he's got him! With three balls to go, he bowled one short and wide. Benn slashed at it, got a thick top edge, and Watling, who has been excellent all Test match, took a smart catch very close to the bat.
West Indies vs New Zealand, 1st Test at Kingston, Jun 08 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st Test, Kingston, June 08 - 11, 2014, New Zealand tour of West Indies
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That's it for us from us for this Test match. Outstanding display from New Zealand, and hopefully West Indies will make it a closer contest in Port of Spain. Join us for that, and keep sending in your comments. I enjoyed bringing this game to you, and I hope to see you again very soon. Good night (or whatever time it is in your part of the world). This is Karthik Krishnaswamy signing off.
Mark Craig is the Man of the Match on his debut. "It's a bit of a dream. I'm on top of the world. Brendon gave us a bit of a license (on hitting his first ball for six). Lot of fun to bowl on (on the conditions), and I'm pretty happy with how everything went and to get the win was pretty special."
Denesh Ramdin says it isn't a good way to start his captaincy career. "Three of our top six not getting a score in the first innings" was where they lost the game. "Well done to Shillingford, but the New Zealand bowlers were patient, and we weren't patient (as a batting team)."
Brendon McCullum: "Overall it was a brilliant Test match. We were under pressure early on the second morning, and Watling and Neesham set us up with that partnership. Watling's keeping during this Test match is as good as I've seen around the world. Tim Southee led that attack for us in tough seam bowling conditions. The two young spinners and Trent Boult, they were outstanding, because getting 20 wickets was difficult on that wicket. We'll enjoy tonight and we'll refocus once we hit Trinidad. We know the West Indies team will come back very strongly."
davidbassist78@: "I think Watling took the catch :-) " Oh yes. I was too caught up in the excitement of not having to come back for another commentary stint tomorrow.
That's New Zealand's second win in the West Indies, and their first on this ground. They've been the far superior side throughout, and this last 82-run partnership between numbers ten and eleven should't distract the West Indies team management from taking a long hard look at their performance.
For New Zealand, this has been an excellent all-round performance, with the only real uncertain period coming early in their second innings, when Jerome Taylor caused a few flutters among their top order. Once Tom Latham saw them out of that period, they never looked back. Tim Southee has been excellent all through this match, on a pitch that didn't offer him too much assistance (personally, he's been my Man of the Match), and Mark Craig has made an excellent impression with eight wickets on debut. He has an energetic action, puts a lot of revs on the ball, and got more turn and bounce off this pitch than either of West Indies' finger-spinners. Williamson, Latham, Neesham and Watling all played excellent knocks in the first innings to set things up for them, and Brendon McCullum's captaincy has been bright and positive throughout.
47.4
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Williamson to Benn, OUT
Sulieman Benn c †Watling b Williamson 25 (27b 4x4 1x6 46m) SR: 92.59
goes around the wicket now
47.3
1
Williamson to Shilling, 1 run
speared in flat on the stumps, and he tucks it off his pads to deep backward square leg
47.2
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Williamson to Shilling, no run
tossed up on the stumps, and he presses forward to defend
47.1
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Williamson to Shilling, no run
flat, angled down the leg side, and he gets his pad in the way
Last over of the day coming up. It's going to be Kane Williamson to bowl it
end of over 478 runs
WI: 215/9CRR: 4.57
Sulieman Benn25 (26b 4x4 1x6)
Shane Shillingford52 (26b 3x4 5x6)
Tim Southee 9-2-32-2
Mark Craig 15-2-97-4
46.6
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Southee to Benn, no run
slower ball outside off, and he slogs and misses
46.5
4
Southee to Benn, FOUR runs
that was a good ball, angling in from wide of the crease, would have hit off stump had he missed. He swung powerfully across it, though, and pulled it past midwicket
46.4
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Southee to Benn, no run
bouncer, and he thinks about pulling but drops his bat down under it and lets it go
46.3
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Southee to Benn, no run
back of a length, angling towards off, and he defends off the back foot
around the wicket again
46.2
4
Southee to Benn, FOUR runs
that's onto his pads, and he flicks it confidently to the square leg boundary
46.1
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Southee to Benn, no run
angled across, kept a bit low, and he's beaten outside off stump
back over the wicket now
end of over 4616 runs
WI: 207/9CRR: 4.50
Shane Shillingford52 (26b 3x4 5x6)
Sulieman Benn17 (20b 2x4 1x6)
Mark Craig 15-2-97-4
Tim Southee 8-2-24-2
45.6
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Craig to Shilling, no run
full, outside off, and he drives to short cover
It's also the second-fastest by anyone, behind Jacques Kallis, who did it in 24 balls
45.5
6
Craig to Shilling, SIX runs
short, and he's pulled that hard and high over cow corner, and it's the fastest Test fifty by a West Indian batsman!
45.4
2
Craig to Shilling, 2 runs
gets a top-edge on this as he looks to slog over the leg side and Boult, diving desperately to his left from backward point, can't reach it
45.3
6
Craig to Shilling, SIX runs
down the track, and swings freely through the line to launch that over long-off
45.2
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Craig to Shilling, no run
angled across, and he gets an outside edge as he presses forward to defend. Falls short of slip, though
45.1
2
Craig to Shilling, 2 runs
slogs this, doesn't get hold of it, runs away down towards deep square leg
end of over 455 runs
WI: 191/9CRR: 4.24
Sulieman Benn17 (20b 2x4 1x6)
Shane Shillingford36 (20b 3x4 3x6)
Tim Southee 8-2-24-2
Mark Craig 14-2-81-4
44.6
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Southee to Benn, no run
yorker, from wide of the crease, and Benn waits on it and plays it towards point with an open face
around the wicket now
44.5
1
Southee to Shilling, 1 run
slanted into the pads, and clipped away towards fine leg
44.4
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Southee to Shilling, no run
slower ball, out of the back of his hand, and he watches it all the way and defends off the front foot
44.3
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Southee to Shilling, no run
full, outside off, and he drives on the up to mid-off
Surajdon9: "This is absolute Imran Tahir from Ish Sodhi. Beauties followed by rank long hops followed by ranker longer hops followed by beauties."
44.2
1
Southee to Benn, 1 run
short, and Benn swivels around to pull to deep backward square leg
44.1
3
Southee to Shilling, 3 runs
that's full and wide, and he's driven that powerfully through cover
Pace, after a long time. It's Southee
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