Roston Chase produced a stellar performance with the ball as West Indies crushed New Zealand in the first Test between the two sides at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. The off-spinner picked a stunning eight-wicket haul to derail the visitors batting line-up as Joe Root and Co lost all ten wickets in a day to suffer a humiliating defeat by 381 runs.
Meanwhile, Jason Holder who slammed a magnificent double century (202 runs off 229 deliveries) to help Windies set a massive target for England. The hosts set a staggering target of 628 runs which was never going to be an easy task to achieve for Root’s men.
En-route his brilliant double ton, Holder equalled Sir Don Bradman’s feat by becoming only the second batsman in the history of Test cricket to score a double century in the second innings of a Test match while batting at No.6 or a lower position. Only the legendary Sir Donald Bradman managed to achieve the feat before him when he scored 237 runs against England at MCG in 1937.
In their second innings Windies were struggling at 120/6 before Holder put on a 295-run stand for the sixth wicket with Shane Dowrich (116) to ensure the hosts were in cruise control. Chase then ran through the Windies batting line-up picking up career-best figures of 60/8. Openers Keaton Jennings (14) and Rory Burns (84) gave the visitors a good start with an 84-run stand for the first wicket but it was a Chase show from there on as the spinner took his side to a comfortable win.
