2nd Test: New Zealand defeat West Indies by 240 runs to win series 2-0
Cricket | December 12, 2017 13:19 ISTBoult took 2-52 as New Zealand bowled out the West Indies for 203 after setting the tourists a target of 444 for victory.
Boult took 2-52 as New Zealand bowled out the West Indies for 203 after setting the tourists a target of 444 for victory.
Rashid Khan and Mohammed Nabi also became the first two Afghanistan cricketers to be bought at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction earlier this year.
West Indies will have to beat their world record for the highest winning fourth innings score in Test cricket — currently 418 against Australia in 2003 — were 30/2 at stumps on day 3 against the hosts.
A quickfire last-wicket partnership of 61 in 41 minutes between Southee and Boult strengthened New Zealand's overnight position.
After the Delhi Test between India and Sri Lanka, there could be a slight alteration in the clauses of the Playing Conditions in ICC guidelines, where the health hazard of players related to severe air pollution can be incorporated.
The initiative in the match passed from one team to the other until Gabriel made his mark with the second new ball to leave New Zealand 286/7 at stumps after it had lost the toss and been asked to bat.
Chasing an improbable 410, a defiant Sri Lanka rode on Dhananjaya de Silva's third Test century and debutant Roshen Silva's unbeaten half-century to score 299/5, before both the captains decided to settle for the draw.
De Silva battled severe muscle stiffness before retiring hurt on 119, whereas debutant Silva (74*) and Dickwella (44*) displayed enormous determination during the final day.
Dhananjaya de Silva's fighting hundred, Roshen Silva's maiden fifty helped visitors secure a comfortable draw against India in the third and final Test at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.
A doctor from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) arranged by the DDCA tested a few Sri Lankan players and then came to the media lounge claiming that all is well with the cricketers.
Delhi's viability as an international sports venue has been called into question after Sri Lankan players complained of breathing problems due to smog and continued to wear anti-pollution masks in the ongoing third Test against India in Delhi.
The visitors were set an improbable victory target of 410 by the hosts to level the three-match series at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.
England, after losing the series-opener by 10 wickets last week in Brisbane and being bowled out for 227 to concede a 215-run first-innings deficit in the second Test, reached 176/4 at stumps on Tuesday.
Dinesh Chandimal withstood air pollution ranging into hazardous levels as he batted through the day Monday to post his 10th test century and help Sri Lanka avoid the follow-on in the third Test against India.
The Indian captain credited his teammate Cheteshwar Pujara who has inspired him to score big hundreds in the cricket's most challenging format.
West Indies' second innings disintegrated around the lunch interval, with the arrival of the second new ball, the visitors lost its last eight wickets for just 88 runs.
Ravichandran Ashwin picked up three important wickets to restrict Sri Lanka on 356/9 at the end of day 3 after Dinesh Chandimal (147*) and Angelo Mathews (111) crucial 181-run stand for the fourth wicket in the third Test in Delhi.
India skipper Virat Kohli hit a career-best 243 even as play was halted on the request of visitors in the post-lunch session due to poor air quality on the second day of the third Test in Delhi on Sunday.
Sri Lanka were 131 for three at close on the second day of the third Test after India declared their first innings at a massive score of 536 for seven in Delhi on Sunday.
The Caribbean boys began their second innings 386 runs behind New Zealand, which declared its first innings at 520/9, and finished in a better position but still 172 runs behind.
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