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Greaves' Unbeaten 202 Seals Record Fourth-Innings Draw for West Indies in Christchurch

New Zealand's bowling injuries left the hosts short of options heading into Wellington.

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West Indies pulled off a heroic draw in the first Test of their three-match series against New Zealand at Christchurch. Here’s how the World Test Championship points table looks like after the result.
West Indies batted out 163.3 overs in the final innings
West Indies all-rounder Justin Greaves became the seventh player ever to score a fourth-innings double-hundred in a marathon final day effort to secure an unlikely draw in Christchurch.

Overview

  • West Indies closed on 457-6 while chasing 531, logging the second-highest fourth-innings total in Test history to save the first Test.
  • Justin Greaves carried his bat for 202 not out, earning player-of-the-match, after a 196-run stand with Shai Hope, who struck 140.
  • Greaves and Kemar Roach added an unbroken 180 for the seventh wicket, with Roach 58 not out from 233 balls to deny New Zealand on day five.
  • New Zealand’s attack was severely depleted after Matt Henry suffered a calf/hamstring issue and Nathan Smith a side strain, with wicketkeeper Tom Blundell also hampered by a hamstring injury.
  • The draw gives West Indies their first WTC points of the cycle and leaves New Zealand seventh on percentage, with the second Test starting December 10 in Wellington after NZ’s 466-8 declaration built on centuries by Tom Latham and Rachin Ravindra.