Chanderpaul, Roach wrap up series

KINGSTON—Typically stoic batting from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and a career-best knock from Kemar Roach allowed West Indies to formalise a five-wicket victory over New Zealand in the second Test yesterday. Chanderpaul was not out on 43 and Roach made 41, as West Indies successfully completed their chase of 206 for victory on the fourth day. Chanderpaul and Roach put on 70 for the fifth wicket to keep the West Indies firmly on track for the victory. Chanderpaul struck just one boundary from 101 balls in 148 minutes and Roach hit four fours from 60 balls in 80 balls. Veteran left-hander Chanderpaul formalised the victory about 40 minutes before lunch, when he chopped a delivery from part-time off-spinner Kane Williamson to third man for a single.

 

 

The result gave West Indies a 2-0 series victory, following a nine-wicket victory in the first Test, which ended last Monday at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua. It was their first series sweep, since Ridley Jacobs’ side beat Bangladesh 2-0 close to a decade ago, and helped West Indies to move ahead of the Black Caps in the ICC World Test Rankings to No 7.

Roach and Chanderpaul comfortably batted through all but five minutes of the first hour, after West Indies resumed from their overnight total of 135 for four. Fast bowler Roach treated the small crowd at Sabina Park to a few attractive strokes, including an imperious straight drive and a flambuoyant cover drive in Tim Southee’s 12th over. He also slapped Neil Wagner square for his third boundary, bringing up the 50-run partnership with Chanderpaul before he looked to drive Williamson over cover, got a thick outside edge, and was caught at backward point. Deonarine joined Chanderpaul and they carried West Indies over the threshold.

 

 

 

  Scoreboard 

 

West Indies vs New Zealand 

New Zealand 1st Inns 260

West Indies 1st Inns 209

New Zealand 2nd Inns 154

West Indies 2nd Inns (o/n 135-4)

 

Chris Gayle lbw b Boult 8

Kieran Powell lbw b Southee 6

Assad Fudadin b Wagner 27

M Samuels c Taylor b Bracewell 52

Shivnarine Chanderpaul not out 43

K Roach c Southee b Williamson 41

Narsingh Deonarine not out 15

Extras: (4b, 2lb, 8w) 14

TOTAL: (for 5 wickets) 206

Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-20, 3-94, 4-113, 5-183

Did not bat: Denesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy, Sunil Narine, Tino Best

Bowling: Trent Boult 12-1-46-1 (1w), Doug Bracewell 13-0-38-1 (1w), Tim Southee 14-4-30-1, Neil Wagner 12-3-41-1, Kane Williamson 7.2-1-18-1 (1w), Martin Guptill 4-0-21-0, Dean Brownlie 1-0-6-0 (1w)

Toss: Won by West Indies

Result: West Indies won by 5 wickets

Series: West Indies wins two-match series 2-0

Umpires: Paul Reiffel, Australia, and Marais Erasmus, South Africa

Third umpire: Richard Kettleborough, England

Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle, Sri Lanka