The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
Venue: McLean Park, Napier
West Indies (Playing XI):
John Campbell, Ackeem Auguste, 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, Mark Chapman, Tom Latham(w), Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Blair Tickner
The bad news for New Zealand is that Mitchell has been ruled out of the remainder of the ODI series due to a minor groin tear. Nicholls has been named as his replacement.
@Brerzerk
yes rain
It's raining in Napier at present.
Looks like the start of the game in all likelihood will get delayed.
There will be significant delay to the start of the 2nd ODI between the West Indies and New Zealand in Napier due to rain.
13:32 Local Time, 00:32 GMT, 06:02 IST: The toss has been delayed due to rain. The rain continues to come down steadily in Napier. It looks quite gloomy but let's hope the weather clears up as the day progresses.
I see an ice cream van and also a man selling sunscreen....so hopefully there will be play soon😀
14:00 Local Time, 01:00 GMT, 06:30 IST:
There's some good news coming in! The rain has stopped. The ground staff have taken the bigger cover off the square. There's more rain in the radar though but let's hope it stays away. The Super Sopper is doing its round across the ground. Stay tuned for more updates...
@Narper
I see an ice cream van and also a man selling sunscreen....so hopefully there will be play soon😀
Me tinks you are still hallucinating about Rousillac...😎
@sgtdjones
14:35 Local Time, 01:35 GMT, 07:05 IST: Unfortunately, the rain is back and so are the covers! The on-air commentators mentioned that the toss was set to happen at 3pm local time but that doesn't look likely now. Stay tuned for more updates...
@sgtdjones
I am back in Oshawa😀
Naah man .... they showed the ice cream van....getting TV coverage on ten sports
@Narper
There's some good news coming in! The rain has stopped.
my horseys love to run on a wet track 😀
@Chrissy
There's a persistent drizzle hanging around the ground. A slightly bigger cover has been laid as well as there's a band of rain passing through. Just to inform you guys - the cut-off time for a 20-over match to start is 7:10pm local time. So, there's still a good amount of time to play with.
cut-off time for a 20-over match to start is 7:10pm local time. So, there's still a good amount of time to play with.
1:00 am
16:10 Local Time, 03:10 GMT, 08:40 IST: There's still a bit of drizzle in the air but it certainly seems to have lightened up. There's lots of movement from the ground staff near the pitch and they are getting into position to take the big cover off so that's indeed a positive sign. The Super Sopper continues to do its bit across the field of play. Hopefully, we will have better news for our next update...