West Indies Playing XI vs New Zealand- 2nd Test, West Indies Tour of New Zealand 2025

New Zealand will face the West Indies in the second of the three-match Test series. This article provides details about the West Indies' Playing 11 vs New Zealand for the second match of the series.

West Indies Playing XI vs New Zealand- 2nd Test, West Indies Tour of New Zealand 2025:

Openers: Tagenarine Chanderpaul, John Campbell

West Indies will take confidence from a spirited batting performance they were able to put on the fourth and fifth day of the first Test against the West Indies while chasing a mammoth total of 531 runs and eking out a draw with lower-order resistance.

The resurgence was led by white ball skipper Shai Hope, who scored a magnificent century and was ably supported by Justin Greaves, who scored a match-saving double hundred.

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Greaves was also involved in an unbeaten partnership of 180 runs with experienced fast bowler Kemar Roach, who also scored a patient half-century.

Windies will open the batting with Tagenarine Chanderpaul and John Campbell, both of whom will be entrusted to get the team off to a good start.

In addition to that, both Tagenarine and Campbell will look to score runs individually as well, which the former did in challenging conditions in the first innings of the first Test.

Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Alick Athanaze, Shai Hope, Roston Chase (c), Justin Greaves, Tevin Imlach (wk)

The opening duo will be followed by a middle order that showed great resilience, especially in the second innings, and made full use of a bowling attack that lacked options.

The likes of Shai Hope and Justin Greaves would be banked upon to build on the form that other batters have on their side after a herculean effort in the previous match.

However, Hope and Greaves would want support from other specialised batters like Athanaze and captain Roston Chase, who did not have a good game with the bat.

The responsibility will be on the top five batters to score the bulk of the runs for the team and not depend on lower-order batters to bail them out yet again in the ongoing series.

Bowlers: Kemar Roach, Johann Layne, Jayden Seales, Ojay Shields

As far as the bowling performance of the West Indies bowling attack in the previous match is concerned, the likes of Kemar Roach, Johann Layne, Jayden Seales, Ojay Shields, and Justin Greaves made full use of the helpful conditions in the first innings.

It was a collective effort with every pacer chipping in to pick wickets at crucial moments on the first day of the game, thereby restricting New Zealand to a below-par total.

The pace attack led by Kemar Roach, who picked up five wickets in the second innings, would be entrusted to keep up the good work in the upcoming game as well.

The new ball is expected to be taken by Kemar Roach and Jayden Seales, both of whom will look to provide early breakthroughs.

The spin bowling department of the Windies will be handled by the captain, Roston Chase, who did a fine job as the sole spinner.