The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch
West Indies (Playing XI):
John Campbell, Alick Athanaze, Keacy Carty, Shai Hope(w/c), Sherfane Rutherford, Roston Chase, Justin Greaves, Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde, Shamar Springer, Jayden Seales
New Zealand (Playing XI):
Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Zakary Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy
West Indies have won the toss and have opted to field
Shai Hope: We will bowl first, don't think the conditions will change much but as we saw in the T20Is, we will get more with the ball upfront. Assessing the conditions is very important in New Zealand. We have to make sure we give our best efforts to qualify for the World Cup automatically. John Campbell is coming in and Shamar Springer is making his debut.
Santner: It looks like a very good wicket, there's also a bit of grass so I guess it will play well. We have got four seamers playing today.
Pitch Report: There is usually a lot of grass on the surface, but it is lighter in colour today. That might create a bit more pace and bounce. Average winning score is 307, and that indicates as much. 65m and 85m square boundaries, so there is a big bias. 80m hit straight down the ground.
Conway and Ravindra are at the crease.
Conway is on strike.
Forde will open the attack
0.1
Forde to Conway, no run, length delivery well outside off, swinging away, Conway lifts his arms to let it through
0.4
Forde to Conway, FOUR,lovely shot! Fractionally overpitched outside off, Conway leans towards it and creams the drive through cover-point to find the fence
Jayden Seales, right-arm medium, comes into the attack
1.1
Jayden Seales to Ravindra, no run, back of a length delivery
NZ 5-0(2) CRR:2.5
Rachin Ravindra 0(6)
Devon Conway 4(6)
Jayden Seales1-1-0-0