West Indies suffers Test series whitewash
Caribbean Life, DECEMBER 1 BQ 8-24, 2020 35
By Azad Ali
New Zealand swept the
West Indies 2-0 in a two Test
series to join Australia at the
top of world cricket’s Test
rankings.
After winning the first Test
in Hamilton by an innings
and 134 runs, New Zealand
won the second Test at the
Basin Reserve in Wellington
by an innings and 12 runs
inside the first hour of the
fourth morning on Monday.
The West Indies resumed
their second innings at 244-
6, trailing New Zealand by 85
runs after following on 329
behind.
Wicket-keeper Joshua Da
Silva (57) provided some late
resistance, achieving a first
half century in his debut
Test, before the tourists were
all out for 317 their highest
innings total of the series.
The series win lifted New
Zealand level with Australia
on 116 points in first place in
the ICC World Test standings
— the first time in their history
they have achieved that
ranking.
New Zealand are now
unbeaten in their last 15
Test matches at home, giving
them one of the most formidable
home advantages in
world cricket.
The second Test winning
was set up also set up by
Henry Nicholls’ career-best
174, which allowed New Zealand
to reach 460 in their
first innings after losing the
toss and being sent in to bat.
Fast bowler Kyle Jamieson
finished with a match figure
of 7-77, while Tim Southee
grabbed 7-128.
In the first innings, Southee
took-5-32 and Jamieson
5-34 as New Zealand bowled
out West Indies for 131 in
the first innings, enforcing
the follow on. It was only the
third occasion and first time
in 36 years that New Zealand
bowlers have completed
five-wicket haul in the same
innings.
West Indies produced their
best batting effort of the
series in the second innings
but just fell short of 12 runs
of making New Zealand bat
again.
Scores were: New Zealand
460- West Indies 131 and
317.
West Indies Joshua Da Silva bats during day three of a West Indies Warm Up match at Old
Trafford in Manchester, England, Wednesday, July 1, 2020. England are scheduled to play
West Indies in their fi rst international Test match on July 8-12. Gareth Copley/Agency Pool via AP,
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