Twitter Reactions: Ross Taylor slams his 17th Test hundred

The third day of the second Test match between West Indies and New Zealand which is being played in Hamilton was full of drama and it kept the Twitter abuzz. The day started with New Zealand wiping off the West Indies’ tail to bowl them out for 221 in the first innings to take a lead of 152 runs. The hosts thereafter batted at a brisk pace in the second innings to set a 4th innings target for West Indies as soon as possible. It was although only the third day of the match and probably that sort of urgency was not needed, but because of a damp weather forecast for the next two days, the New Zealand camp went all guns blazing and two of the most experienced batsmen in the line-up, Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor, took the onus upon themselves. While Williamson scored a half century, Taylor went on to achieve a three figure score which was his 17th in Test match cricket and which got him levelled to Martin Crowe and Williamson who are leading the chart in terms of scoring the maximum no. of Test centuries for the Black Caps. Taylor’s hundred was the talking point on Twitter as the fans showered plaudits on the right-handed veteran for being a consistent performer for his country in the last decade or so. Some Twitterati remarked that Taylor is one of the most underrated batsmen in world cricket as he plays in tough conditions, but still manages to churn out big scores which is outstanding. Meanwhile, Taylor’s hundred was followed by another drama as Ian Gould, who is a member of the ICC elite panel of umpires, made one of the most ridiculous mistakes as the third umpire when an lbw decision was referred to him towards the end of the New Zealand innings. Gould was probably caught napping as he had no idea he was checking for an lbw, he thought it was a caught dismissal and after checking it on HotSpot which showed no mark on the bat, he sent it back on the field saying he had no conclusive evidence that the batsman had hit the ball and the decision of the on-field umpire should stay. Everybody was confused with the way Gould went about that DRS call and there was chaos on the field for a couple of seconds before the veteran official finally realized his mistake and used the ball tracker to rule the batsman out leg before wicket. It was the weirdest decision review of all time. The Twitterati were not happy at all with Gould there as they thought ICC should take action against him for performing his duties so irresponsibly. There were some hilarious jokes cracked on the English umpire as well who is fondly called The Gunner Gould in the cricketing circles for being a fan of the Arsenal Football Club. Here are a some of the best tweets that emerged during the day: Well done @RossLTaylor one of the greats! — Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) December 11, 2017 ???????????????????????? #NZvsWI — Scott Styris (@scottbstyris) December 11, 2017 Well done @RossLTaylor #legend #17 — Trent Woodhill (@TrentWoodhill) December 11, 2017 10 years of hard graft. Congrats @RossLTaylor on number 17! Superb. — Brendon McCullum (@Bazmccullum) December 11, 2017 So proud of @RossLTaylor today. Something you’ve worked towards for a long time. Hogan will be so proud of you. #17 #Hogan — Martin Guptill (@Martyguptill) December 11, 2017 If Ian Gould can be 3rd umpire then so can I. He forgot how the DRS works and almost botched that review. The @ICC should expect my CV soon. #NZvWI — Jon Shecket (@jshecket) December 11, 2017 Well Ian Gould clearly just woke up from a nap… ? — John Mckenzie (@Johnmck419) December 11, 2017 It’s seriously concerning that every single person watching the cricket, knew more about that than Ian Gould… — John Mckenzie (@Johnmck419) December 11, 2017 Carnage in NZ haha! Ian Gould you idiot haha #NZvWI — Matt Hammond (@hammo04) December 11, 2017 ABSOLUTE AMATUER HOUR FROM IAN GOULD!!! What the hell is he doing??!! #NZvWI — Chappelli (@IanMChappelli) December 11, 2017 If the @ICC are consistent, they'll fine Ian Gould 60% of his match fee for that terrible display of 3rd umpiring. The whole world could see de Grandhomme was out in a split second. #cricket #NZvWI — Steve (@Kiwi_BlokeNZ) December 11, 2017 Wtf is Ian Gould on about?! Maybe the worst piece of third umpiring ever? — Guy Heveldt (@GuyHeveldt) December 11, 2017 Right so what happened there? Did Gould think original decision was out? Also Gabriel may be in trouble there for swearing #NZvsWI #confused — Alex Chapman (@AlexChapmanNZ) December 11, 2017 What is the batting average of @RossLTaylor since getting his eyes fixed? #smashingIt #NZvsWI — DRWilts (@WiltsDR) December 11, 2017 The BlackCaps declare on 291/8. Taylor remains unbeaten on 107 off 198. Windies need 444 runs to win with more than two days remaining in the match. Woof! #NZvWI #NZvsWI — Sakshi Gupta (@sakshi2929) December 11, 2017 Congratulations @RossLTaylor on equalling Martin Crowe and Kane Williamson's NZ record for Test Centuries. Nice touch to mention the butterfly in your post match interview #BlackCaps #NZvsWI — Michael Johnstone (@michaeljnrl) December 11, 2017 Well I declare! Didn’t see that coming. Good move tho’. #NZvsWI — Jackson Perry (@CaptureNZ) December 11, 2017 Yeah, if someone could explain what just happened at Seddon Park that'd be great…#NZvsWI pic.twitter.com/Zp8bjQqaH9 — TAB Sport (@TAB_Sport) December 11, 2017 Is @RossLTaylor #nzvwi the most underrated sportsman in the country? — Matt Mandersone (@mandersone10) December 11, 2017 @RossLTaylor Well done champ! Firmly amongst Aotearoa and the worlds’ greatest players. — Charlie Munro (@Munro10Charlie) December 11, 2017 .@RossLTaylor tearing up a bit as he talks about his hero and mentor, Martin Crowe, watching over him during his 17th test century. Notes Crowe wanted Taylor to get to 18, and hold the NZ record on his own… — Michael Appleton (@michelappleton) December 11, 2017 And another brilliant Century by Ross Taylor! @BLACKCAPS #NZvWI pic.twitter.com/VwqFMbaz0i — The ACC (@TheACCnz) December 11, 2017 Amazing @RossLTaylor ! Huge congratulations, totally deserved. Hogan would be so proud. Such a great interview off the back of the days play. @skysportnz https://t.co/cDdRkJGTMp — Laura McGoldrick (@lauramcgoldrick) December 11, 2017 Ross taylor is underrated. This lad plays in harder conditions and look at his Test and ODI record. @RossLTaylor #NZvWI — Saminda Kularathne (@KSSKsam) December 11, 2017

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Twitter Reactions: Ross Taylor slams his 17th Test hundred

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