Kiwis close in on win

New Zealand openers Peter Fulton and Hamish Rutherford safely negotiated their way to the close of play on the third day of the third Test against West Indies on Saturday after their bowlers had set up a likely victory with a destructive display.

Trent Boult had blown the top off the West Indies order before Tim Southee polished off the tail to pick up his 100th test wicket as New Zealand dismissed the tourists for just 103 in their second innings shortly before the close in Hamilton.

WEST INDIES (I Innings): 367
NEW ZEALAND (I Innings, O/n: 156/3):
Fulton c Sammy b Narine    11
Rutherford c&b Sammy    10
Williamson lbw Narine    58
Taylor c Samuels b Best    131
McCullum c Sammy b Narine    12
Anderson c Deonarine b Permaul    39
Watling c Ramdin b Sammy    20
Southee lbw Narine    18
Sodhi b Narine    9
Wagner c Edwards b Narine    22
Boult (not out)    1
Extras (B-6, LB-8, NB-4)    18
Total (all out, 117.3 overs)    349
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-43, 3-138, 4-174, 5-224, 6-269, 7-306, 8-317, 9-332.
Bowling: Best 14-1-63-1, Sammy 23-8-69-2, Permaul 35-6-103-1, Narine 42.3-17-91-6, Deonarine 3-0-9-0.
WEST INDIES (II Innings):
Brathwaite b Boult    7
Edwards c Watling b Boult    1
Powell c Southee b Boult    0
Samuels c Watling b Anderson    8
Chanderpaul c W’son b Wagner    20
Deonarine c Taylor b Wagner    13
Ramdin lbw Boult    18
Sammy c Watling b Southee    24
Narine (not out)    0
Permaul lbw Southee    0
Best lbw Southee    0
Extras (LB-12)    12
Total (all out, 31.5 overs)    103
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-12, 3-13, 4-40, 5-46, 6-75, 7-91, 8-103, 9-103.
Bowling: Boult 10-4-23-4, Southee 8.5-5-12-3, Anderson 6-0-22-1, Wagner 7-1-34-2
NEW ZEALAND (II Innings):
Fulton (batting)    4
Rutherford (batting)    0
Extras (B-2)    2
Total (for no loss, 2 overs)    6
Bowling: Best 1-0-4-0, Narine 1-1-0-0.