West Indies v New Zealand | 1st Test | June 8-11, 2014 | Kingston

[Batman]

The Test series starts today between West Indies and New Zealand.

The First Test of the 1st day to be played today at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.

Match scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (15:00 GMT | 16:00 BST | 17:00 CEST | 20:00 PST)

 

[Justcrazy]

All eyes on gayle . He is the man of the moment. Narine would have given west indies advantage.

 

[Aman]

It will be interesting to see if they go with 3 specialist pacers or 2 specialist spinners.

 

[Convict]

Ramdin*

I can't get over this

 

[Nikhil_cric]

NZ start favourites for me. Although any decent spinner can rip through their lineup. Narine is gonna be sorely missed.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Ramdin*

I can't get over this

Well Sammy was their captain for 3 years and he was just as mediocre. Who would be your choice for captain?

 

[Aman]

Ramdin*

I can't get over this

Don't have much else, any ideas on Darren Bravo?

 

[Convict]

Well Sammy was their captain for 3 years and he was just as mediocre. Who would be your choice for captain?

Don't have much else, any ideas on Darren Bravo?

There aren't any other options but man it's so sad it's funny.

 

[Ahson8]

Ramdin*

I can't get over this

I agree.

 

[Ahson8]

Should be interesting to see how Boult & Southee go.

 

[Haz95]

West Indies are looking quite strong on Paper...
Roach, Boult and Southee all can move the ball on any pitch to be fair, the former is superior since he can do it at a much higher pace tho.

 

[leatherface58]

Jamaica is a spin haven these days. Need Rosco and Macca to turn up big time cause I don't know if Corey can handle it.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Jamaica is a spin haven these days. Need Rosco and Macca to turn up big time cause I don't know if Corey can handle it.

Williamson is a pretty good player of spin as well.

 

[leatherface58]

Kane is pretty good. Has struck gold in all formats recently. A handy chucker as well.

 

[desi_launda]

If kane williamson doesnt get banned on this tour,he's never getting banned

 

[desi_launda]

Enzed to bat first

 

[Batman_DB]

9.45am Team news, finally. Mark Craig, the offspinner, makes his debut for New Zealand, whose eleven looks like this

 

[Batman_DB]

West Indies Team
CH Gayle, KOA Powell, KA Edwards, DM Bravo, S Chanderpaul, MN Samuels, D Ramdin*†, KAJ Roach, JE Taylor, SJ Benn, S Shillingford

New Zealand Team
PG Fulton, TWM Latham, KS Williamson, LRPL Taylor, BB McCullum*, JDS Neesham, BJ Watling†, IS Sodhi, TG Southee, MD Craig, TA Boult

 

[Pakprideuk]

West Indies look a very good team. Looks like the WICB has finally decided enough is enough and gone in with their best XI. Excited to see Jerome Taylor back. Was a very good bowler!!

 

[leatherface58]

Smart decision to play Benn and Shilly. Two spinners on this track will be a handful.

 

[Haz95]

West Indians swinging the ball wonderfully.

 

[eradicator]

Enko bolo kuch runs bhi bana le.

 

[Energetic]

NZ are going to get crushed mark my words. Windies seem to have a plan and that is spin.

 

[Justcrazy]

Fluton gone

 

[MarkCooper]

Oh no. Danny Morrison. Ugh.

 

[Justcrazy]

I do not understand why fluton keeps getting so many chances. he is very limited batsman.

 

[saiyan0312]

fulton looked like farhat when he got out. cement feet blocked to the floor. Dont NZ have anyone better?

 

[leatherface58]

Fulton is useless. They dropped the wrong guy. Fulton is living off his two ton test a year ago.

 

[jattafridi]

williamson should score big

350 will be a good score i think

 

[Haz95]

I miss the game for 2min and a wicket goes

 

[Justcrazy]

Bravo bowling first time in Test Matches in his 28th Test.

 

[Haz95]

why are they wasting the new ball?

 

[saiyan0312]

Fulton is useless. They dropped the wrong guy. Fulton is living off his two ton test a year ago.

No kidding. after those two hundreds against england he has avg 18 in 17 innings. at a Sr of 33 with just 3 fifties and two of them are against bangladesh.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...an;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

Take out bangladesh bashing and he he avg 11 in 14 innings

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...an;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

 

[Justcrazy]

Not playing Rutherford is a weird decision.

 

[eradicator]

Williamson is an exciting prospect and is already showing some aggression.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Not playing Rutherford is a weird decision.

Yeah I agree. They should show some faith in the guy and let him play his natural game. Its not like he's worse than fulton .

 

[leatherface58]

No kidding. after those two hundreds against england he has avg 18 in 17 innings. at a Sr of 33 with just 3 fifties and two of them are against bangladesh.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...an;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

Take out bangladesh bashing and he he avg 11 in 14 innings

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...an;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

Wow that's actually better than I thought.

 

[Justcrazy]

Steady bowling so far by WI . Things are kept tight here.

 

[leatherface58]

Kane needs to dig deep here. Typical Caribbean pitch. Gonna spin from day 1.

 

[Batman_DB]

good to see benn Wi now have good spin resources

 

[Haz95]

Jesse Ryder is a good test bat, well at least better than Fulton ..Hell so is Martin Guptill

 

[leatherface58]

Jesse Ryder is a good test bat, well at least better than Fulton ..Hell so is Martin Guptill

So is Chris Martin at this point. Sadly he's retired.

 

[leatherface58]

Ryder is a good bat. Still averages 40+ although he is a bit of an India basher. But he atleast has potential unlike Two meter peter.

 

[desi_launda]

it's spinning already from Benn

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Spin and bounce for benn. This is gonna be fun to watch.

 

[eradicator]

Corey Anderson has also been made to sit out in this match.

 

[Haz95]

Ryder is a good bat. Still averages 40+ although he is a bit of an India basher. But he atleast has potential unlike Two meter peter.

seriously tho, any of em are better than 'two metre peter'- I like that

 

[khalil1986]

Corey Anderson has also been made to sit out in this match.

Anderson is just another Afridi, not a test match player.

 

[desi_launda]

Nz must show intent to score some runs

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Benn was troubling Williamson a bit the previous over.

 

[khalil1986]

Jesse Ryder is a good test bat, well at least better than Fulton ..Hell so is Martin Guptill

Rutherford should be playing, has the potential to take game away from opposition in a session.

 

[khalil1986]

280-300 seems like a decent first innings score on this pitch.

 

[leatherface58]

Anderson is just another Afridi, not a test match player.

His seam bowling and fielding makes him very useful. Also, he has a test ton on debut. But Neesham has a ton in his last test. Plus, Corey is a total hack against spin.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Only Taylor can play spinners it seems. Williamson looks a lil circumspect.

 

[eradicator]

These batsmen are laying platform for the batsmen to come in next. Taylor, Mc Cullum and Neesham are capable of scoring quick runs.

 

[khalil1986]

His seam bowling and fielding makes him very useful. Also, he has a test ton on debut. But Neesham has a ton in his last test. Plus, Corey is a total hack against spin.

Guess it just depends on you're alternative options and possibly the type of surfaces they are playing on, Anderson would be an absolute no no in subcontinent though.

What pace does he bowl?

 

[eradicator]

Corey had scored 77 runs against India in the first test.

 

[khalil1986]

Only Taylor can play spinners it seems. Williamson looks a lil circumspect.

B McCullum can play spin well too.

 

[Energetic]

What a extremely slow game. Nearly 30/1 of 20 overs - tests. In T20 you see something like 145/5 of 20 overs. Massive difference of forms and that's why test Cricket will perish plus at the extremely small crowd for this minnow class of West and NZ. Barely even 500 people lol

 

[Nikhil_cric]

B McCullum can play spin well too.

McCullum is not consistent in tests. But yeah he can play spin.

 

[Haz95]

Rutherford should be playing, has the potential to take game away from opposition in a session.

nawww, Ryder recent scored the 6 or 7th fastest ODI hundred. If its speed, Ryder easily takes it. Also Ryder is a good player of spin, which is why he's incredibly successful vs India

 

[khalil1986]

What a extremely slow game. Nearly 30/1 of 20 overs - tests. In T20 you see something like 145/5 of 20 overs. Massive difference of forms and that's why test Cricket will perish plus at the extremely small crowd for this minnow class of West and NZ. Barely even 500 people lol

Please go away.

 

[khalil1986]

nawww, Ryder recent scored the 6 or 7th fastest ODI hundred. If its speed, Ryder easily takes it. Also Ryder is a good player of spin, which is why he's incredibly successful vs India

Ryder carries a lot of baggage though which might upset team balance.

 

[leatherface58]

Guess it just depends on you're alternative options and possibly the type of surfaces they are playing on, Anderson would be an absolute no no in subcontinent though.

What pace does he bowl?

Low 130s. Can crank it up to 140 if needed. Fast-medium I reckon. Neesham is also suspect against spin but he has the goodwill of his last test knock.

 

[Haz95]

plus at the extremely small crowd for this minnow class of West and NZ. Barely even 500 people lol

lol not every country jam packs their stadiums to see their teams lose . And thats actually a decent crowd considering its the West Indies

Ryder carries a lot of baggage though which might upset team balance.

thats his main problem...however he's probably the most talented batsman in NZ-he just acts like a hack when he's overly aggressive.

 

[desi_launda]

Why is Shillingford not bowling?

 

[eradicator]

This is too slow tbh , no team should be playing below 3rpo in this era.

 

[khalil1986]

If he can move the ball around a bit and can do a 4th seamer role than possibly play him in England, South Africa etc but not sure what his temperament with bat in hand is like.

If he can put a price on his wicket than maybe there is a spot for him.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Williamson 8 off 53. Needs to get a move on now.

 

[desi_launda]

Benn getting a lot of bounce

 

[khalil1986]

This is too slow tbh , no team should be playing below 3rpo in this era.

This seems to be the case all the time of late whenever there is test being played in WI plus Williamson can bore the hell out of you sometimes but it is the first session so will let it slide for now.

 

[desi_launda]

Crowd getting bored.Can't blame them.NZ not even rotating the strike

 

[khalil1986]

RR 1.26

I know it's a test match but come on guys

 

[desi_launda]

le wild boundary appears!

 

[khalil1986]

Latham gets a four away and RR rockets to 1.43

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Benn getting a lot of bounce

And a couple kept low as well.

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 23 runs.

 

[Energetic]

This is a top 8 clash and there's hardly any crowd even for a Sunday. Very boring session.

 

[khalil1986]

First morning of match and two part timers already been used in Bravo and Samuels, Ramdin isn't off to a good start as captain.

 

[leatherface58]

It's an all you can chuck buffet out here. Shilly, Samuels, Williamson. Chuckers gonna chuck.