New Zealand hosts the West Indies in Test 1 of their series. The Test begins on Monday and goes through Friday with each day beginning at 16:30 ET (03:00 IST). Watch the live stream by following the link provided below.
New Zealand goes into the Test hoping to improve as a team. They've struggled in past Tests, but skipper Brendon McCullum likes the improvement his squad has shown.
"It has been a lean period in terms of results albeit the cricket we have played is sarting to improve but we need to start putting some results on that," he said, via IB Times.
Aaron Redmond is expected to make his return to Test cricket after a five-year layoff, according to IB Times. Redmond will replace Kane Williamson, who is unavailable because of a thumb injury.
"It was pretty close, it was a tough decision, but in the end it was just a touch too early for Kane," said McCullum. "But Aaron has been in such good form and knows these conditions well. We thought he'd be the better option in this Test rather than force Kane back. ...
"(Kane) probably could have played, but in the grand scheme of the season we have in front of us and how valuable he is to us we saw it as a safer option by allowing him to miss this one and give him another week to recover."
The two sides' last Test series was in 2012, according to CricBuzz. West Indies won the first Test by nine wickets and the second by five wickets.
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Squads (via Cricket365.com):
New Zealand: Hamish Rutherford, Peter Fulton, Aaron Redmond, Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum (c), Corey Anderson, Bradley John Watling, Inderbir Sodhi, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult.
West Indies: Kieran Powell, Kirk Edwards, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Denesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy (c), Shane Shillingford, Tino Best, Shannon Gabriel.
