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1st T20I (N), Auckland, Nov 27 2020, West Indies tour of New Zealand
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2nd T20I, Mount Maunganui, Nov 29 2020, West Indies tour of New Zealand
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3rd T20I (N), Mount Maunganui, Nov 30 2020, West Indies tour of New Zealand
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1st Test, Hamilton, Dec 3-7 2020, West Indies tour of New Zealand
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2nd Test, Wellington, Dec 11-15 2020, West Indies tour of New Zealand
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Shai Hope has been tipped for "a tremendous future in Test cricket" despite being dropped from the West Indies Test squad for the tour of New Zealand.

Hope, now aged 26 and a veteran of 34 Tests, has long been viewed as one of the most talented batsmen in the Caribbean. But despite performing well in ODI cricket - he is currently placed at No. 12 in the ICC's batting rankings in the format and was at No. 4 midway through 2019 - he has endured a grim run of form in Test cricket. He has averaged 19.48 since December 2017 and just 14.45 since February 2019. His career average in Test cricket has slipped to 26.27. As a result, he has been omitted from the touring squad and will instead work on his game in Barbados.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... yer-return

Test squad: Jason Holder (capt), Jermaine Blackwood, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, John Campbell, Roston Chase, Rahkeem Cornwall, Shane Dowrich, Shannon Gabriel, Shimron Hetmyer, Chemar Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Keemo Paul, Kemar Roach

Test Reserves: Nkrumah Bonner, Joshua DaSilva, Preston McSween, Shayne Moseley, Raymon Reifer, Jayden Seales

T20I squad: Kieron Pollard (capt), Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Andre Fletcher, Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Rovman Powell, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh Jr, Kesrick Williams

All members of the West Indies team and support staff, who are currently on tour in New Zealand, have cleared the second of their three Covid-19 tests on Friday. They will undergo their final test next week, just before their two-week quarantine ends.

The players and support staff have been lodged at the NZC's High-Performance Centre at Lincoln University, on the outskirts of Christchurch.

The contingent can train, attend gym sessions and socialise within three bubbles comprising a maximum of 15 members until Saturday. From Sunday till the end of their 14-day quarantine next week, the camp can split into two bubbles comprising a maximum of 20 members each.

Seven members of West Indies' 35-strong playing contingent - T20I captain Kieron Pollard, Test captain Jason Holder, Fabian Allen, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran and Oshane Thomas - will only arrive in New Zealand after the conclusion of the IPL, which ends on November 10 in the UAE.

Out of them, Pollard, Holder, Allen, Hetmyer and Paul are part of the teams that have made the IPL playoffs. These seven players - of whom six are part of the T20I squad - will only end their quarantine on the eve of the first T20I in Auckland, which is to take place on November 27.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... id-19-test

West Indies are the only international team to have embarked on two overseas tours since the Covid-19 pandemic brought a worldwide pause in global cricket. Before this tour of New Zealand, they played three Tests in England in July.

Darren Bravo with a century today in the warm up game.

No odi's?

andy wrote:No odi's?

all eyes on the T20 world cup next year, I reckon

Three series starting on Friday after not much for ages. Got out of the habit of checking for scores. Seemed for past two weeks only women were playing cricket.

NZ 'A' 308-3 dec

Rachin Ravindra 112
Henry Nicholls 76

WI 366 all out

Darren Bravo 135
Shamarh Brooks 80

NZ 'A' 124-1

Will Young 64

The WI bowlers didn't have a good match....

West Indies 180-7

Pollard 75* from 37
Fletcher 34 from 14
Allen 30 from 26

Ferguson 5-21
Southee 2-22

New Zealand 179-5

Conway 41 from 29
Neesham 48* from 24
Santner 31* from 18

Thomas 2-23

NZ win by 5 wickets on D/L

Great effort by Ferguson when scoring rates were so high.

Despite the plethora of fast bowling on display in Cape Town today, think most would struggle to do better than Lockie today.

New Zealand 238-3

Phillips 108 from 51
Conway 65* from 37

West indies 166-9

Pollard 28

Jamieson 2-15
Santner 2-41

That's some pumelling the WI bowlers took. Especially Keemo Paul.

Match drawn

West Indians 571 all out

Brathwaite 246
Bravo 93
Blackwood 53

McConchie 3-130

New Zealand 'A' 440-8 declared

Young 133
McConchie 124*
Cooper 54
Ravindra 52

Chemar Holder 3-120

NZ batting. Looks a decent home side.

Hope finally left out WI side.