{"id":22693,"date":"2025-12-21T21:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2025\/12\/21\/live-updates-day-5-of-the-thrilling-3rd-test-as-new-zealand-battles-west-indies-in-mount-maunganui\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T21:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:49:15","slug":"live-updates-day-5-of-the-thrilling-3rd-test-as-new-zealand-battles-west-indies-in-mount-maunganui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2025\/12\/21\/live-updates-day-5-of-the-thrilling-3rd-test-as-new-zealand-battles-west-indies-in-mount-maunganui\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Day 5 of the Thrilling 3rd Test as New Zealand Battles West Indies in Mount Maunganui"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Indies Face Challenging Chase on Final Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a gripping match, the West Indies found themselves in a tough position as they went into the final day of play. Batting under pressure, Brandon King displayed his talent with some beautiful shots, while his teammate, John Campbell, focused on solid defense to navigate through the challenging phase.<\/p>\n<p>As the game heads into its final stages, the situation is clear. The West Indies need to amass 419 runs to secure victory, while New Zealand is on the hunt for 10 wickets to claim the win. A draw also remains a possibility, adding to the tension of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can join us for Day 5\u2019s action at 3:30 AM IST (10 PM GMT, the previous day). Be sure to tune in an hour early for all the pre-match build-up.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Indies Face Challenging Chase on Final Day In a gripping match, the West Indies found themselves in a tough position as they went into the final day of play. Batting under pressure, Brandon King displayed his talent with some beautiful shots, while his teammate, John Campbell, focused on solid defense to navigate through the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[28937,28938,28933,28934,28935,5097,16363,28936,15055,28932],"class_list":["post-22693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-chase-for-survival","tag-cricket-live-blog","tag-day-5-live","tag-final-day","tag-king-and-campbell","tag-new-zealand-cricket","tag-test-match","tag-variable-bounce","tag-west-indies-cricket","tag-west-indies-vs-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}