16th March
West Indies. 1st Test 4th Day
Lunch
ME: ?Nice 50 Martin, also, Nick, in future don?t play all round a straight one!?
NH: ?Sorry?
ME: ?Ross, Sean, watch the straight one. They?ve done you both with that. Also, I don?t want to put any pressure on you two but, 3 runs behind, with 7 wickets in hand and 5 sessions left these next couple of hours are key to the entire match.?
Score: NZ 127-3 (Guptill 59, Oram 4)
Tea
ME: ?Ah! Well, that?s knackered that one them! FOR H?S SAKE!?
Score: NZ 217-8 (McSkimming 2, Patel 0)
End of Innings
SCORECARD: NZ: 223 a.o. (88.3 ovrs)
Horsley ? b Hinds 45
Guptill ? b Mohammed 62
Taylor ? c&b Hinds 10
Eathorne ? lbw Jaggernauth 1
Oram ? b Hinds 25
Ryder ? c Baugh b Collymore 26
Watling ? b Jeremy 15
Franklin ? lbw Jeremy 22
McSkimming ? run out 8
Patel ? c Chanderpaul b Jeremy 0
Martin ? NOT OUT 0
END OF MATCH
SCORECARD: WI: 94-3 (24.1 ovrs)
Gayle ? c Taylor b Oram 44
W.Hinds - lbw Martin 15
Chanderpaul b Martin 17
Lara ? NOT OUT 16
Sarwan ? NOT OUT 0
Bowling
Martin 10-1-44-2
McSkimming 6-0-32-0
Franklin 6-1-16-0
Oram 2.1-1-2-1
Summary
NZ 323
Watling 101, Franklin 74
Jeremy 3-64, Collymore 3-70
WI 453
Gayle 217, Lara 55
Martin 2-66, Franklin 2-68
NZ 223
Guptill 62, Horsley 45
Jeremy 3-14, R.Hinds 3-36
WI 94-3
Gayle 44, Chanderpaul 17
Martin 2-44, Oram 1-2
West Indies win by 7 wickets
MOTM: Chris Gayle (WI)
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Pre-2nd Test Discussion
20th March 2008
St. John?s Antigua
JO: ?Steve, that track is looking rather quick & uneven. How about using Davis instead of Woodcock.?
SM: ?Well, that gives us 6 pace bowlers, you sure??
JO: ?It?s a lot, but we need to win this Test Match to draw the series.?
SM: ?Seriously, if 5 isn?t going to do it, are 6??
JO: ?Where did you learn that, out of which manual! 6 gives us the options if 1 or 2 don?t fire, remember 3 of us can bat.?
SM: ?I?ll go with you, but if you really want Te in, I?d recommend you drop the fat Jesse and have another batsman.?