Date-stamped : 24 Apr96 - 02:17 Test # 1325 West Indies v New Zealand, 1st Test. Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. 19,20,21,23 April 1996. ====> PREVIEW (Electronic Telegraph, 18 April 1996) Trial for Walsh By a Special Correspondent in Bridgetown, Barbados COURTNEY WALSH leads a West Indies side in transition in today`s opening match of a two-Test series against New Zealand in Barbados which has assumed special significance in the Caribbean. Following a drawn six-Test series against Engand, they failed to qualify for the World Series finals in Australia, lost to Kenya in the group stages of the World Cup and were knocked out of the tournament in the semi-finals by an Australian side who had been seemingly out for the count. Wes Hall and Andy Roberts were sacked as manager and coach respectively and captain Richie Richardson, anticipating the inevitable, announced his retirement from international cricket. The West Indies are now managed by Tony Marshall, formerly an able club cricketer and now a successful banker, and coached by former captain Clive Lloyd. With Carl Hooper ineli ible after missing the domestic competition, Phil Simmons has been recalled and Roland Holder selected for the first time. Jamaican opener Robert Samuels, who scored 364 runs at an average of 40.44 in the Red Stripe competition, has also been named in a squad of 13 along with a third new cap in Barbadian fast bowler Patterson Thompson. West Indies (from): *C A Walsh, J C Adams, C E L Ambrose, I R Bishop, C O Browne, S L Campbell, S Chanderpaul, R Dhanraj, R I C Holder, B C Lara, R G Samuels, P V Simmons, P Thompson. New Zealand: *L K Germon, N J Astle, C L Cairns, S P Fleming, C Z Harris, M J Haslam, R A Kennedy, G R Larsen, D K Morrison, D J Nash, A C Parore, D K Patel, C J Spearman, R G Twose, J T C Vaughan. Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) ====> REPORT (Electronic Telegraph, Day 2, 20 April 1996) Test Match: Campbell flays NZ on way to double century SHERWIN Campbell converted his maiden Test hundred into a double century in Bridgetown yesterday as West Indies left New Zealand requiring 277 to avoid an innings defeat in the first Test. Campbell, whose previous Test best was 93 against England at Lord`s last summer, occupied the crease for 11 hours to score 208, hitting 29 fours as he reached 200 off 484 balls. His marathon effort lifted the home side to 472 all out at tea on the third day in reply to New Zealand`s first innings total of 195 after they had resumed on 334 for four. The West Indians lost Shivnarine Chanderpaul for 82 and wicketkeeper Courtney Browne for 20 while adding 72 runs in the morning session, but nothing could dislodge the diminutive Campbell, playing his 10th Test. His overnight score was adjusted to 148 but he reached his 150 in the day`s sixth over and went on to record the fourth highest individual score by a West Indian against New Zealand when he passed Richie Richardson`s 185 in the Guyana Test of 1985. After reaching 200, Campbell - Durham`s overseas player this season - was dropped at 203 by Craig Spearman at square leg and finally played on to Chris Harris. The innings ended quickly when Curtly Ambrose was caught by wicketkeeper Lee Germon off Justin Vaughan and last man Patterson Thompson was trapped leg before wicket by Danny Morrison for one. Gavin Larsen was New Zealand`s most successful bowler with three for 76 off 40 overs. Only three West Indians have scored higher innings in a Test match against New Zealand - Seymour Nurse`s 258 in the last of his 29 Test appearances at Christchurch in 1969, Lawrence Rowe`s 214 in his first Test innings at Kingston in 1972 and Gordon Greenidge`s 213 at Auckland in 1987. Left-hander Chanderpaul, Campbell`s partner at the crease on Saturday, failed to chalk up his own maiden Test century. He lasted just 10 minutes after the resumption of play yesterday before trudging off dejected when he sliced an attempted drive off fast bowler Danny Morrison to gully when he was 82. The fifth-wicket stand of 155 was a West Indies record against New Zealand in the Caribbean. Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) ====> REPORT (Lawrie Colliver, Day 3, 21 April 1996) WEST INDIES V NEW ZEALAND DAY THREE FIRST TEST REPORT CAMPBELL SETS KIWIS HUGE TOTAL Bridgetown: A Magnificent double century by hometown hero Sherwin Campbell helped the West Indies build up a massive first-innings lead in the First Test against New Zealand yesterday. West Indies were allout for 472 at tea on the third day in reply to New Zealand`s first innings total of 195. By stumps thw visi- tors were trailing by 126 runs - although Nathan Astle was still at the crease unbeaten on 82. Campbell, 25, was finally out for 208 when he inside-edged a ball from medium-pacer Chris Harris onto his stumps. His memorable in- nings lasted just over 11 hours and he hit 29 boundaries. Campbell`s innings was the fourth highest by a West Indians bats- man against New Zealand. Seymour Nurse scored 258 in the last of his 29 test appearances in Christchurch in 1969. Lawrence Rowe made 214 in his first innings in Kingston in 1972 and Gordon Greenidge hammered 213 in Auckland in 1987. Campbell, who had resumed on 149, once again showed flawless technique and and remained totally concentrated when he returned to the crease yesterday. But there was disappointment for the other overnight batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul. He had been hoping to match Campbel and notch up his maiden test century. But he added only run to the overnight total of 81 when he sliced a drive to Harris at gully off fast bowler Danny Morrison. Chanderpaul and Campbell`s stand had been worth 152 for fifth wicket. Campbell and Ian Bishop (31) scored 59 for the seventh wicket, playing some exciting strokes to pass 400. After Bishop`s departure, the West Indies innings went into de- cline and the last four wickets fell for 27. The New Zealander`s second time around got away to terrible start when Courtney Walsh had Roger Twose caught by Lara at first slip for a duck. Flawed footwork from Craig Spearman (20), Twose=92s fellow opener, gave Lara his second slip catch - this time off Patterson Thompson - and Ian Bishop then removed left handers Stephen Flem- ing (22) and Chris Harris (0). It was left to Nathan Astle to come to the rescue after New Zea- land had slumped to 4/57. Having been badly gashed on the chin by Thompson in the opening tour match a month ago, Astle clearly came out intent on showed that attack was the best form of de- fence. He hammered anything loose with ruthless efficiency and all but 10 of his runs came from boundaries - including two massive sixes off Jimmy Adams` slowleft arm bowling. At the other end, Justin Vaughan remained entrenched for the last two hours and saw off the West Indian attack to make sure he will be still there when the players come out again tomorrow after a rest day. Vaughan has batted 107 mins for his unconquered 10. Contributed by Lawrie Colliver (colliver@ozemail.com.au) ====> REPORT (Electronic Telegraph, Day 3, 21 April 1996) W Indies V NZ - First Test: Astle goes on the offensive By Richard Bright in Bridgetown Fourth day of five: New Zealand (195 & 151-4) trail West Indies (472) by 126 runs NEW ZEALAND will need one of the greatest rearguard actions in Test history if they are to prevent the West Indies completing an overwhelming victory. A belligerent unbeaten 82 from Nathan Astle ensured that the New Zealanders went into yesterday`s rest day with a theoretical chance of saving the game, but they still trail by 126 runs with six second-innings wickets in hand. Astle`s innings was in stark contrast to that of Justin Vaughan, who came to the wicket with New Zealand struggling on 57 for four and held up the West Indies with 10 not out in two hours. Despite the show of resistance, West Indies captain Courtney Walsh pronounced himself satisfied with his side`s efforts on the first three days. "I`m happy," said Walsh. "The guys have stuck to their task and done very well. We played to our game plan reasonably well and things are looking good for us." The New Zealanders, who began their second innings 277 runs in arrears following opener Sherwin Campbell`s marathon 208, got off to the worst possible start when Courtney Walsh had Roger Twose caught by Brian Lara at first slip for a duck. Flawed footwork from Craig Spearman (20), Twose`s fellow opener, gave Lara a second slip catch - this time off Patterson Thompson, and Ian Bishop then removed left-handers Stephen Fleming (22) and Chris Harris (0). Astle, badly gashed on the chin by Thompson in the opening tour match a month ago, came out intent on showing that attack was the best form of defence. He hammered anything loose with ruthlessly efficiency and all but 10 of his runs came from boundaries - including two massive sixes off Jimmy Adams. Adams, the New Zealanders` unlikely destroyer in the first innings with his normally innocuous slow left-arm claiming five for 17, conceded 32 runs in his five overs. Vaughan, by contrast, concentrated exclusively on defence but he was equally successful in blunting the West Indies attack. Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) ====> REPORT (Electronic Telegraph, Day 4, 23 April 1996) Campbell leads victory charge By a Special Correspondent in Bridgetown SHERWIN CAMPBELL rounded off an outstanding individual performance by making all 29 runs which the West Indies needed to complete a 10-wicket victory over the New Zealand in the first Test. Man of the match Campbell, who batted more than 11 hours in making 208 in the first innings, needed less than 20 minutes to wrap up the victory before tea on the fourth day as Robert Samuels adopted a passive role at the other end. New Zealand, who began the day 126 runs behind with six second-innings wickets intact, avoided further setbacks in the first hour as Nathan Astle and Justin Vaughan took their fifth- wicket partnership to 144. Vaughan had looked vulnerable throughout his stubborn innings of 24 and eventually fell leg before to Ian Bishop. Astle was one of three wickets to fall in the morning session, but he had taken his score on to 125, his maiden Test hundred in his only his third appearance for New Zealand. He was out in typically aggressive fashion, aiming a full- blooded drive at Patterson Thompson and was caught head-high at second slip by Campbell. His innings had taken only 154 balls and included 22 fours and two sixes. Bishop followed up Vaughan`s wicket by having Adam Parore caught in the slips, again by Campbell, for one. At lunch New Zealand were 244 for seven, still needing 33 to make West Indies bat again. But the last-wicket partnership of 45 between Danny Morrison and Robert Kennedy enabled them to avoid an innings defeat. New Zealand were eventually all out for 305, leaving West Indies a victory target of 29. Fast bowler Dion Nash joined the lengthy list of New Zealand casualties, complaining of spasms in the lower back. He is, however, expected to be fit for the second Test, which starts in Antigua on Saturday. New Zealand are already without Parore, who will not play again on tour after suffering a groin injury, Shane Thomson and Chris Cairns. Source :: Electronic Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk) Contributed by vg (vpg0001@jove.acs.unt.edu)