New Zealand vs. West Indies, 1st Test: Scorecard, Report from Dunedin Day 3

New Zealand closed in on victory in the First Test against the West Indies in Dunedin after the Caribbean batting collapsed in the face of some probing New Zealand bowling.

Trent Boult and Tim Southee both bowled the ball full and straight, but that aside conditions looked ideal for batting and there could be little excuse for the West Indies folding for 213 all out in their first innings—a full 397 runs short of the follow-on target.

They fared better when New Zealand put them in again, scoring 168 for two by stumps, but saving the match looks a near-impossibility from this point.

There was the occasional ray of sunshine for the West Indies—Shivnarine Chanderpaul's breezy 76 bore witness to his 11,000th Test run. Just seven cricketers in history have reached that landmark.

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But while Chanderpaul played the wickets fell around him, with Southee starting the rot and claiming four wickets before Boult stepped in with three more.

Darren Sammy's 27 not out from 22 balls was an enjoyable but irrelevant contribution, the damage long-since done.

The top order faring so poorly again would have been inexcusable, and despite losing Kieran Powell for 14, they did show more steel in the second innings.

Kirk Edwards and Darren Bravo both posted half-centuries in a second-wicket stand worth 117 runs, before Edwards was bested by a googly from Ish Sodhi with 59 to his name.

Bravo was unbeaten on 72 by stumps with his batting partner Marlon Samuels not out on 17.

It was the same pairing which had reached the close of play the previous night—but the circumstances were far more dire for their team the second time around.

NZ 1st Inns: 609-9 dec (153.1 overs)
WI 1st Innings: 213 all out (62.1 overs)
WI 2nd Innings (f/o) 168-2 (49 overs)
Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Minutes	Balls
PG Fulton	c Edwards b Sammy	61	226	145
HD Rutherford	c Deonarine b Shillingford	62	114	83
AJ Redmond	c Samuels b Best	20	41	34
LRPL Taylor	not out	217	491	319
BB McCullum*	b Sammy	113	176	134
CJ Anderson	c †Ramdin b Best	0	17	14
BJ Watling†	c Edwards b Best	41	105	84
TG Southee	c Bravo b Deonarine	2	4	4
IS Sodhi	c & b Deonarine	35	72	63
N Wagner	run out (Bravo/Best)	37	46	40
Extras	(b 10, lb 10, nb 1)	21
Bowling	O	M	R	W
TL Best	34.1	5	148	3
ST Gabriel	27.5	4	148	0
DJG Sammy	23.1	4	79	2
S Shillingford	46	7	138	1
N Deonarine	22	0	76	2
Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Mins	Balls
KA Edwards	c Fulton b Boult	0	8	7
KOA Powell	c †Watling b Southee	7	42	30
DM Bravo	c McCullum b Southee	40	114	69
MN Samuels	c Taylor b Southee	14	92	68
S Chanderpaul	lbw b Boult	76	125	87
N Deonarine	c Taylor b Southee	15	41	24
D Ramdin†	c †Watling b Boult	12	61	43
DJG Sammy*	not out	27	43	22
S Shillingford	b Sodhi	9	14	13
TL Best	run out (Redmond/Southee)	0	12	10
ST Gabriel	lbw b Sodhi	0	5	1
Extras	(lb 11, w 1, nb 1)	13
Bowling	O	M	R	W
TA Boult	18	5	40	3
TG Southee	16	1	52	4
N Wagner	13	2	47	0
IS Sodhi	15.1	2	63	2
Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Mins	Balls
KA Edwards	lbw b Sodhi	59	165	110
KOA Powell	c Southee b Boult	14	24	18
DM Bravo	not out	72		130
MN Samuels	not out	17		36
Extras	(b 4, lb 2)	6
Bowling	O	M	R	W
TG Southee	10	1	36	0
TA Boult	9	2	26	1
N Wagner	9	1	35	0
Corey J Anderson	6	1	8	0
IS Sodhi	13	1	51	1
AJ Redmond	2	1	6	0