Windies punished by Taylor

Wed, Dec 11, '13

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – West Indies paid a heavy price for sloppy fielding, missing a chance to remove Ross Taylor early, and he gathered his second hundred in as many matches to prop up New Zealand’s batting in the second Test on Wednesday here.

Greeted by a green-top pitch and chilly, overcast weather, the Windies had the New Zealanders on the ropes early, when they removed openers Peter Fulton and Hamish Rutherford cheaply in the first hour, but they gave Taylor a reprieve before he had scored and were punished with a typically purposeful 129, as the home team reached 307 for six at the close on the opening day at the Basin Reserve, after they were sent in to bat.