Justin Greaves has made some amazing batting performances when he secured a valiant double hundred thus allowing the West Indies to draw the first Test match against New Zealand. The West Indies were chasing a tremendous total of 531 runs and they concluded their second innings at 457 for six giving their tremendous resistance the credit of surviving for 163.3 overs and not losing the Test match.
Along with Greaves, the legendary cricketer Kemar Roach had a very important part for the West Indies team, who managed to stay on the crease for 233 balls for his calm and composed 58 runs. The visitors are being given a huge round of applause for their long and arduous batting and on the last day of the Christchurch Test the following records are listed.
Justin Greaves has double ton vs NZ and surpasses Chris Gayle in an elite list
All-rounder Justin Greaves has become the fourth batter from the West Indies side to score a double hundred against the Kiwis in Test cricket. He went ahead of Chris Gayle registering the fourth highest individual score against the BlackCaps.
Highest individual scores for WI against NZ in Tests
SM Nurse – 258
Darren Bravo – 218
Gordon Greenidge – 213
Justin Greaves – 202*
Chris Gayle – 197
457/6: Most runs by West Indies in the 4th innings of a Test match
New Zealand could not get the West Indies out, as the visitors made 457 runs for the loss of six wickets. This is the highest total for West Indies in the fourth innings in Test history, which is given below.
457/6 vs New Zealand, Christchurch, 2025* – TODAY
418/7 vs Australia, St John’s, 2003
408/5 vs England, Kingston, 1930
Highest 7th wicket stand for WI in Tests: Greaves-Roach join legendary players
Even though West Indies lost Tevin Imlach as their sixth wicket with 277 runs scored, Justin Greaves and Kemar Roach put up a brave front and their partnership avoided the defeat. The partnership of 180 runs without losing any wicket
347 – Denis Atkinson & Clairmonte Depeiaza vs Australia, Bridgetown, 1955
295* – Shane Dowrich & Jason Holder vs England, Bridgetown, 2019
204 – Darren Sammy & Marlon Samuels vs England, Nottingham, 2012
182 – Dwayne Bravo & Denesh Ramdin vs Australia, Hobart, 2005
180* – Justin Greaves & Kemar Roach vs New Zealand, Christchurch, 2025 – TODAY*
Kemar Roach duplicates Ravichandran Ashwin’s uncommon milestone
Kemar Roach, who claimed five wickets for the loss of runs earlier, also contributed with a half-century on the fifth day of Christchurch Test. Hence, the magnetic player was able to become only the second aged player to take a five-wicket haul and score a half-century in the same Test after Ravichandran Ashwin.
38y 2d – Ravichandran Ashwin (India) vs Bangladesh, Chennai, 2024 (113 Runs & 6/88)
37y 159d – Kemar Roach (West Indies) vs New Zealand, Christchurch, 2025 (5/78 & 53* Runs) – TODAY
36y 7d – Polly Umrigar (India) vs West Indies, Port of Spain, 1962 (5/107, 56 Runs, & 172 Runs)
163.3: 2nd most overs played by WI in the 4th innings of a Test match
The West Indies got 164.3 overs to bat and drew the first Test against New Zealand. This is the second-highest number of overs the West Indies have ever batted for in the fourth innings in their Test history.
164.3 overs vs England, Kingston, 1930
163.3 overs vs New Zealand, Christchurch, 2025 – TODAY*
134.5 overs vs England, Port of Spain, 1960
Grit by Greaves and Roach was enough to save West Indies from defeat in the Christchurch Test. The second match of the series will be played at Basin Reserve in Wellington from December 10 to 14.