1st Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Wellington

The clash at Basin Reserve will be New Zealand's first Test action since March, with Windies coming off a valiant 2-1 defeat in England and a 1-0 victory over Zimbabwe.

We celebrate with Barbados on their Independence. Outstanding fast bowler, Charlie Griffith, is among the newest knights... “for his contribution in the area of sport, with special reference to cricket, entrepreneurship, leadership and business development”

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good luck to Devendra : Top 20 rank !

In the latest rankings released on Tuesday, the 32-year-old Guyanese
rose two places to 21st, to lie just outside of the top 20 in the world.

Win toss?

Bat or Kane will kill us !
we have ICC rank # 20 and # 23 to open the red cherry
Bishoo is # 21

They have Wagner at # 9 ,Boult at # 13 and Southee at # 16.

Tim however take this Test off for the birth of child

Kane Williamson needs one more hundred to go past Martin Crowe 17
as New Zealand's leading century maker in Tests !

Playing conditions :
Chilly weather is expected throughout the course of the Test match.
The wicket looked completely green earlier in the week
and is likely to aid the seamers given the history of the venue.

I hope the insular one play Sunil Ambris in the final XI !

10:32am New Zealand have won the toss and elected to bowl.

We'll give you the West Indies line-up as soon as we have it.

they agonising over a non-barbados debut !

Decent start