Kemar Roach produced a five-wicket haul for West Indies in the 3rd innings of the 1st Test against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch. Roach ended with 5/78 from 22 overs as New Zealand scored 466/8d in their 2nd innings. They have set West Indies a target of 531 runs.
The New Zealand cricket team resumed Day 4 on 417/4. They had a towering lead worth 481 runs.
On Day 4, Jayden Seales picked the 1st Kiwi wicket, dismissing Will Young. Thereafter, Roach got into the act. He picked three wickets to end with a fifer. Roach got Michael Bracewell, Matt Henry and Jacob Duffy on Day 4 to complete his fifer. Earlier, he had dismissed Kane Williamson and Tom Latham.
291 Test scalps for Roach
With this spell of 5/78, Roach has bagged a total of 291 Test wickets for West Indies 26.98. Earlier in the 1st innings, he picked two scalps. He is featuring in his 86th Test. He is 9 scalps shy of becoming the 5th WI bowler to claim 300-plus Test scalps.
12th five-wicket haul for Roach
This was Roach’s 12th five-wicket haul in Tests. He also owns 14 four-fers and a match haul of 10 wickets. He has equalled Fidel Edwards in terms of five-wicket hauls for West Indies (12), as per ESPNcricinfo. He now owns the joint-6th most fifers for WI in Tests.
His numbers against New Zealand in Tests
This was Roach’s 2nd fifer against New Zealand in Test cricket. In 9 Tests, he has claimed 43 scalps against the Kiwis at 22.72.
In 4 Test matches on New Zealand soil, he has bagged 16 wickets at 25.62. This was his maiden fifer.
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