West Indies tour of New Zealand : New Zealand Vs West Indies 2nd Test at Wellington, Dec 11-15, 2013
Teams: New Zealand Vs West Indies
Venue:Played at Basin Reserve, Wellington
Time: 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) (3:00 IST)
Toss: West Indies, who chose to bowl first
Last five matches (Most recent first)
New Zealand D D D L L
West Indies D L L W W
Preview
Dunedin ended as one of those Tests that would take some explaining if one day we find life on another planet: five days of sweat and toil, then it rains and everyone troops off with a draw. Yet it was also a terrific example of what makes Test cricket so brilliant.
Match Stats
1.Craig McMillan, the former New Zealand batsman, was drafted into the current set-up as a batting coach for the two warm-up days to this Test as Bob Carter was away at a wedding.
2.New Zealand have not won a Test at the Basin Reserve in their last seven attempts since thrashing Bangladesh in 2008. In 2006 they beat West Indies by 10 wickets.
3.New Zealand have two more chances to avoid 2013 being only the third time they have not won a Test in a calendar year having played at least 10 matches.
Match Squads
New Zealand team:BB McCullum,AJ Redmond,LRPL Taylor,PG Fulton,BJ Watling,TG Southee,TA Boult,HD Rutherford,N Wagner,KS Williamson,DAJ Bracewell,Corey Anderson,Ish Sodhi
West Indies team:S Chanderpaul,TL Best,MN Samuels,DJG Sammy,N Deonarine,D Ramdin,DM Bravo,CAK Walton,K Brathwaite,KOA Powell,SP Narine,KA Edwards,S Shillingford,ST Gabriel,Veerasammy Permaul,Sheldon Cotterrell
