The upside of having an all-pace bowling attack is there is a relentless, juggernaut-like quality to it when on top. In dismissing the West Indies for 138 and having them clinging to life at 196-6 on a day of spectacular carnage, the bowlers backed up the decision to go into the test without a specialist spinner. He and rain saved the West Indies in that test, not so here where he was out caught in the slips by Southee off Wagner for a skittish 12. Daryl Mitchell and Neil Wagner celebrate with Tim Southee after dismissing West Indies batsman John Campbell. Blackwood and Joseph made for an unlikely rearguard but they rode their luck and have given the West Indies something to cling to.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 05, 2020 06:35 UTC