West Indies tour of New Zealand, 2008-09

Opener dropped due to poor form. Uncapped Auckland batsman Martin Guptill has been named as replacement.

New Zealand will be looking to put a summer of stalemates behind them when they face the West Indies in the second one-day international here on Saturday.

Batsman Neil Broom is the one new face in the New Zealand cricket side named Sunday for the first two one-day internationals against the West Indies.

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori wants tie-breakers banished from Twenty20 cricket after his side were belted into submission by the West Indies in their opening limited-over international.

New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris will be out for six weeks after breaking his thumb in the opening Twenty20 match against the West Indies, according to New Zealand team officials.

New Zealand and the West Indies Tuesday raised concerns about how appeals against questionable umpiring decisions are handled after the fledgling system was trialled in their Test series here.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendan Nash led a West Indies recovery as the touring side reached 154 for four at tea on the first day of the second test against New Zealand in Napier on Friday.

New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram was Tuesday ruled out for the second Test against the West Indies due to a lingering calf strain.

The first Test between New Zealand and the West Indies ended in a draw after rain washed out the final day here Monday.

The West Indies warmed up for the first cricket Test against New Zealand with valuable time in the middle as their three-day match against Auckland ended in a draw.