Radford invokes Leeds memories as Windies face daunting task
HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies assistant coach Toby Radford was quick to invoke memories of the now famous Headingley run chase, after the Caribbean were handed a world-record target of 444 runs to win the second Test at Seddon Park.
Last August with the odds stacked agains them, the Windies remarkably chased down 322 on the final day of the second Test in Leeds to beat England by five wickets, with Shai Hope gathering a hundred and Kraigg Brathwaite, 90-odd.
Incidently, both batsmen were unbeaten at stumps on the third day here yesterday with West Indies tottering on 30 for two, and Radford said he was hoping the pair could repeat history.
“I think what we are wanting is a lot of fight and to really show what we can do,” the Englishman said.
“I’d love to see Kraigg and Shai do something similar to what they achieved at Headingley against England a couple of months ago. Bat long, get a couple of hundreds and show people what we can really do.
“Roston Chase has had a very good year, scored hundreds against Pakistan. It’s about doing it here, isn’t it?”
West Indies were outplayed by New Zealand yesterday, bowled out for 221 in the day’s third over in reply to the hosts’ 373, to concede a lead of 152 on first innings.
Ross Taylor then stroked a record-