West Indies v New Zealand, 1st Test, Antigua Lightweights scrap for rare success
Match facts
July 25-29
Start time 1000 (1400 GMT)
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Midway through the limited-overs leg of the tour, you felt sorry for NewZealand as, bereft of several seniors, they slid from defeat to defeat. Their stand-in captain KaneWilliamson, all of 21 years old and looking even younger, earnestly defended his inexperienced team after Chris Gayle's effortlessly dished out half-century after half-century.
Two senior batsmen, Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum, were available in the final two ODIs, and New Zealand will be further boosted by the arrival of two old hands, their man-for-all occasions Daniel Vettori and their pace spearhead Chris Martin. Their presence lifts a bowling line-up that looked pretty fragile during large parts of the one-day series, as does theinclusion of Neil
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