50 for Conway and 6000 runs as an opener for Tom Latham.
John Wright second with 5260 and Glenn Turner way back in third with 2828.
Fair to say its not an area of the game NZ has had a lot of stars.
These two going ball for ball. Both faced 103, Latham 50, Conway 76.
The latter in particular looking brilliant, really nice to see after the issues he's had of late.
Test average up over 40 now too, 40.75. Seperates the good from the very good.
100 for Conway. Lovely drive down the ground for four.
Great to see him get it, his spot in the team was in real jeopardy not long ago. Looks to have fixed the flaws in his game and has played with real authority.
Latham going good at the other end on 75. NZ 178/0.
These two are about half way to the highest ever opening partnership vs the Windies........they may as well have a crack.
Check out those strike rates !!! Glenn "Bazball" Turner had the highest with 34 of the five guys who batted......
Currently fifth best opening stand about 15 runs from next target, then a few more at 20 runs apart approaching, still a long way off that Turner one though
Latham with the ton now too, doesn't get any better than that. WI will have one foot on the plane but their bowling lineup is very good, they rolled the Aussies a few times, so good to see these two score runs against a decent attack.
@No-Quarter said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Latham with the ton now too, doesn't get any better than that. WI will have one foot on the plane but their bowling lineup is very good, they rolled the Aussies a few times, so good to see these two score runs against a decent attack.
Yeah they used up all their fight and competitiveness in the drawn match I feel. They're going through the motions now.
Great that Latham got a much deserved ton too.
150 up for Conway great knock..and
record opening stand in NZ
Didnt expect that when we started batting this morning
Conway 150.
....and with 276 for 0 they have just broken the record for the highest opening partnership in NZ.
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Conway 150.
....and with 276 for 0 they have just broken the record for the highest opening partnership in NZ.
old news 
Part of me is waiting for half of the bowling squad to fall over the drinks in the sheds and become unable to bowl
@KiwiPie said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Think of poor little Kane being padded up all day.
He gave up part way through the third session and made Ravindra do it instead.
Is it bad that part of me is glad the Turner/Jarvis partnership wasn't broken? For all his faults, Turner is one of our greatest batters and I think it's fitting that he has a place in our record books.
Fantastic day. Conway locks in his place for the England tour. I hope Mariu still makes the squad though. Good to see Latham back in the runs too. How often has an NZ batter got 2 tons in a series?
Grossly irresponsible for Latham to get out so late in the day and expose the night watchman.
He should be taking a long hard look at himself in the mirror after that.
@African-Monkey said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Lol a night watchman, come on haha.
There may have been a hint of sarcasm
What an amazing day of batting.
Great to see Conway back in form moving better, still vulnerable to the 5th/6th stump line but that is something he has to work around with his technique.
He is a nice batsmen to watch when playing well, very fluid bat.
Awesome from Tom Latham getting past 6000 test runs 2 centuries in the series and getting his 15th test century closing in on Taylor and Crowe he could end up as the player with the 2nd most test centuries for new Zealand.
Under rated bat but the gritty opener teams need.
@mikey07 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Cyclops Was it Taylor I remember grabbing a couple against them in 2016 if my patchy memory serves me correctly.
3 in 2013-14, but a very purple patch: https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/series/batting-most-runs-career/west-indies-in-new-zealand-test-series-2013-14-8475
@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Good to see Latham back in the runs too. How often has an NZ batter got 2 tons in a series?
33 if the filter has been set up correctly - this being the 33rd time.
Only watched the highlights so I don't know how difficult it was to bat on that green deck early on. But it played like a road for the most part and we went to town. Are we going to be able to bowl the Windies out on this road?
I think I getting old (well I know lol), but I genuinely enjoyed watching the test yesterday, and seeing batsman slowly building an innings, and just ignoring balls they didn't to play.
Something pretty relaxing watching test cricket, and seeing that. Mind you I admit, I not glued to screen, just watch for 30 mins or so at time.
@Godder said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@Cyclops said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Good to see Latham back in the runs too. How often has an NZ batter got 2 tons in a series?
33 if the filter has been set up correctly - this being the 33rd time.
4th time just for Latham too. More common than I'd thought.
Conway looking comfortable from the get go ( I don't think you can jinx a guy on 190 so I'm happy to say that )
This one innings has got the average up very nicely, just 1.40 runs behind the much vaunted Mitch Jr now. Overall pretty similar really. Conway 2395 runs in 32 tests at 42.79, Mitch 2164 runs in 35 tests at 44.16. Conway 59 innings, Mitch 54.
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Conway looking comfortable from the get go ( I don't think you can jinx a guy on 190 so I'm happy to say that )
yes you can I even remember a fucking 299
@bayimports said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Conway looking comfortable from the get go ( I don't think you can jinx a guy on 190 so I'm happy to say that )
yes you can I even remember a fucking 299
The fern wasn't around when Crowe was playing.
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@bayimports said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Conway looking comfortable from the get go ( I don't think you can jinx a guy on 190 so I'm happy to say that )
yes you can I even remember a fucking 299
The fern wasn't around when Crowe was playing.
still remember it and the tv commentator curse
@bayimports said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@bayimports said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
Conway looking comfortable from the get go ( I don't think you can jinx a guy on 190 so I'm happy to say that )
yes you can I even remember a fucking 299
The fern wasn't around when Crowe was playing.
still remember it and the tv commentator curse
It was a bugger. The gap between triple centuries in tests went from 1974 to 1990. Fair to say its tough to get them.
Conway to 200. Well done that man! @MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
double hundy for Conway. Super stuff.
May as well have a crack at a triple, he has time.
You don't get many opportunities in cricket and time is on his side..long way off though still,
surely cant happen
@bayimports said in West Indies tour of NZ:
@MN5 said in West Indies tour of NZ:
double hundy for Conway. Super stuff.
May as well have a crack at a triple, he has time.
You don't get many opportunities in cricket and time is on his side..long way off though still,
surely cant happen
He could get there before tea if things go his way. We're only a day and half a session into the match remember !