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Jamaica: An outstanding bowling effort by the four-prong seam attack has put the Blackcaps in a strong position at the end of day two of the Test match against the West Indies in Jamaica.
The home side started the day on 11 without loss with the New Zealand quicks rolling them for 209 - 51 behind New Zealand’s day one total of 260.
New Zealand ended up on 59 for two at stumps, losing both openers after they initially put on 55 for the first wicket.
BJ Watling (11) and Martin Guptill (42) did all the hard work only to both fall late in the day, LBW, to part-time spinner Narsingh Deonarine. Night-watchman Neil Wagner and Brendon McCullum will resume tomorrow.
Earlier, the bowlers set up the day with an important first session that netted three key wickets and conceded just 51 runs.
Trent Boult’s swing was troubling all the batsmen, especially Chris Gayle, who faced 55 balls for just eight runs. However, it was Wagner who picked up the prize scalp when he induced a top edge that ballooned to gully.
The other top order batsmen went to Boult with the left-arm quick nicking out Kieron Powell for 10 before trapping Assad Fudadin in front for five leaving the home side going struggling at 62 for three at the break.
After lunch it was Tim Southee’s turn to shine with a near perfect maiden setting tone for things to come. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was beaten a number of times before finally edging Southee to first slip for nine.
Boult struck again to remove Narsingh Deonarine, caught behind for a duck, while Wagner picked up his second when Danesh Ramdin guided one straight to gully.
West Indies captain Darren Sammy tried to shift the momentum, playing shots from the outset, but his 32 run cameo came to an end when a fast, straight Southee delivery had him trapped in front.
That ended a good session for the New Zealand with the team taking four wickets for 101 runs to leave the West Indies still 97 runs behind their first innings total of 260.
The good work of the Kiwis seam attack continued after tea despite Marlon Samuels continuing to play his shots.
Bracewell had both Sunil Narine (1) and Kemar Roach (0) caught at first slip in the space of 14 balls leaving Samuels on 98 with number 11, Tino Best, strolling to the crease.
Best defended the final delivery to leave the set batsman on strike for the following over. Samuels didn’t mess around, banging three consecutive sixes to bring up this fourth Test century.
His superb inning of 123 was brought to an end by a superb catch by Wagner on the boundary handing Bracewell with figures of three for 46.
All the quicks impressed with Boult picking up three for 58 while Southee and Wagner chipped in with two apiece.
Brief scores
New Zealand 260 (Guptill 71, Taylor 60, Roach 4-70) and 59 for 2 (Guptill 42, Deonarine 2-3)
West Indies 209 (Samuels 123, Boult 3-58, Bracewell 3-46)
Status New Zealand lead by 110 runs
