West Indies Team Forced To Follow-on For The Second Time
West Indies team forced to follow for the second time in a row, New Zealand close to victory: West Indies Tour of New Zealand.
The West Indies team is currently on a tour of New Zealand, where the team had to suffer badly in the T20 series.
Something similar has been seen in the Test series as well, as the Caribbean team has been forced to play follow-on for the second consecutive Test match.
Even the West Indies team is on the verge of losing the Test match by an innings for the second consecutive time.
The last match of the two-match Test series is being played at the Basin Reserve ground in Wellington. In this match, the captain of the Caribbean team Jason Holder won the toss and decided to bowl.
Captain Kane Williamson, on the other hand, was not part of the team. Despite this, New Zealand had scored 460 runs in the first innings.
Henry Nicholls played a strong inning of 174 runs from the Kiwi team and led the team to a huge score.
In response to 460 runs, the West Indies team collapsed for just 131 runs. Only Jermaine Blackwood was able to score 69 runs for the Caribbean team.
Apart from him, every single batsman was longing for runs. At the same time, Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson took 5-5 wickets from the Kiwi team and destroyed the entire team.
In such a situation, the West Indies team was forced to play follow-on.
The Caribbean team did not get a good start after playing their second innings after trailing by 329 runs in the first innings. West Indies have scored 158 runs losing 5 wickets in 46 overs.
In this way, the visiting team is on the verge of losing the second consecutive Test match by a difference of innings and runs.
In the first match of the series, New Zealand defeated West Indies by an innings and 134 runs. In this way, the Caribbean team is in danger of losing 2–0 in the series.
These two veterans return to New Zealand’s T20 team, Ross Taylor is out.
Pakistan Tour of New Zealand: A three-match T20 series is to be played between hosts New Zealand and Pakistan. After this, both the countries are going to face each other in the Test series.
Earlier, the Kiwi team has been announced for the T20 series. Apart from the batsman and captain Kane Williamson, fast bowler Trent Boult has been recalled to the New Zealand squad for the three-match T20 series against Pakistan.
