West Indies tour of New Zealand: New Zealand Vs West Indies 1st Test at Dunedin, Dec 3-7, 2013.
Teams: New Zealand Vs West Indies
Venu: Played at University Oval, Dunedin
Time: 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT)
Last five match result :
New Zealand: D D L L D
West Indies: L L W W W
Pitch and conditions:
Having become unnerved by the brevity of some first-class matches at University Oval, the Test surfaces here have verged on the flat in recent encounters.
This time there is a suggestion of more life in the pitch with a healthy covering of grass being left on, perhaps because of West Indies' spin bowling being a strength. West Indies will be pleased that the mercury is due to rise into the mid-20s with a very good forecast for the first four days of the match.
Stats:
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who needs 37 runs to reach 11,000, has 150 Test caps, the rest of West Indies' squad has 260 between them.
- Chanderpaul will be one of three survivors from the 2008 Test between these sides at University Oval, along with Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum
- Ish Sodhi, the New Zealand legspinner, has never bowled a ball at University Oval
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
