West Indies' woeful quicks waste a green top

Wed, Dec 11, '13

You'd have got long odds on Shane Shillingford and Narsingh Deonarine bowling unchanged for the best part of a session.

But such was the collective ineptitude of the West Indies fast bowlers on day one of their second test against New Zealand that the visiting spinners wheeled down 39 uninspired overs between them.

Wasn't the Basin Reserve pitch meant to be a green seamer? Hadn't Windies captain scored a decisive blow by winning the toss and asking New Zealand to bat? Apparently not.