Seamer Jacob Duffy claimed a maiden five-wicket haul to safe New Zealand a helpful first innings lead and the higher hand within the opening take a look at in opposition to West Indies at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval on Wednesday.
Duffy claimed 5 for 34 to assist bundle out West Indies for 167 in a spectacular collapse from 100 for 2 at one stage.
Opener Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Shai Hope made half-centuries of their in any other case feeble reply to New Zealand’s first innings complete of 231.
New Zealand completed a stop-start day two on 32 for no loss, for an general lead of 96 runs. Tom Latham (14) and Devon Conway (15) will come out on Thursday hoping to bat West Indies out of the competition.
Earlier, New Zealand took two early wickets when the observe seemed vigorous, however Hope and Chanderpaul placed on 90 for the third wicket.
Hope fell caught behind off a Duffy quick ball for 56, and Matt Henry (3/43) drove dwelling the benefit by eradicating touring captain Roston Chase and Justin Greaves within the house of 4 deliveries.
Chanderpaul didn’t look convincing in the beginning and was dropped twice, however he dug in, discovered his rhythm, and raised a hard-earned fifty.
His marathon 169-ball keep lastly ended on a pull off Zak Foulkes that didn’t get previous sq.. An airborne Devon Conway took a surprising catch to make amends for an earlier drop.
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When play resumed after a rain break, Duffy despatched down a two-wicket maiden over to rattle West Indies and eliminated Jayden Seales and Ojay Shields to hasten their collapse.
“Clearly they bought a little bit of a partnership going, we knew they’d at some stage, and it coincided with the ball stopping swinging,” all-rounder Foulkes mentioned afterwards.
“Duff has taken on that enforcer function, which is superior. It’s nice to see. After which we truly noticed it swing once more on the finish, which was attention-grabbing.”
Printed on Dec 03, 2025