The West Indies made history in New Zealand on Saturday, achieving the highest fourth-innings score in five-day Test cricket. Batting all-rounder Justin Greaves led the Windies with a career-best 202 not out, threatening to chase down the impossible target of 531. Greaves, from Barbados, became just the seventh player in Test history to record a double hundred in the fourth innings. The right-handed batter was supported by pace bowler Kemar Roach, who hit his best-ever innings from 86 Test matches, facing 233 balls on Day 5 on a flat Christchurch wicket. The visitors finished 74 runs short of the highest fourth-innings chase record, which they already hold after chasing down Australia's target of 418 in 2003. Only England's 654 in the 1939 'Timeless Test' against South Africa surpasses the Windies' fourth-innings total. The Kiwis went wicketless after lunch, with Roach surviving a caught-behind appeal in the 143rd over, despite replays showing he had hit the ball. The on-field umpire's decision sparked controversy, as both Bracewell and stand-in wicketkeeper Tom Latham approached the umpire, with audio revealing one saying, 'Come on Wharfy, get your bloody finger up, mate.' Roach, 37, became the fourth-oldest player in a Test to record both a five-wicket haul and half-century in the same game, claiming 5/78 in the Kiwis' second innings. Shai Hope also registered a ton before being dismissed for 140 off the bowling of Jacob Duffy. New Zealand off-spinner Michael Bracewell bowled an eye-watering 55 of the West Indies' 163.3 overs in the fourth dig, while pace bowler Jacob Duffy picked up eight wickets across the match from 60.4 overs, 43 of which were in the second innings.
