wtc219 f63317 t2610	New Zealand v West Indies
	ICC World Test Championship 2025 to 2026/27 West Indies in New Zealand 2025/26 (1st Test)
Venue	Hagley Oval, Christchurch on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th December 2025 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indies won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match still in progress
Umpires	PR Reiffel (Australia), AG Wharf (England)
TV umpire	A Paleker (South Africa)
Referee	J Srinath (India)
Scorers	GE McGowan, JB Stuart
Reserve Umpire	KD Cotton
Close of play day 1	New Zealand (1) 231/9 (Foulkes 4*, Duffy 4*; 70 overs)
Close of play day 2	New Zealand (2) 32/0 (Latham 14*, Conway 15*; 7 overs)
Close of play day 3
Close of play day 4

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*+TWM Latham	c Imlach b Greaves	24	85	151	2	-	74
DP Conway	c Greaves b Roach	0	2	3	-	-	2
KS Williamson	c Athanaze b Greaves	52	102	138	6	-	80
R Ravindra	b Seales	3	6	17	-	-	5
WA Young	c Greaves b Layne	14	38	44	1	-	31
TA Blundell	b Shields	29	39	74	2	-	25
MG Bracewell	c Chanderpaul b Shields	47	73	122	6	-	47
NG Smith	c Campbell b Chase	23	61	63	3	-	49
ZG Foulkes	c Imlach b Seales	4	16	30	-	-	14
MJ Henry	c Seales b Roach	8	5	5	2	-	3
JA Duffy	not out	4	2	4	1	-	1
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 6 w)	23
Total	(all out, 329 minutes, 70.3 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Conway, 0.3 ov), 2-94 (Williamson, 29.4 ov), 3-95 (Latham, 31.2 ov), 4-103 (Ravindra, 32.6 ov), 5-120 (Young, 40.6 ov), 6-148 (Blundell, 48.3 ov), 7-200 (Smith, 64.4 ov), 8-215 (Bracewell, 68.5 ov), 9-227 (Henry, 69.4 ov), 10-231 (Foulkes, 70.3 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roach	17	6	47	2	-	2	84	5	-
Seales	15.3	3	44	2	-	2	75	3	-
Layne	11	1	47	1	1	-	47	7	-
Shields	9	2	34	2	1	2	41	4	-
Greaves	10	3	35	2	-	-	45	4	-
Chase	8	2	13	1	-	-	35	-	-

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
JD Campbell	c Young b Foulkes	1	2	5	-	-	1
T Chanderpaul	c Conway b Foulkes	52	169	265	3	-	138
AS Athanaze	b Henry	4	34	37	-	-	32
SD Hope	c Latham b Duffy	56	107	146	4	-	81
*RL Chase	c Latham b Henry	0	8	14	-	-	8
JP Greaves	c Latham b Henry	0	3	2	-	-	3
+TA Imlach	c Latham b Duffy	14	66	106	2	-	60
KAJ Roach	not out	10	57	73	1	-	53
J Layne	c and b Duffy	0	5	3	-	-	5
JNT Seales	b Duffy	2	7	13	-	-	6
O Shields	b Duffy	0	3	2	-	-	3
Extras	(10 b, 6 lb, 7 nb, 5 w)	28
Total	(all out, 339 minutes, 75.4 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Campbell, 1.1 ov), 2-10 (Athanaze, 10.3 ov), 3-100 (Hope, 42.6 ov), 4-106 (Chase, 46.1 ov), 5-106 (Greaves, 46.4 ov), 6-140 (Chanderpaul, 59.1 ov), 7-157 (Imlach, 71.1 ov), 8-157 (Layne, 71.6 ov), 9-167 (Seales, 75.1 ov), 10-167 (Shields, 75.4 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Henry	22	7	43	3	1	-	111	2	-
Foulkes	18	7	32	2	-	2	91	2	-
Smith	15	6	39	0	-	4	74	4	-
Duffy	17.4	7	34	5	-	1	90	2	-
Bracewell	2	1	3	0	-	-	11	-	-
Ravindra	1	1	0	0	-	-	6	-	-

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New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*+TWM Latham	not out	14	19	32	1	-	13
DP Conway	not out	15	23	32	3	-	17
KS Williamson	still to bat
R Ravindra	still to bat
WA Young	still to bat
TA Blundell	still to bat
MG Bracewell	still to bat
NG Smith	still to bat
ZG Foulkes	still to bat
MJ Henry	still to bat
JA Duffy	still to bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 w)	3
Total	(no wicket, 31 minutes, 7 overs)	32

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Roach	3	0	13	0	-	-	12	1	-
Seales	2	0	8	0	-	-	8	1	-
Shields	1	0	5	0	1	-	5	1	-
Chase	1	0	4	0	-	-	5	1	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: New Zealand (1) 17/1 (Latham 1*, Williamson 13*; 10.3 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: New Zealand (1) 128/5 (Blundell 16*, Bracewell 0*; 43 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: West Indies (1) 68/2 (Chanderpaul 25*, Hope 33*; 29 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: West Indies (1) 120/5 (Chanderpaul 45*, Imlach 3*; 54 overs)
--> New Zealand first innings: 50 in 17.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 100 in 32.3 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 150 in 49.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 200 in 64.1 overs
--> West Indies first innings: 50 in 23.1 overs
--> West Indies first innings: 100 in 42.5 overs
--> West Indies first innings: 150 in 65.4 overs
--> O Shields made his debut in Test matches
--> KS Williamson (1) 50 in 88 balls with 6 fours
--> T Chanderpaul (1) 50 in 165 balls with 3 fours
--> SD Hope (1) 50 in 83 balls with 4 fours
--> JA Duffy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed J Layne in the West Indies first innings (previous best was 2-28)
--> JA Duffy achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the West Indies first innings
--> TWM Latham (10) and KS Williamson (33) added 50 in 105 balls for the New Zealand 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> MG Bracewell (26) and NG Smith (23) added 50 in 90 balls for the New Zealand 7th wicket in the first innings
--> T Chanderpaul (15) and SD Hope (31) added 50 in 90 balls for the West Indies 3rd wicket in the first innings

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