Shay Hope scored a century. (Photo- PTI)
West Indies team is currently on tour of New Zealand. Recently T20 and ODI series were played between the two teams. At the same time, now 3 test matches are being played. In the first match of this series, both the teams faced each other at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. In the last inning of this match, a fighting inning was seen from the star batsman of West Indies. Despite having an eye infection, this player decided to bat and scored a brilliant century.
Memorable innings of West Indies player
In the last innings of this match, New Zealand gave a target of 531 runs to West Indies to win. But like the first innings, this time also the start of West Indies was not special. West Indies lost 4 wickets for 74 runs only. But a brilliant innings was seen from Shay Hope, who came to bat at number four. On the third day of the match, Shay Hope had to stay out of the field due to allergy in her eyes. But on the fourth day, seeing the team in a bad condition, he decided to bat. He came to the crease wearing glasses and managed to score important runs for his team.
Shay Hope held one end of the team and completed her century in 139 balls. To reach his century he hit 14 fours and 1 six. This is the fourth century of his Test career. The special thing was that he had scored a half-century in the first innings of this match also. He managed to score 56 runs in 107 balls in the first innings. But his team was bundled out for only 167 runs in the first innings.
Shay Hope’s name for the year 2025
Shay Hope’s performance in the current year has been quite excellent. Many memorable innings have been seen from his bat. He also played a century in the ODI series against New Zealand on this tour. Before this, he was also successful in scoring a Test century on the India tour. Shay Hope also achieved the feat of scoring a century against Australia in T20 this year. At the same time, he also scored an ODI century against Pakistan. He has scored more than 1600 international runs in the year 2025.