Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs New Zealand
Kemar Roach returned for West Indies, who also handed a debut to Ojay Shields. Seam-bowling allrounder Johann Layne also found a place in the XI.
For New Zealand, Daryl Mitchell was yet to recover from his injury, so Will Young slotted in at No. 5.
West Indies are up against history – it has been 30 years since they won a Test in New Zealand. The last time they beat New Zealand was in 2014 in Port-of-Spain. Since then, they have lost each of their last five Tests against them.
New Zealand: 1 Tom Latham (capt), 2 Devon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Rachin Ravindra, 5 Will Young, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Michael Bracewell, 8 Zak Foulkes, 9 Nathan Smith, 10 Matt Henry, 11 Jacob Duffy
West Indies: 1 John Campbell, 2 Tagenarine Chanderpaul, 3 Alick Athanaze, 4 Shai Hope, 5 Roston Chase (capt), 6 Justin Greaves, 7 Tevin Imlach (wk), 8 Johann Layne, 9 Kemar Roach, 10 Jayden Seales, 11 Ojay Shields
