New Zealand 278 & 57-1 (Conway 28*, Williamson 16*, Phillip 1-17) beat West Indies 205 & 128 (Hodge 35, Greaves 25, Duffy 5-3
by nine wickets
In the wake of batting 163.3 second-innings overs in the Christchurch Test six days ago, the West Indies faced a combined 121.2 overs across both their innings in Wellington as their helpless display was rewarded with a humiliating defeat before Tea on Day 3 of the second Test.
Windies captain Roston Chase said, “The batting is a bit of a concern. We came here [after the first Test] and our batters never really capitalized.”
The Caribbean side began the day trailing New Zealand by 41 runs with eight wickets in hand. Kavem Hodge and Brandon King returned to see off an incident-free first half hour, adding 18 runs to West Indies’ overnight score of 32 for 2, before the latter was run-out for 22.
A first-ball boundary and a few strikerotations later, Shai Hope (5) had presented a gift of a return-catch to Michael Rae in the same over. The West Indies found themselves with four wickets down while still 15 runs in the red.
