Nicholls' 117 steadies NZ on Day 1 of 2nd Test against West Indies
1288 New Zealand's Henry Nicholls raises his bat and helmet after making 100 runs against the West Indies during play on the first day of their second cricket Test at Basin Reserve in Wellington on Friday. AP/PTI Wellington, December 11 When New Zealand and the West Indies arrived at the Basin Reserve on Friday for the first day of the second cricket Test they knew that, one way or another, it was going to be a tough day. By stumps an unbeaten century by Henry Nicholls, the 100th to be scored on the Basin Reserve, had tipped the match in New Zealand’s favor. New Zealand were 294-6 and Nich...