West Indies cricket team in New Zealand in the 2017/18 season

The West Indies cricket team's tour to New Zealand in the 2017/18 season took place from December 1, 2017 to January 3, 2018. The international cricket tour was part of the 2017/18 international cricket season and included two tests , three ODIs and three Twenty20s . New Zealand won the Test Series 2-0, the ODI Series 3-0 and the Twenty20 Series 2-0.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a tour in India , where both the Twenty20 series and the ODI series were lost. The West Indies previously contested a successful test series in Zimbabwe . The previously planned Twenty20 series in Pakistan has been postponed for security reasons. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2014 season in the West Indies .

Stages

Christchurch (HO) Hamilton Mount Maunganui Nelson Wellington (BR) Whangarei

Tour venues

The following stages are designated as the venue for the tour and will be announced on August 1, 2017.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Hagley Oval	Christchurch	20,000	2nd & 3rd ODI
Seddon Park	Hamilton	10,000	2nd test
Bay oval	Mount Maunganui	10,000	2nd & 3rd T20
Saxton oval	Nelson	6,000	3. T20
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	1st test
Cobham oval	Whangarei	5,500	1. ODI

Squad lists

The West Indies named their Test squad on November 6, and their ODI and Twenty20 squad on December 5, 2017. New Zealand named their Test squad on November 26 and its Twenty20 squad on December 23, 2017.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Pakistan	New Zealand	Pakistan	New Zealand	Pakistan	New Zealand
Kane Williamson ( K ) Tom Blundell (wicket-keeper | wk) Trent Boult Lockie Ferguson Colin de Grandhomme Matt Henry Tom Latham Henry Nicholls Jeet Raval Mitchell Santner Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Watling ( wk ) George Worker	Jason Holder ( K ) Sunil Ambris Devendra Bishoo Jermaine Blackwood Kraigg Brathwaite Roston Chase Miguel Cummins Shane Dowrich ( wk ) Shannon Gabriel Shimron Hetmyer Shai Hope Alzarri Joseph Kieran Powell Raymon Maturer Kemar Roach	Kane Williamson ( K ) Todd Astle Doug Bracewell Neil Broom Trent Boult Colin de Grandhomme Lockie Ferguson Matt Henry Tom Latham ( wk ) Adam Milne Colin Munro Henry Nicholls Seth Rance Mitchell Santner Tim Southee Ross Taylor George Worker	Jason Holder ( K ) Sunil Ambris Ronsford Beaton Sheldon Cottrell Shannon Gabriel Chris Gayle Shimron Hetmyer Kyle Hope Shai Hope ( wk ) Alzarri Joseph Evin Lewis Nikita Miller Jason Mohammed Ashley Nurse Rovman Powell Marlon Samuels Chadwick Walton Kesrick Williams	Kane Williamson ( K ) Tim Southee ( UK ) Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Tom Bruce Lockie Ferguson Martin Guptill Matt Henry Anaru Kitchen Colin Munro Glenn Phillips ( wk ) Seth Rance Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Ross Taylor	Carlos Brathwaite ( K ) Samuel Badree Ronsford Beaton Sheldon Cottrell Rayad Emrit Andre Fletcher Chris Gayle Shimron Hetmyer Shai Hope Jason Mohammed Sunil Narine Ashley Nurse Kieron Pollard Rovman Powell Marlon Samuels Jerome Taylor Chadwick Walton ( wk ) Kesrick Williams

Tour matches

November 25-27 Scorecard	Lincoln	West Indies 451-9d (90) & 186 (53)	-	New Zealand A 237 (61.4) & 72-0 (29)
		draw

December 16 scorecard	Whangarei	West Indies 288 (48.4)	-	New Zealand A 289-4 (48.3)
		New Zealand A wins with 6 wickets

Testing

First test in Wellington

December 1-5 Scorecard	Wellington (BR)	West Indies 134 (45.4) & 319 (106)	-	New Zealand 520-9d (148.4)
		New Zealand wins with one innings and 67 runs

Due to the slow play, the captain of the West Indian team Jason Holder was given a game penalty for the second test and he and the team were fined.

Second test in Hamilton

December 9-13 Scorecard	Hamilton	New Zealand 373 (102.2) & 291-8d (77.4)	-	West Indies 221 (66.5) & 203 (63.5)
		New Zealand wins with 240 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Whangarei

December 20 scorecard	Whangarei	West Indies 248-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 249-5 (46)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

Second ODI in Christchurch

December 23rd scorecard	Christchurch (HO)	New Zealand 325-6 (50)	-	West Indies 121 (28)
		New Zealand wins with 204 runs

Third ODI in Christchurch

December 26th scorecard	Christchurch (HO)	New Zealand 131-4 (23/23)	-	West Indies 99-9 (23/23)
		New Zealand wins with 66 runs ( D / L method )

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Nelson

December 29th scorecard	Nelson	New Zealand 187-7 (20)	-	West Indies 140 (19)
		New Zealand wins with 47 runs

Second Twenty20 in Mount Maunganui

January 1st scorecard	Mount Maunganui	New Zealand 102-4 (9)	-	West Indies
		No result

Third Twenty20 in Mount Maunganui

January 3 scorecard	Mount Maunganui	New Zealand 243-5 (20)	-	West Indies 124 (16.3)
		New Zealand wins with 119 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nagraj Gollapudi & Umar Farooq: West Indies to tour Pakistan in March for T20 series ( English ) Cricinfo. November 11, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
2. ↑ NZC drop West Indies Test with eye to the future ( English ) Cricinfo. August 1, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
3. ↑ Ambris replaces Kyle Hope in WI Test squad for NZ tour ( English ) Cricinfo. November 6, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
4. ^ Miller, Beaton called up to West Indies ODI squad ( English ) Cricinfo. December 5, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
5. ↑ Blundell set for Test debut, NZ call Ferguson to cover for Southee ( English ) Cricinfo. November 26, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
6. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Kitchen called up for WI T20s, Guptill returns ( English ) Cricinfo. December 23, 2017. Accessed March 17, 2018.
7. ↑ Jason Holder suspended for second New Zealand Test ( English ) Cricinfo. December 5, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2018.