00:00Welcome to Hagley Oval in Christchurch, where the day is, well I don't want to say fine,
00:18but it's not raining. The Hesse cover is on the pitch for this test match between New
00:22Zealand and the Western East. The first of three here in New Zealand, the only test match
00:27series in New Zealand this summer. Roston Chase, the West Indies captain, won the toss. It came
00:34down the right way and there was no hesitation at all to say bowl. So the New Zealand top order,
00:40were there no surprises to some green in the pitch and a little bit of movement. They welcomed
00:45Kane Winnefson back into the test set-ups. For the West Indies, no Josephs. That's the issue for fans
00:50of West Indian cricket, but they get a debutant, no Jay Shields. So all the best to him in his first
00:56test match, and the heat goes on those bowls to find the right line and length.
00:59OK, gents, let's play.
01:08That's the ball you want. He's missed out on runs here. New Zealand will be underweight.
01:14A leg buys. That's it. That's super stuff. And it's an early breakthrough for the Western
01:23Nice.
01:26A little high. Just stood up a little bit. Roach was interested. He was screaming for it.
01:33And yeah, the indication there that may be a little high.
01:37There was a little bit of interest there over before on the pads of Kane Williamson,
01:41but as we get so used to seeing here at Hagley Oval, just the bounce.
01:49That's the thing about him, because he angles it in so much. When he does get it to straighten,
01:55it catches so many right-handers all at sea.
01:58Question asked.
02:10Kimah Road said it looks straight to him. He wants it from Ruston Chase.
02:16Original decision is not out.
02:20Pitching outside off. Impact in line.
02:23And wickets missing.
02:24Alex, you can stay with your original decision.
02:26Not out. Stand by.
02:28Seagal Dawa.
02:33It's nicely played. Gets on top of it, Williamson.
02:36Tried to do that the ball before. That's the first boundary of the day.
02:42Oh, that's lovely.
02:44That's the Kane Williamson.
02:46We all appreciate.
02:48This may just hold up. No, just enough.
02:52Oh, that is wild.
02:54That is wild from Yarn Lane.
02:57And so, he's gone after that.
03:05Shea Hope looks disappointed to this carry.
03:10Even with that fullness, just steep onto the outside half of the bat.
03:14Just short and away.
03:27Williamson sends it.
03:29Off the toes to the boundary.
03:32On debut and Latham says welcome.
03:39There's Tom Latham.
03:41He emerges.
03:42Oh, that's lovely.
03:46That is really lovely.
03:49Yeah, some shape on offer.
03:51There you go.
03:52Beautiful scene presentation.
03:54Lovely late swing.
03:59Shot that.
04:00Drop down and that has been pumped through the covers for four.
04:09Oh, there he goes straight through him.
04:14Absolute Jaffa back through the gate and Williamson's got to go.
04:18Pitching the ball up, nips it back through the gate of Williamson, the top of off stump.
04:26And he's overstepped with that front foot.
04:30That moment will have to wait for a man who is having a dream come true of representing the regional team internationally.
04:40Internationally, second no ball that he's bowled.
04:47That is imperious from Williamson.
04:56Uses the pace well.
04:57Buzz Latham.
04:58Mad will run away for four.
05:05And meanwhile, that is vintage Kane Williamson.
05:10Up on the toes, Williamson.
05:15And that's 50 for the 38th time in test matches.
05:20Kane Williamson goes past the half century.
05:31Got better as the day's gone on.
05:37Oh, there it is.
05:40It's leapt up.
05:41It's taken the edge.
05:43That is a big breakthrough for the West Indies.
05:46Graves gets the man.
05:48Williamson.
05:49He turns.
05:50He walks.
05:52Kane Williamson out for 52.
05:5494 for two.
05:59Another one gone driving.
06:01That's what we talked about.
06:02Neck and crop from Jadon Seals.
06:10This is a wonderful little period here.
06:12The last half an hour, 40 minutes or so.
06:15First Graves.
06:16Now Seals.
06:17Raja Nvindra has to depart for three of six.
06:22New Zealand, 103 for four.
06:26Oh, through the gap.
06:30That gap is a friend to batters.
06:35Waiting.
06:35Oh, that's a good shot there.
06:42Sweating an opportunity to go square of the wicket.
06:47Oh, that is so good.
06:49That is so good.
06:51It's exactly where you need to be.
06:53And the Windies, they've worked hard for that one.
06:56And they've got it.
06:58Oh, you can see the disappointment from Will Young as he swanders off.
07:02He's out for 14.
07:03120 for five, New Zealand.
07:08Wonderful cover drive.
07:10It was a long half volley.
07:13Put it away with such control.
07:20At the toes.
07:21And clipped away nicely through mid wicket.
07:23This looks like it has the legs.
07:29But looks can be deceiving.
07:30A bit of relay fielding.
07:32And a couple have had to run a long way to reel that in.
07:35And I think they've run four here.
07:39Ball in.
07:41That is a beauty.
07:43OJ Shields gets his wicket.
07:47It's an in-swinging Yorker.
07:49Tom Blundell had no answer to that.
07:51What a great moment for OJ Shields.
07:54Tom Blundell's gone for 29.
07:56New Zealand, 148 for six.
07:58And just a solitary over for Braves.
08:06It takes some power to get that to the square boundary.
08:09He gets straight.
08:15That's a good shot.
08:16It was full.
08:20Yeah, deserve to be punched away.
08:23Short and wide.
08:25Impressive.
08:27From Smith.
08:28Lovely punk shot.
08:34Outfield's quick enough.
08:35That'll go for four.
08:41Soft into the wicket.
08:42He's so good on the short ball.
08:44Michael Bracewell.
08:44Has that carried or is that a drop?
08:51Out and out.
08:55Tough time of the day, this.
09:02Lane doesn't look overly impressed.
09:08Loose one.
09:09Put away.
09:09That is a nice shot up on the toes and swatted.
09:1450 partnership on the board for Nathan Smith and Michael Bracewell.
09:21Standing.
09:21Oh, it's in the air and it's gone.
09:27Edge and through the cordon.
09:31Runs away for four.
09:33It's streaky.
09:34But Bracewell will take that.
09:35Oh, Bracewell.
09:39He's in the mood now.
09:41He's decided, well, we've got 50 minutes to play.
09:47Bracewell.
09:48Oh.
09:50Oh, but.
09:53Into one glove, into another, back in the other and onto the ground.
09:58Rost and Chase goes down in sympathy.
10:01Oh, everything but.
10:02I don't know how well that's hit.
10:09I do now.
10:10It's hit very well.
10:11And away for four.
10:14And he does take it on.
10:16In the air.
10:16He hasn't, has he?
10:18Oh, he has.
10:22Oh.
10:23Straight on the aggression.
10:25What an absolute duty.
10:28Well, you can bet it, right?
10:29Oh, handy.
10:34Annoying, frustrating runs as you're trying to bowl a tail end out here.
10:40Oh, he's caught up with that.
10:42And that'll be that as well.
10:47Oh, what a shot that is.
10:50He's just gone back and he's hit through the offside for four.
10:54Oh, he seems all right.
11:01So there'll be a concussion check and how it will come off.
11:10Oh, what's happened here?
11:13What's happened here?
11:14The players are leaving the park and I think it may be for light.
11:23And so I would say it's a drawn on day one here in Christchurch.
11:32The West Indies won the toss and with the light hit to ask New Zealand to bat first.
11:38And there was some definite movement out there on a green wicket.
11:41Tom Latham battled so hard for his 24.
11:44And Williamson, a very good 52.
11:47Braceville rather gave his wicket away, falling to the bumper track out on the leg side after a very well compiled and pretty sprightly in context of the day 47.
11:58The West Indies bowlers, very, very good, plugged away, got to do what they wanted to do.
12:03Maybe guilty a little bit of not finding the right length often enough, but they were rewarded often enough as well.
12:11And all of them chipping in with the wicket and probably a special one there was for Shields.
12:16He got a couple.
12:17That was his debut and also not his debut, but Lane picked up his first test wicket.
12:23So a couple of wickets there that those players will remember for a long time.
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