1st ODI: New Zealand v West Indies

Auckland, Dec 26, 2013

Match begins in 7 hours

8 p.m North america time  !


Goooooo Wiiiinnndddiiieeess  8)

a must win

Seems all WI fans are asleep.

Well, the first 15 overs of the first innings are up.

As usual, Rampaul has been outstanding in his first spell.

Holder is excellent as well, getting good movement.

Sammy is bowling total crap. Total, total crap.

20th over and the score is 66 for 6.

Dwayne Bravo is bowling crap, but got a lucky wicket. That's how he always gets wickets, though. The batsmen realizes he cant bowl, attack him, and play a wild, mistimed shot.

Narine just did a wicket/maiden over.

NZ look like they're collapsing.

Oh dear. Horrendous batting from the Kiwis.
Neesham is  fine middle order bat and NcCullum a lower order bat, so they can still repair the damage, but WTF. 88/6 is horrible.

Rampaul is fatter now than 3 months ago. But Ive never seen a fat fast bowler trouble batsmen so much. NZ is struggling.

How has Dwayne "runs truck" Bravo picked up 4 wickets? I cant believe this.

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New Zealand 156 (42.1 ov)
West Indies 53/3 (10.3 ov)
West Indies require another 104 runs with 7 wickets and 39.3 overs remaining

deo walks in

If two McCullums can do it the West Indians can as well. The team needs to focus on rotating the strike rather than clearing long on and extra cover.