Gabriel leads West Indies’ late fightback against New Zealand
hamilton — Shannon Gabriel took three wickets as the West Indies recovered from an ineffectual start to fight their way back into the second Test against New Zealand on day one in Hamilton on Sunday.
At stumps, New Zealand were 286 for seven with Tom Blundell on 12 and Neil Wagner on one. Af- ter a rollicking start, in which New Zealand punished some wayward bowling, they reached 154 for one before an initial slump saw them fall to 189 for five.
Lusty hitting by first Test centurymaker Colin de Grandhomme (58 off 63 balls) and Mitchell Santner (24) revived the innings
Raval c Dowrich b Gabriel Latham c Dowrich b Cummins Williamson c Dowrich b Cummins Taylor c Dowrich b Roach Nicholls lbw Reifer Santner b Gabriel De Grandhomme b Gabriel Blundell 84 22 43 16 13 24 58 12
in a rapid 76-run stand before Gabriel took the new ball and bowled them both.
The West Indies had been let down by their bowlers early in the innings after winning the toss and putting New Zealand
Wagner (wd3, nb10) 1 13
1-65 (Latham), 2-154 (Williamson), 3-159 (Raval), 4-186 (Taylor), 5-189 (Nicholls), 6-265 (Santner), 7-275 (de Grandhomme) T. Southee, T. Boult
Gabriel 19-3-79-3 (1w, 5nb), Roach 19-7-45-1 (1nb), Cummins 17-4-37-2 (2w, 4nb), Chase 12-1-78-0, Reifer 17-8-36-1, Brathwaite 3-0-11-0
in to bat. Jeet Raval and Tom Latham put on 65 for the first wicket and Raval and Kane Williamson added further 89 for the second before the West Indies produced a golden spell either side of the tea break. —