Justin Greaves’ Double Century, NZ vs WI Second Test Match Drawn – Shai’s Century – Roach scored a half century
Justin Greaves, NZ vs WI Test: Christchurch in New Zealand and west indies The second match of the three-match Test series played between has been drawn. The West Indies team was successful in drawing the match which New Zealand was considering within its grasp. West Indies, chasing the mountain-like target of 531 runs, scored 457 runs for 6 wickets on the fifth day. Justin Greaves remained unbeaten on 202 and Kemar Roach remained unbeaten on 58 runs. Shay Hope also played a brilliant inning of 140 runs.
Earlier, New Zealand had declared its second innings after scoring 466 runs for 8 wickets. After this decision of captain Tom Latham, it was believed that this target would be almost impossible for West Indies, but Shai Hope, Kemar Roach and Justin Greaves proved this thinking completely wrong.
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Shai Hope scored a century
In the second innings of West Indies, Shai Hope batted brilliantly and scored a brilliant century and played an important inning of 140 runs. Together with Greaves, he did not allow the New Zealand bowlers to make any progress. Even after Shai Hope’s dismissal, West Indies’ run pace did not stop because Justin Greaves stood firm from the other end.
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Concern was visible on the faces of New Zealand bowlers
Concern is clearly visible on the faces of the host New Zealand bowlers. West Indies is now moving strongly towards the goal which was once considered impossible. In this era of T20 cricket, the target of 99 runs was no longer considered very big in front of the batsmen standing at the crease with a big score, but still the West Indies batsmen preferred saving wickets more than winning.
New Zealand scored 231 runs in the first innings, while declared their second innings after scoring 466 runs for 8 wickets. At the same time, after being all out for 167 runs in the first innings, the West Indies team played brilliantly in the second innings and made the match a draw by scoring 457 runs for 6 wickets.
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