New Zealand vs West Indies, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

This is what Test cricket is truly about - giving it your all and fighting till the end. It's an examination of patience, perseverence and determination and the Windies came out with flying colours on all fronts. They have got off the mark in the WTC cycle and have got some important points in their bag with this draw. The pitch did flatten out in the fourth innings and that helped the visitor's cause but we can take nothing away from Shai Hope, Justin Greaves and Kemar Roach - all three of them were remarkable in the way they batted. The Kiwis tried different tacticts against Greaves and Roach but they had answers to everything. So, just a three-day turnover for the next Test at Wellington. Do join us for all the action. Until next time, goodbye and cheers!

Roston Chase: Feels lovely, first points for us in the Test Championship, happy to get off the mark. Very happy for Justin Greaves. Also, really happy for Roach as he played brilliantly on return to Test cricket. After the tea interval, I thought we could have probably looked to push for it from there, but the batsmen weren’t too keen on it. They just wanted to bat, and if they batted normally and got us close coming down to the end, they would have taken a bit of a look at it. But it didn’t happen. As I said, we’re happy with what the guys did. It was a beautiful innings to watch by those two (Greaves and Kemar Roach), and we’re proud. (On Shai Hope) That was lovely as well. So much has happened today that I forgot about Shai Hope, actually. He came off the India tour with some good form, and he’s come in here now showing what he’s worth. Especially being a great player in the ODIs and the T20Is, he’s showing his class in the red-ball format. We know how great a player he is, so I’m happy for him as well. (On the next Test match) We’ve come close to winning the Test match with these guys in their conditions. But I think in the first-innings batting we have to dig a bit deeper because the conditions are a lot tougher with the greenness and the grass and the bounce in the wicket early on. If we could score a bit more - probably around 300 - I think that would do us good because we see all the wickets flatten out over here and it becomes a batting paradise. If we can turn that up a bit in the first innings with the bat, the bowlers are doing an excellent job in terms of testing the techniques up front. We have what it takes to restrict them; it’s just for us to get that lead early.

Tom Latham: It had it all, really. The way we were able to put ourselves in a position to win a Test match was what we were after, and for it to head down to the final hour with all three results on the cards - it was a great Test match to be involved in. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get the breakthroughs we wanted to put some pressure on that lower order. We managed to create enough opportunities, just unfortunately weren’t able to take them. (On losing Nathan Smith and Matt Henry) It’s obvious how big the loss of Nathan Smith and Matt Henry was. As you said, when two of your seamers go down during a Test match, it’s never ideal. The work that Zach and Jacob put in throughout that innings - the amount of overs they bowled, the way they kept coming, never complained, just got on with it and threw everything they could at the West Indies. And also Michael Bracewell bowled fifty-odd overs.

Justin Greaves | Player of the Match: I'll just say pretty much resilient. It's a word that we've thrown around in the dressing room a lot. So for me to be there at the end, you know, was really important. So anything for the team at the end of the day. And you can look at me. Special, special day for me. Special day for the team. We were pretty much up against it. So, to come out here about a whole day, after losing Shai, we thought we would have probably pushed for a win. But then, with Kemar, the senior pro, getting me all the way. Pretty much happy for him being there at the end as well. A really, really special day for us as a group. I had a long chat with coach Floyd Reifer and he was saying, once you get in, stay in, it's a good pitch.

At one moment, the visitors might also have thought about chasing down 531 but Roach was given a few lives and those nervy moments led them to adopt a cautious approach since then. They changed their approach completely after tea and both Greaves and Roach blunted it out. Greaves scored his maiden Test double century at the fag end to bring himself immense joy. He truly deserved it as he battled it out for more than 4 and a half sessions and bailed his side out of trouble. NZ were depleted due to the absence of Henry and Smith (both got injured) and that took a toll on them. A couple of decisions also didn't go their way but having said all that, the Windies were superior in the fourth innings and that enabled them to achieve the unthinkable. Stick around for the presentations...

18:20 Local Time, 05:20 GMT, 10:50 IST: It has been absolute marathon of a knock from Justin Greaves - the hero of the moment! Kudos to Roach as well - the lower-order batter showed that being resilient and having a good head on the shoulders can do a world of good. These two batted out more than two sessions together to save the match for their side. This draw is as good as a win for the Windies considering that the odds were completely against them. Once the visitors had lost four wickets within the second session of Day 4, the hopes were bleak. But, the mammoth 196-run stand between Shai Hope and Greaves gave them the belief. Hope scored a century and he was looking in good shape today morning as well but a lapse in concentration costed him his wicket. Then, Imlach also departed in quick succession but Greaves was solid as a rock at one end. Roach came out swinging initially and there were a flurry of boundaries scored after lunch today.

A slip, a gully, a leg slip, a short leg and a short mid-on in place

This will probably be the last over of the game

Justin Greaves once again walks up to Roach to calm his nerves