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ImageSource:GETTYIMAGESKraiggBrathwaitechiropteransduringtwenty-fourhourperiodthreeoftheTestluciferserialbetweenNewZealandandWestindiesatBasinReserve KraiggBrathwaiteandShimronHetmyerrackuphalf-centuriesastheWestIndiescodresolutelyfromadensefirst-inningsshortfalltocontact214/2atstumpsonthe3rdtwenty-fourhourperiodofthebeginningTestagainstNewZealand.Thetouriststarttheir2ndframes386politicalcampaignsbehindNewZealand,whichholditsbeginningframesat520/9,andfinishedinabetterpostbutstill172politicalcampaignsbehind. Brathwaitebattedinagatheringgloomthroughthelasttwosessionstoreach79notoutbystumps,puttingon72forthefirstwicketwithKiranPowell(40)and94forthesecondwithHetmyer,whomade66.Headdedafurther48withShaiHope(21notout)inanunbrokenstandforthethirdwicketasthelightfaded. TheNewZealandbowlersstruggledSundayonaneasingpitchattheBasinReserve.NeilWagner,whotookacareer-best7/39inthefirstinnings,had0/89from15oversatstumpsinasignofhowthetableshaveturned. Earlier,TomBlundellenduredananxiouspassagethroughthe90sbeforebecomingthe11thplayerfromNewZealandanditsfirstwicketkeepertoscoreacenturyontestdebut. BlundellresumedhisfirstTestinningson57Sundayinalast-wicketpartnershipwithTrentBoultwhicheventuallyyielded78runs,andhewas107notoutwhencaptainKaneWilliamson—thelastKiwitoscoreacenturyondebut—declaredNewZealand’sinnings. WellingtonwicketkeeperBlundellachievedhismaidencenturyonhishomegroundandintheshadowofhisoldschool,WellingtonCollegewhichisjustacrosstheroadfromtheBasinReserve.Whenhespoketoreportersbeforethematch,afterbeingcalledintotheNewZealandteaminplaceoftheinjuredB.J.Watling,hetoldofwalkingpasttheBasinReserveeverydayonthewaytoschoolanddreamingofscoringacenturyforNewZealand.At27thatdreamcametrue. “Ialwaysvisualizedgettingahundredouthereondebutandtocometrueisprettyspecial,”Blundellsaid. ButtherewashightensionbeforeBlundell’smilestonewasachieved.Afterprogressingquicklyintheearlystagesofthemorningsession,carryingthetallyoffoursinhisinningsto13,Blundellbecameboggeddowninthe90s. Hefaced41ballsingoingfrom90tohiscenturyand10ofthosewhilestuckon99.Infact,afull10overselapsedasBlundellmadehisslowprogressthroughthe90stoacenturywhichcamewhenheedgedaballfromspinnerRostonChasetosquarelegfortworuns. Atthesametime,hehadtorelyonstoicsupportfromNo.11Boult,whohadtofaceoverafteroverinordertoallowBlundelltogethischancetoreachhisdebutcentury. “Thewayhebattedwasprettyspecialandtogetmethroughtoahundredwasgreat,”Blundellsaid.”TheWestIndiesbowledreallywell.Iwasinthe90sforawhileandon99forawhileandtheyjustbowledreallytightlines.” BoultsurvivedtwotrialsundertheDecisionReviewSystemforlbwappealswhichhadbeenturneddownandwasdroppedatshortlegoffJasonHolderwhenBlundellwas99. TwoofthosechancescameinthesameoverfromHolder,the147thoftheinnings.Boultfirstflickedahardchancetotheclose-infieldsman,whogotbothhandstotheballbutcouldn’tholdthechance.Twoballslaterhewasstruckonthefrontpadbyafulltoss. Blundell’scenturybuiltontheworkofColindeGrandhomme,whoscoredhismaidenTestcenturyfrom71ballsonthesecondday.
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