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New Zealand tour of West Indies 2014 News

  • Whose top five is that? Not New Zealand's?

    The boys wade into loads of emails, meet the Buffalo, roll out an old hit about Monty P and his black patka, discuss Pakistan v NZ. And Cricket Violence Corner stars Brett Lee

  • Captaincy change with eye on World Cup - Hesson

    Mike Hesson, the New Zealand coach, has said that the decision to make Kane Williamson captain in the second Twenty20 international against West Indies was done with an eye on next year's World Cup

  • Boult's boundary blinder

    Plays of the day for the second T20I between West Indies and New Zealand in Dominica

  • Conditions made batting easier, says Ross Taylor

    New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has said that the persistent drizzle in the first T20I against West Indies in Roseau aided the side's chase as the wet ball and outfield made batting a little easier

  • Fletcher, bowlers help WI draw level

    Following their demoralising Test series defeat, West Indies found solace in the format they relish the most by squaring the T20s 1-1 with an all-round performance in Roseau

Fightback

7

Number of times that New Zealand have avoided defeat after conceding a lead of more than 239

Winless

0

Number of Tests that West Indies have won in the last year - Bangladesh are the only other team to not win a Test in this period

MIA

67

Number of matches that Roach, Taylor and Benn have collectively missed between their last Test appearance and this series

Turners

16

Number of spinners who have played Tests for New Zealand post-2000. The fewest for any team

smart stats

22

Number of times that West Indies has scored 400+ runs in an innings in the last 10 years – only Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have done this fewer times.

Is there a way back?

1

Number of times that New Zealand have won a Test after conceding 400 in the first innings – versus Bangladesh.

Debutants

60

Number of Test caps West Indies have handed since 2000 - Jermaine Blackwood is the latest. Only England have had more debutants in this period (61)

In the last two years..

6

Number of times that two West Indian batsmen have scored hundreds in a Test innings - against New Zealand (3 times), Bangladesh (2) and Zimbabwe (1).

smart stats

6

Number of 3rd wicket partnerships worth 75+ runs in the last 50 Test innings for West Indies.

Slowest of 'em all

33

Kraigg Brathwaite's Test strike rate - the lowest for any batsman since his debut in May 2011 (min. 200 runs).