Latham suffered a strain in his right hamstring. He will not play in the second Test starting on December 10 at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Mitchell Hay has been included in the squad and will join the Blackcaps in Wellington on Sunday, December 7.
first 2 days of play
New Zealand has a lead of 64 runs on the second day
On the second day of the match on Wednesday, New Zealand was all out for 231 runs in the first innings. The team started the day with this score. After this, West Indies could score only 167 runs in the first innings, leaving New Zealand with 64 runs. Earlier on Tuesday, West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl first. Read full news
There was a partnership of 93 runs between Latham-Williamson on the first day.
New Zealand, who came to bat first after losing the toss, had a very poor start. The team lost the wicket of Devon Conway for just 1 run, who was out without opening the account. After the initial shock, Tom Latham and Kane Williamson took the responsibility and made a partnership of 93 runs for the second wicket. Williamson played an innings of 52 runs in 102 balls in his return test. Latham contributed 24 runs, but could not make a big score. Full news…
Playing XI of both the teams
New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Will Young, Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell, Jack Fox, Nathan Smith, Matt Henry and Jacob Duffy.
West Indies: John Campbell, Tejnarine Chanderpaul, Alick Athanaz, Shai Hope, Roston Chase (Captain), Justin Greaves, Tevin Imlak (wk), Johan Lane, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales, OJ Shields.
