KINGSTON (Jamaica), Aug 3: Left-arm seamer Trent Boult claimed 2-25 on Friday as New Zealand restricted West Indies to 62-3 in reply to the visitors' 260 at lunch on day two of the second Test at Sabina Park.The hosts, overnight 11-0, struggled throughout the morning session, adding just 51 runs for the loss of three wickets.
Boult led the way by removing Kieran Powell and Assad Fudadin, while Neil Wagner (1-9) picked up the key scalp of veteran Chris Gayle.
Marlon Samuels provided the main resistance for the West Indies, striking five boundaries in an unbeaten 30 off 63 balls. Veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul was 8 not out at the break.
On Thursday, Kemar Roach starred with the ball to finish with 4-70 and both Tino Best and Narsingh Deonarine took two wickets after Martin Guptill top-scored for New Zealand with 71 and Ross Taylor contributed 60.
An unbeaten 62 from Guptill earlier helped New Zealand to reach tea on 152 for three.
Guptill formed a fine partnership with skipper Taylor, punishing some wayward bowling from Roach.
The Black Caps' captain brought up his half-century off 91 balls, including eight fours and the pair reached another milestone with a 100-run partnership.—Agencies
ScoreboardNEW ZEALAND (1st Innings):B.J. Watling c Gayle b Roach 2M.J. Guptill run out 71B.B. McCullum c Ramdin b Best 0L.R.P.L. Taylor c Ramdin b Best 60K.S. Williamson c Sammy b Deonarine 22D.G. Brownlie c Ramdin b Roach 0C.F.K. van Wyk b Deonarine 16D.A.J. Bracewell b Narine 14N. Wagner c Best b Roach 23T.G. Southee c Sammy b Roach 18T.A. Boult not out 14EXTRAS (B-6, LB-2, W-1, NB-11) 20TOTAL (all out, 82.5 overs) 260FALL OF WKTS 1-10, 2-11, 3-114, 4-161, 5-162, 6-170, 7-202, 8-202, 9-225.BOWLING: Roach 17.5-2-70-4 (4nb); Best 16-1-40-2 (1w); Sammy 10-1-31-0 (2nb); Narine 26-7-66-1 (5nb); Samuels 1-0-2-0; Deonarine 12-3-43-2.WEST INDIES (1st Innings, overnight 11-0):C.H. Gayle c Watling b Wagner 8K.O.A. Powell c Brownlie b Boult 10A.B. Fudadin lbw b Boult 5M.N. Samuels not out 30S. Chanderpaul not out 8EXTRAS (W-1) 1TOTAL (for three wkts, 30 overs) 62FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-17, 3-53.TO BAT: N. Deonarine, D. Ramdin, D.J.G. Sammy, S.P. Narine, K.A.J. Roach, T.L. Best.BOWLING (to-date): Boult 10-2-25-2; Bracewell 7-3-8-0; Southee 7-2-19-0 (1w); Wagner 5-1-9-1; Williamson 1-0-1-0.