'Tingles': Fans erupt over 'next big thing' in Test cricket
Kyle Jamieson has taken his second five-wicket haul as New Zealand ripped through the West Indies batting lineup to leave the visitors in dire straits on 8-124 at the close of play on day two of the second Test at the Basin Reserve.
The giant Kiwi quick - who stands 203cm (six-foot-6) tall - left the Windies on the ropes with an exhibition of swing bowling.
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The tourists ended the day staring at the prospect of another follow on as they struggled to 8/124, still 336 behind New Zealand’s 460.
Jamieson got 5/34 for his second five-wicket haul in only his fourth Test to cement his status as a rising star in Test cricket.
His previous career best was 5-45 against India whom he made his Test debut against earlier in the year.
Jamieson's batting has also left fans salivating, with scores of 44, 49, 51 not out and 20 in his first four Test innings giving him the astonishing batting average of 72.
It was his bowling against the Windies that was making all the headlines, however, with an unplayable in-swinging yorker to Roston Chase the pick of his wickets.
Jamieson's stunning start to his Test career has left the cricket world in awe, with many tipping him to be a future superstar for the Black Caps.
What a way to start your spell! Magic from Kyle Jamieson at the @BasinReserve with two wickets in two balls then back to back denied reviews all in his first over. Follow play LIVE on @sparknzsport| https://t.co/mfgeZ1aHTg #NZvWI pic.twitter.com/ZzxJqFDtug
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) December 12, 2020
But keep eye out for Kyle Jamieson, watch this last over from him with the hat trick turned down and all 6 balls unplayable, 6ft8, bouncers off a good length at 145kph, swings it in unswingable conditions, better in swinger than southee, starc, boult. Next big thing Int cricket.
— Mr Daydream (@daydream_mr) December 12, 2020
Kyle Jamieson takes 5-34 and his 2nd five-wicket haul in Tests!!! What a bowler 👏 #NZvsWI pic.twitter.com/0Gv15NXERI
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) December 12, 2020
Dude this Kyle Jamieson is some bowler !!! #NZvWI #Cricket
— Shivanjan Srivastava (@Hardhitter1994) December 12, 2020
What an attack the @BLACKCAPS have!
A second Test 5-wicket haul for new boy, Kyle Jamieson, in an attack featuring world-class quicks Southee, Boult, and Wagner!
Throw in batters to inc Williamson, Latham, Taylor, and Nicholls. That's some Test side right now!#NZvWI https://t.co/a8DjFXQTMF— CricX 🏏🌎 (@cricketagency) December 12, 2020
It’s a fifer for Kyle Jamieson!!🔥 his 2nd test five-wicket haul in just his 4th test match😍😍🔥 #NZvWI
— Sakina Manna (@MannaSakina) December 12, 2020
I love Boult and Southee as much as any red-blooded swing bowling addict, but that over from Kyle Jamieson gave me ASMR-like tingles. Is he already the @BLACKCAPS No. 1? #NZvWI
— Daniel Viles (sport) (@WombatCatcher) December 12, 2020
Kyle Jamieson should be an excellent bowler for years to come. Has many good assets of the trade: height, command of each-way swing, some pace, accuracy. NZ has found a good one#NZvWI
— Garfield Robinson (@garfieldrob01) December 12, 2020
Kyle Jamieson's inswinger to Roston Chase🔥🔥#NZvWI pic.twitter.com/nmvxuaK1Hi
— Ashwin (@sudharsanak1010) December 12, 2020
Jamieson helps ram home NZ advantage
Only a stubborn Jermaine Blackwood, who defied New Zealand in the first Test at Seddon Park to score his second Test century, provided any real resistance for the visitors, scoring 69 before he became Tim Southee's third wicket about 30 minutes before stumps.
New Zealand had been dismissed after lunch, with Henry Nicholls producing a career-best 174, while Neil Wagner finished on a pugnacious 66 not out, his first Test half-century.
Southee dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite and Darren Bravo cheaply before Jamieson ripped the heart out of West Indies' remaining top order in his first over.
He had John Campbell caught at second slip by Tom Latham for 14, then bowled Chase for a golden duck.
With his side 4-29, Blackwood was struck on the pad on the hat-trick delivery but given not out by umpire Chris Brown, with the television review upholding the decision.
Blackwood survived another review on the next ball, with another full swinging delivery that cannoned into his pads.
Jamieson returned at the end of the day to dismiss Shamarh Brooks (14), Jason Holder (nine) and Alzarri Joseph for a duck, to finish with 5-34.
“The way the ball’s moving we knew if we got it in good enough areas then things would happen,” Jamieson said.
“It was just a matter of doing it for long enough and if you do that you tend to get rewarded.”
with AAP
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