The West Indies have won the toss and elected to bat in the second test at McLean Park in Napier.
BLACKCAPS team for second test has been announced. The selectors have chosen to go for a second spin option with Jeetan Patel in for the fast bowler Mark Gillespie.
The BLACKCAPS team is:
Daniel Vettori (c)
Jamie How
Tim McIntosh
Daniel Flynn
Ross Taylor
Jesse Ryder
Jacob Oram
Brendon McCullum
James Franklin
Mark Gillespie
Iain O’Brien
Jeetan Patel
Meanwhile the West Indian team have also chosen to strengthen thier spin department by introducing Sulieman Benn to the team at the expense of Lionel Baker who was wickless in the first test.
The West Indies team is:
Chris Gayle (C)
Sewnarine Chattergoon
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Xavier Marshall
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Brendan Nash
Denesh Ramdin
Sulieman Benn
Jerome Taylor
Daren Powell
Fidel Edwards
