New Zealand vs West Indies First Test, Day 2 : New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has hit a double ton on the 2nd day of the first test against the West Indies. The Kiwi star again showed why he is considered as one of the world’s best batsman as he completed his third double century with absolute control over the West Indies bowling.
Williamson is now appraoching towards his highest score of 242* against Sri Lanka in 2015. His other double century came against Bangldesh in 2019.
On Day-2 Ross Taylor fell early and so did Henry Nicholls, but Williamson was on a different planet altogether. He brought up his 22nd Test hundred and didn’t stop – even as the visitors plugged the gap at the other end, he kept on motoring, findng boundaries at will.
At Lunch on Day-2, Williamoson was on 168 N.O with Tom Blundell on 9 (58 balls) as a silent spectator at the other end as the hosts total at 346/4.
New Zealand vs West Indies First Test, Day 1 Report: Skipper Kane 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.