Kirk Edwards and Marlon Samuels made half centuries to guide the West Indies to 158-4 in reply to New Zealand first innings of 441 at stumps Thursday on the second day of the second test.
On a day when rain restricted play to 62 overs, Edwards and Samuels showed resilience at the top of the order, though the late dismissal of Shivnarine Chanderpaul (6) left the match tilted in the home team's favor.
After a rain-delayed start, New Zealand took only 25 overs to add 134 runs to its overnight total of 307-6 as wicketkeeper B.J. Watling made 65 to anchor a productive tail order contribution.
Scoreboard:
New Zealand 1st Innings:
(Overnight: 307-6)
Peter Fulton c Ramdin b Sammy 6
Hamish Rutherford c Ramdin b Best 11
Kane Williamson c Sammy b Best 45
Ross Taylor c Shillingford b Gabriel 129
Brendon McCullum c Edwards b Deonarine 37
Corey Anderson c Powell b Shillingford 38
B.J. Watling b Gabriel 65
Tim Southee c Bravo b Sammy 21
Ish Sodhi c Ramdin b Best 27
Neil Wagner c Sammy b Best 0
Trent Boult not out 38
Extras (16b,6lb,2nb) 24
TOTAL (all out) 441
Overs: 115.1. Batting time: 494 minutes.
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-24, 3-112, 4-189, 5-257, 6-296, 7-334, 8-383, 9-383, 10-441.
Bowling: Tino Best 21-1-110-4, Shannon Gabriel 25.1-5-86-2 (1nb), Darren Sammy 25-3-92-2, Shane Shillingford 28-4-92-1 (1nb), Narsingh Deonarine 16-2-39-1.
West Indies 1st Innings
Kirk Edwards c Rutheford b Anderson 55
Kieran Powell lbw b Southee 21
Darren Bravo c Fulton b Anderson 4
Marlon Samuels not out 50
Shivnarine Chanderpaul c Anderson b Boult 6
Narsingh Deonarine not out 11
Extras (6lb,1w,4nb) 11
TOTAL (for 4 wickets) 158
Overs: 37. Batting time: 167 minutes.
Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-67, 3-103, 4-119.
Still to bat: Dinesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy, Shane Shillingford, Tino Best, Shannon Gabriel.
Bowling: Trent Boult 9-3-25-1, Tim Southee 9-1-40-1 (1w), Neil Wagner, 7-1-37-0 (4nb), Corey Anderson 7-1-20-2, Ish Sodhi 3-1-18-0, Kane Williamson 2-0-12-0.
Toss: West Indies.
Series: 0-0 in the three-test series.
Umpires: Paul Reiffel, Australia, and Ian Gould, England.
Third umpire: Nigel Llong, England. Match referee: Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lanka.