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

Ojay Shields to Blundell, out Bowled!! Huge strike. The debutant gets his maiden wicket. Fuller ball, swinging in, Blundell goes for the drive and gets an inside edge. The ball crashes into the sticks. The little discomfort before the over wouldn't have helped as well. NZ lose their set batter. The batter went for the drive but didn't really move his feet much. Blundell b Ojay Shields 29(39) [4s-2]

Ojay Shields to Blundell, no run, short, well wide, outside off. Blundell throws his bat at it and misses

Ojay Shields to Blundell, no run, fuller length delivery, angled in, Blundell looks to clip it away and misses

Justin Greaves to Blundell, 1 run, fuller length delivery, Blundell whips that wide of mid-wicket for a single

Justin Greaves to Blundell, no run, short ball, outside off, looks to slash it and misses

Justin Greaves to Blundell, 3 runs, and lofted over cover! Was a fuller length delivery, outside off, Blundell played a loose drive. The hand coming off the handle but he did well to get it over. Three more added

Justin Greaves to Blundell, no run, fuller length delivery, outside off, Blundell leaves it alone to the keeper. Justin Greaves has replaced Roach. Holds his hip as he finishes that ball

Ojay Shields to Blundell, 1 run, pats the length delivery down into the off-side and goes through for a single eventually after saying no to the run

Ojay Shields to Blundell, 1 run, fuller length delivery, Blundell looks to drive and gets an inside edge down to fine leg for a single

Roach to Blundell, 1 run, stabs the ball down and runs through for a single as Michael Bracewell made it easily

Roach to Blundell, no run, tapped it out, the ball threatened to roll back but the batter had the wits to pat the ball away

Roach to Blundell, no run, left alone outside off as that was on a length

Roach to Blundell, 4 runs, at the sticks, fuller length delivery, Blundell clips the ball away and gets it into the gap. Blundell and Michael Bracewell run four as the relay effort was not good enough from the deep

Roach to Blundell, no run, angled in, doesn't nip in much, left alone to the keeper

Roach to Blundell, no run, length delivery, angled in, Blundell gets the bat down and blocks it out into the off-side

Roach to Blundell, 2 runs, very full again, the batter is batting out of his crease and squeezes the ball down to third man for a brace

Roach to Blundell, no run, very full, outside off, Blundell sees the line and lets it go to the keeper

Roach to Blundell, no ball, length delivery, outside off, Blundell stabs the ball down to gully

Johann Layne to Blundell, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off, Blundell rises on his toes and chops it through backward point

Johann Layne to Blundell, no run, brilliant fielding! Overpitched outside off again, Blundell drives it crisply towards wide mid-off. Campbell dives to his left to save a certain boundary. Good commitment there

Johann Layne to Blundell, FOUR, lovely shot! Fractionally overpitched outside off, Blundell leans towards it and creams the drive through covers to get the desired result

Roach to Blundell, 3 runs, full delivery swinging in on middle, Blundell flicks it nicely through mid-wicket. The chase is on and the fielder cuts it off near the fence. Three runs result

Johann Layne to Blundell, 1 run, in the air... but safe! Full delivery angling down leg, Blundell is early in to the flick and gets a leading edge. The fielder at covers is interested but it goes wide of him. That could have gone anywhere, Blundell will consider himself lucky there

Johann Layne to Blundell, FOUR, streaky but counts! A back of a length delivery and some width on offer, Blundell slashes at it and it flies off the thick outside edge. Goes right through the gap between gully and second slip and through to the fence behind

Johann Layne to Blundell, no run, fuller length delivery outside off, shaping in, Blundell plants his front foot across and shoulders arms to it

Johann Layne to Blundell, no run, short and wide, easy leave for Blundell. That was close to being called a wide

Johann Layne to Blundell, no run, oh, nicely bowled! On a length outside off, seaming in nicely, Blundell lifts his bat skywards to leave it alone. That wasn't that far from the off-stump

Johann Layne to Blundell, no run, back of a length delivery in the channel, Blundell hangs back and stonewalls it

Johann Layne to Blundell, no run, skiddy short of length delivery shaping towards leg-stump, Blundell looks to tuck it across but is struck on the thigh pad

Johann Layne to Blundell, no run, yorker length delivery outside off, Blundell reaches out and jams it towards covers

Johann Layne to Blundell, no run, length delivery down leg, Blundell looks to flick but misses

Johann Layne to Blundell, no run, back of a length delivery on off, Blundell hangs back and pushes it towards mid-off

Roach to Blundell, no run, short of length delivery shaping in on off, Blundell covers the line and pushes it towards mid-off

Roach to Blundell, 1 run, almost chopped on! Back of a length outside off, Blundell rises on his toes and tries to cut it square of the wicket but gets an inside edge that goes past the leg-stump

Justin Greaves to Blundell, no run, short of length delivery on off, Blundell hops and blocks it to the left of Justin Greaves

Justin Greaves to Blundell, no run, fuller length delivery well outside off, Blundell plants his front foot across and lets it go

Justin Greaves to Blundell, no run, short of length outside off, shaping in, Blundell leaves it alone

Justin Greaves to Blundell, no run, full delivery on middle, Blundell plays it with soft hands towards short mid-wicket

Justin Greaves to Blundell, 2 runs, full delivery shaping towards leg-stump, Blundell flicks it through backward square leg and comes back for the second run