New Zealand vs West Indies Test Series 2020


The New Zealand and West Indian cricket team will play a 2 match International Test series at New Zealand in December 2020. The series will be very important for both teams and the seam bowlers will enjoy bowling on New Zealand grassy surface. The test series will influence the positions of both New Zealand and West Indian team in ICC Test Championship. Kane Williamson will be the captain of host team New Zealand and probably Jason Holder will lead the visiting team West Indies. Darren Bravo and Shimron Hetmyer are also selected in the West Indian squad and it will be a very good opportunity for both the left handed batsmen to show the amount of talent they have.

The 1st match of the series will be held on December 3-7, Thursday at Seddon Park, New Zealand. The Kiwi team is very stable and strong and will try to dominate over West Indies. West Indies batsmen will have to play Trent Boult carefully. He can be a threat to West Indian batting. New Zealand will also try to check their bench strength. The pitch will be helpful for seam bowlers and both the teams have quality pace bowling attack.

The 2nd Test match of the series will be played on December 11-15, Friday. The match is schedule at Basin Reserve. This match can be the series deciding match and both New Zealand and West Indies will give their best to win the match. The 2 match test series will be interesting between these two sides as both teams are very aggressive and playing good cricket. The series will also be very important for Captain Jason Holder. He will have to lead from front if West Indies wants to defeat New Zealand in New Zealand. New Zealand team is strong but West Indies team is also looking good and has quality cricketers.

Series Result New Zealand Won the 2 Match Test Series By 2-0
Player Of the Series Kyle A Jamieson
Start Date 2020-12-03
End Date 2020-12-14
Host Country New Zealand

Schedule

New Zealand vs West Indies 1st Test Match 2020
Match 1
Start Date- 2020-12-03
Day - Thursday
Time - 10:00(Local)
End Date- 2020-12-06
Scorecard
New Zealand
Player of the Match
Kane Williamson
West Indies Venue
Seddon Park
New Zealand vs West Indies 2nd Test Match 2020
Match 2
Start Date- 2020-12-11
Day - Friday
Time - 10:00(Local)
End Date- 2020-12-15
Scorecard
New Zealand
Player of the Match
Henry Nicholls
West Indies Venue
Basin Reserve
Teams
West Indies New Zealand

Squad

West Indies Team Squad
Kemar Roach Darren Bravo Shannon Gabriel Jason Holder
Rahkeem Cornwall Jermaine Blackwood Kraigg Brathwaite Shane Dowrich
Shamarh Brooks Roston Chase Keemo Paul Alzarri Joseph
Shimron Hetmyer John Campbell Chemar Holder Joshua Da Silva

New Zealand Team Squad
Kane Williamson BJ Watling Neil Wagner Ross Taylor
Tim Southee Trent Boult Tom Latham Henry Nicholls
Will Young Daryl Mitchell Colin de Grandhomme Mitchell Santner
Tom Blundell Ajaz Patel Kyle Jamieson Devon Conway