5:30 AM – NZ vs WI 1st Test, 3rd Day: WI (113/5) trail by a massive 406 runs; Jason Holder 14* and Jermaine Blackwood 18*

4:50 AM – NZ vs WI 1st Test, 3rd Day: WI (91/5) trail by a massive 426 runs; Jason Holder 12*(20) and Jermaine Blackwood 6*(26)

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New Zealand vs West Indies 1st Test, Day 3: Windies, with a trail of 470 runs, will eye to bat out the entire day on Day 3. The pitch is quit flat with some true bounce to help the chasing cause. New Zealand had declared after crossing 500-run mark, courtesy of Kane Williamson’s double ton.

New Zealand vs West Indies 1st Test – Kane Williamson scored majestic 251 to take New Zealand pass 500 Runs. NZ declared their innings on Day 2 at 519/7 and in reply West Indies team had scored 49/0 Loss at Stumps on Day 2. 

Kane Williamson scored majestic 251 : New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson played a captain’s knock against West Indies in the first innings of the first Test, putting the host in a dominating position on Friday at Seddon Park.

The 30-year-old played a magnificent knock of 251 runs which comprised 34 boundaries and two sixes. This was his third double century and interestingly, his last double ton also came in at the same venue last year.

With this sumptuous knock, Williamson also got to his new highest score in Test cricket.

“Third double ton for Kane Williamson. His last double 100 also came in Hamilton, back in 2019,” ICC tweeted.

Former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop praised Williamson’s knock and wrote: “The technical skill of Kane Williamson’s batting is otherworldly,”

Whereas, former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer tweeted: “Pitch was green enough For goats to graze, A GOAT did come, And boy did it grace! #KaneWilliamson #NZvWI.”

Earlier on Thursday, Jaffer had said that watching Williamson bat is ‘therapeutic’.

New Zealand declared their first innings at 519/7 against West Indies. Apart from Williamson’s innings, Tom Latham (86) and Kyle Jamieson’s (51) knock helped New Zealand to put a ginormous total on the board.

NZ vs WI: Day 1 as it happened:

Williamson and opener Tom Latham on Thursday scored brilliant half-centuries as New Zealand dominated the proceedings on the opening day of the first Test against West Indies being played at the Seddon Park.

At the end of the day’s play, the Black Caps were nicely placed 243/2 with Williamson and Ross Taylor batting at the crease on 97 and 31 respectively.

Earlier, West Indies skipper Jason Holder won the toss and elected to field on a pitch which seemed to have a lot of assistance for the pacers. His decision did prove right as Shannon Gabriel drew first blood, sending Will Young back to the dressing room after the debutant scored five runs from 11 balls

West Indies bowlers, however, came back strongly in the final session and showed a lot more consistency in their lengths bowling full, at the stumps, and asking pertinent questions.

Latham fell to one such good ball bowled by Kemar Roach as he got cleaned up through the gate while trying to play booming drive away from his body after scoring 86 runs.

Taylor, who came in next, made sure the visitors didn’t make any further inroads as along with the skipper, he added 75 runs to the scoreboard to take the team’s score to 243/2 at Stumps. Williamson is just three short of what would be his 22nd Test hundred.