New Zealand vs West Indies, 2nd Test: Weather Forecast and Pitch Report – West Indies Tour Of New Zealand 2020-21

From Friday (11th December), the home team New Zealand will meet the visiting team West Indies at the Basin Reserve (Wellington) in the second or final match of the two-match Test series.

Currently, the Blackcaps are leading this series by 1-0 as they won the opening match of this series at Seddon Park (Hamilton) by an innings and 134 runs. While the upcoming final match of this Test series will be the must-win encounter for the visiting side West Indies to save this series, the hosts can win this series by only avoiding the defeat.

New Zealand vs West Indies, 2nd Test: Weather Forecast

This Test will be played between 11th December (Friday) and 15th December (Tuesday) and it has been scheduled to start each day at 11:00 AM local time. In New Zealand, weather always plays a crucial role in cricket.

According to the latest update in AccuWeather, rain can interrupt the Test match only Sunday (13th December), where there is a raining chance of 10%. Meanwhile, strong wind can blow on the opening day of this Test match (11th December).

New Zealand vs West Indies, 2nd Test: Pitch Report

In the Test cricket in New Zealand, it is very common to see pitches covering with green grass. Unlike other Test cricket nations, where we commonly experience the best batting pitches in the first two innings of a Test match, New Zealand pitches mostly helps the batsmen in the 2nd and 3rd innings of the Test match and Basin Reserve (Wellington) is the best example of it in recent time.

In the last seven Tests at this venue, every time the first batting side failed to claim victory in those Test matches, as the first batting suffered six defeats and the other one had draw result. Last time, the first batting side won a Test match at this venue in January 2015, when the hosts New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 193 runs.