New Zealand v West Indies, 1st Test, Wellington, 2nd day
A grand maiden Test ton
Ross Taylor and Jeet Raval began the second day of the Basin Reserve Test facing a slew of bouncers•Getty Images
Henry Nicholls was solid in his defence early in his innings•Getty Images
Nicholls was peppered with a few short ones en route to his half-century•Getty Images
Whereas Tom Blundell notched up a half-century on his Test debut and took the hosts' lead past 300•Getty Images
Raval could only add 13 to his overnight score of 29 before Kemar Roach got him to feather a length ball•Getty Images
Taylor put on a 127-run fourth-wicket stand with Nicholls but fell seven runs short of a century•Marty Melville/AFP/Getty Images
The West Indies seamers had sent back six of the opposition batsmen before the New Zealand lower-middle order amassed some quick runs•Getty Images
Offspinners Kraigg Brathwaite and Roston Chase were called into service but neither could find much assistance from the pitch, unlike the seamers •Getty Images
Colin de Grandhomme led the charge with his maiden Test hundred off only 71 balls•Getty Images