Crafty Cairns rides his luck as Kiwis edge into lead.CHRIS Cairns Cairns, city (1991 pop. 64,463), Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other agricultural products are also exported. The city's proximity to the Great Barrier Reef has made it a tourist center. made the most of his good fortune to hit New Zealand's top score of 72 as they took a first innings lead of 28 over West Indies West Indies, archipelago, between North and South America, curving c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) from Florida to the coast of Venezuela and separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean. in the first Test. New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. were dismissed for 393 just before the close on the third day in response to West Indies' 365. The touring team were nought without loss in their second innings after facing just one over from left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979, Auckland, New Zealand), but brought up in Hamilton attending Marian School St Paul's Collegiate School, is a cricketer who is the current captain of the New Zealand cricket team. before the end of the day's play. New Zealand, 113 for three overnight, batted steadily until a dramatic afternoon session during which all-rounder Cairns was given the benefit of the doubt after appearing to have been run out on the first ball he faced. Cairns played a Courtney Walsh Courtney Andrew Walsh (born October 30, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former international cricketer (fast bowler) who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. delivery into the covers where Shivnarine Chanderpaul Shivnarine 'Shiv' Chanderpaul (born 16 August, 1974 in Unity Village, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana) is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He captained the West Indies in fourteen Tests and sixteen One-Day Internationals. scooped up the ball and threw down the stumps at the bowler's end. Cairns looked to have been just short of his ground but there was no clear side-on view available on television replays. On the footage that was available, a fieldsman fields·man n. Sports A fielder in cricket. fieldsman Noun pl -men Cricket a fielder Noun 1. obscured view at the crucial moment. With his score on 15, Cairns was caught off a no-ball by paceman Franklyn Rose, and he and rubbed salt into the bowler's wound by pulling his next delivery to the mid-wicket boundary. Cairns played the dominant role in a seventh wicket partnership of 116 with Craig McMillan before he lofted a catch to Sherwin Campbell at long-off from the bowling of leg-spinner Dinanath Ramnarine. "I had a bit of luck today," said Cairns. "But I felt good out there and was very disappointed to get out the way I did because I didn't really attempt to hit it too hard." Nathan Astle, who scored successive centuries the last time he played against West Indies in the Caribbean in 1996, earlier looked in good form again until he fell with his score on 48. Astle misjudged a short ball from Walsh to become the veteran fast bowler's 425th test victim. He needs 435 to beat Kapil Dev's world Test record. New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming reached his 22nd Test 50 just before lunch but fell in the middle session when he got a top edge to Ramnarine and was caught behind by Ridley Jacobs for 66. Reon King was the best of the West Indies bowlers and finished with four for 81 from 26.2 overs. |
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