Relive 1 NEWS NOW's live updates of today's One Day International between the Black Caps and West Indies at Cobham Oval in Whangarei.
6:52pm: 46 overs NZ 249 - Taylor 49, Astle 15
Taylor falls one run short of a half century as Powell bowls a wide to hand the Black Caps the first win in their ODI series in Whangarei.
6:39pm: 43.2 overs NZ 230/5 - Taylor 46, Nicholls 17
WICKET! Holder bowls to Nicholls, he is caught behind! Holder bowls in the channel from around the wicket, and rolls his fingers on this one. Holder gets some grip and lift, Nicholls edges it and Hope makes a simple catch.
6:37pm: 43 overs NZ 230/4 - Taylor 46, Nicholls 17
6:29pm: 41 overs NZ 214/4 - Taylor 41, Nicholls 7
The Black Caps are in cruise control at the moment, only needing 35 more runs with 6 wickets in hand and 55 balls remaining.
6:11pm: 37.2 overs NZ 201/4 - Taylor 35, Latham 17
WICKET! Nurse bowls to Latham, Nurse traps Latham in front. The Black Caps batsman has been given out lbw, no review taken.
6:05pm: 35.4 overs NZ 197/3 - Taylor 34, Latham 14
FOUR! Nurse bowls to Latham, beats the fielder at point. Latham cuts it late. Sweeper cover puts in a great chase, but he can't keep the ball in.
5:50pm: 32 overs NZ 176/3 - Taylor 26, Latham 1
5:45pm: 31.4 overs NZ 175/3 - Williamson 38, Taylor 26
WICKET! Holder bowls to Williamson, a huge berakthrough for the visitors. An inside edge and onto off stump - the NZ skipper is gone. Short outside off and he tries to punch at it - the Windies are back in the match.
5:37pm: 30 overs NZ 169/2 - Williamson 34, Taylor 24
FIFTY-PARTNERSHIP! Nurse bowls to Williamson, back of a length on middle, backs away and pulls along the ground towards cow corner and midwicket for four. And that brings up a fifty partnership for the NZ pair, their 22nd together.
5:35pm: 29 overs NZ 163/2 - Williamson 29, Taylor 23
A good over from over from Beaton, Ross Taylor clearly looks frustrated after Beaton's maiden over.
5:16pm: 24.1 overs NZ 149/2 - Williamson 21, Taylor 14
FOUR! Gabriel bowls to Taylor and the NZ veteran showscases his class, quick hands on display from Taylor. A quick ball outside off and Taylor times his cut to perfection as it bounces over point's outstretched hands. Sublime shot from Taylor.
5:09pm: 22.1 overs NZ 134/2 - Williamson 21, Taylor 3
FOUR! Gabriel bowls to Williamson, wide outside off delivery and Wiliiamson gets on it, cut from top of the ball. A solid start from the NZ skipper.
4:50pm: 17.5 overs NZ 118/2 - Worker 57, Williamson 10
WICKET! Nurse bowls to Worker - The off stump is broken and it is a delayed celebration from Nurse. A good length on off stump and stays slightly low and ball skids through after pitching. Worker tries a cut shot and the ball crashes into off stump. A great innings from the NZ opener.
4:44pm: 16.4 overs NZ 108/1 - Worker 55, Munro 49
WICKET! Williams bowls to Munro - a good length on middle, and the extra bounce give the Windies their first wicket. The ball sits up after pitching and hits the top of Munro's bat as he tried to punch off the back foot. But Nurse makes an easy catch.
4:36pm: 15.2 overs NZ 101/0 - Worker 55, Munro 43
HUNDRED PARTNERSHIP! The Windies bring in their spin bowler, Nurse bowls to Munro and he gets the front leg out of the way as this one goes in full at off stump, and gets under it and hits it clear mid-off for FOUR!
4:31pm: 14.3 overs NZ 90/0 - Worker 50, Munro 39
FIFTY! Holder bowls it to George Worker and he gets a single to bring up a half ton knock for NZ.
4:21pm: 11.5 overs NZ 80/0 - Worker 41, Munro 38
DROPPED! A chance goes begging for the Windies. Williams bowls to Worker, it was a short ball at off stump. Nurse gets a right hand at low to his right and puts it down. A difficult chance for the Windies fielder.
4:07pm: 8.3 overs NZ 53/0 - Worker 22, Munro 30
FIFTY-PARTNERSHIP! Holder bowls to Worker, back of a length outside off, Worker reaches out and hits it through the line to beat cover point. A great start from the NZ openers.
3:58pm: 6.4 overs NZ 44/0 - Worker 17, Munro 26
FOUR! A great shot from Munro, Holder bowls to Munro and he gets right behind the line of this length ball. Munro offered the full face and hit it past the non-strikers end. A lovely shot from Munro.
3:51pm: 5.1 overs NZ 37/0 - Worker 15, Munro 22
FOUR! Beaten bowls to Worker, a great shot selection from Worker as he nudges it past first slip for four runs.
3:46pm: 4.1 overs NZ 23/0 - Worker 11, Munro 12
FOUR! Gabriel bowls to Munro and he smashes it to the boundary for four.
3:39pm: 3 overs NZ 15/0 - Worker 10, Munro 5
Worker and Munro are building a slow but steady partnership for the Black Caps.
3:29pm: 1 over NZ 2/0 - Worker 2, Munro 0
3:25pm: NZ 0/0 - Worker 0, Munro 0
And we are back! The Black Caps need 249 to win. George Worker and Colin Munro are at the crease for NZ.
2:43pm: 50 overs, WI 248/9 - Williams 16, Gabriel 0
A great knock from West Indies' Evin Lewis who scored 76 and Rovman Powell who scored 59 runs to give the visitors a respectable total of 248. The Black Caps' bowling attack of Todd Astle, Lockie Ferguson and Doug Bracewell were solid, it will interesting to see how the Black Caps respond with the bat.
2:41pm: 49.5 overs, WI 246/9 - Powell 59, Williams 13
WICKET! Doug Bracewell bowls to Powell and Powell goes big again but Kane Williamson covers a lot of ground to run towards deep extra cover and he makes an excellent catch to get rid of Powell.
2:35pm: 49 overs, WI 239/8 - Powell 53, Williams 13
FIFTY! Rovman Powell brings up his half-century, an excellent knock from the West Indies batsman.
2:31pm: 48 overs, WI 225/8 - Powell 48, Williams 10
SIX! Trent Boult to Powell and he get back-to-back sixes. He could be on his way to get a half century.
2:15pm: 45 overs, WI 200/8 - Powell 28, Beaton 3
WICKET! Lockie Ferguson bowls to Beaton, Ferguson's ball is short outside off and stays low. It straightens after pitching and takes the outside edge of Beaton's bat. Black Caps' wicketkeeper Tom Latham makes a safe catch.
2:10pm: 43.2 overs, WI 199/7 - Powell 27, Beaton 3
SIX! Lockie Ferguson bowls to Powell. Powell smashes it over deep midwicket and out of the ground.
1:48pm: 37.2 overs, WI 182/7 - Nurse 2, Powell 15
OUT! Todd Astle bowls to Ashley Nurse and the umpire raises his hand with Nurse out by lbw. Nurse was beaten on the inside edge by Astle's excellent ball, he stretched forward to defend. But he was caught on the back leg, right in front of the middle stump.
1:41pm: 35.1 overs, WI 172/6 - Lewis 76, Powell 12
WICKET! Astle bowls to Lewis and he's been given lbw. It's a full delivery from Astle at middle stump. West Indies are out of reviews and Lewis' solid innings with the bat is over.
1:38pm: 35 overs, WI 172/5 - Lewis 76*, Powell 12
FOUR! Tim Southee bowls to Lewis and he hits it to wide of mid-off after a slow delivery from Southee, a poor over from Southee as he bowled two wides with the Windies picking up 13 runs in that over.
1:20pm: 32 overs, WI 150/5 - Lewis 60*, Powell 7*
OUT! Ross Taylor snags a beauty, one-handed at a third slip position, leaping high, and the Windies are falling away here. Opener Evin Lewis still going well on 56 not out. Rovan Powell, in his 15 ODI, is the new man in.
1:05pm: 27 overs, WI 122/4 - Lewis 50*, Holder 2*
FIFTY! That's a half-century for Lewis. Good innings from him so far considering the pressure resting on his shoulders. Needs to keep it going if the West Indies want a chance here.
12:54pm: 25.5 overs, WI 117/4 - Lewis 47*, Holder 0*
WICKET! Ferguson strikes! Mohammed had no business playing at that but he has and the inside edge has cost him his wicket. Blazing 142km/h ball comes flying in from outside off, it's not on line to hit the stumps but Mohammed stabs at it anyway. Ball kisses the inside edge before sending the bails flying. Impressive performance so far from the Black Caps but they know the big wicket is Lewis.
12:42pm: 23.3 overs, WI 103/3 - Lewis 44*, Mohammed 0*
WICKET! Astle gets a wicket on debut! As soon as Hetmyer touches it there's "catch it!" yells around the pitch. Ferguson obliges with the simple grab at deep mid off. Nice ball from Astle. Full ball on off stump and it ties Hetmyer up. Just when the Windies look to be going once again the Black Caps get the breakthrough.
12:36pm: 22 overs, WI 100/2 - Lewis 42*, Hetmyer 28*
That's 100 for the Windies. Looking better now having seemingly recovered from the disaster over early in the innings. Lewis definitely in a rhythm and Hetmyer following him.
12:12pm: 16 overs, WI 68/2 - Lewis 27*, Hetmyer 11*
DRINKS! It's Drinks here in Whangarei and what a start to this ODI. Windies looked like they were getting into a groove with their openers and then Bracewell struck. A lot of the pressure will now ride on Lewis to steer this side.
11:48am: 10.3 overs, WI 41/2 - Lewis 15*, Hetmyer 0*
WICKET! Bracewell gets a second in his first over! Albeit, this one's a bit controversial. It's another good ball that breezes through Hope to Latham and there's a small sound picked up as it goes through. The umpire calls it but the Windies appeal. It goes upstairs and while the hotspot doesn't pick up anything on the bat the snicko does so Hope departs after just two balls. What a start!
11:44am: 10.1 overs, WI 40/1 - Lewis 15*, Hope 0*
WICKET! Welcome back Doug Bracewell! He may not have got that early catch on Gayle but he's edged him here through to Latham for an easy wicket with his very first ball in over a year! It's good length on middle and angles away from Gayle's body. What a return for Bracewell!
11:30am: 7 overs, WI 25/0 - Gayle 15*, Lewis 8*
Gayle finally starting to get things going and he takes 10 from the over. Big six off Southee to long off and he follows it up with a four the next ball. Lewis getting some nice shots in two. He has one four to his name.
11:12am: 3 overs, WI 0/0 - Gayle 0*, Lewis 0*
Another two maiden overs to keep things rolling. Gayle looks like he's trying to get a read on the pitch out there and any confidence he had picked up went out the window when his first played shot was inches from being caught by Bracewell at mid on. Bracewell dived forward but it bounced just short of him.
11:05am: 1 overs, WI 0/0 - Gayle 0*, Lewis 0*
Southee kicks things off with a fine maiden. Boult up now.
11:00am: 0 overs, WI 0/0 - Gayle 0*, Lewis 0*
The anthems are out of the way. The players are on the pitch and Southee will get things going for the Black Caps.
10:55am
We're about five minutes away. The sun has finally come out in Whangarei and it looks like we should get away uninterrupted.
10:35am: CONFIRMED TEAMS
NZL: 1 George Worker, 2 Colin Munro, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Henry Nicholls, 7 Doug Bracewell, 8 Todd Astle, 9 Tim Southee, 11 Lockie Ferguson, 10 Trent Boult
WI: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Kyle Hope, 4 Shai Hope(wk), 5 Jason Mohammed, 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Jason Holder (capt), 8 Rovman Powell, 9 Ashley Nurse, 10 Kesrick Williams, 11 Shannon Gabriel
10:30am: TOSS
New Zealand has won the toss and elected to bowl.
Injuries have forced changes to the squads this morning. For the Kiwis, George Worker is in for Martin Guptill at the top of the order as he continues his journey back to full health from a hamstring problem. Mitchell Santner is out with a shoulder niggle pathing the way for Todd Astle to get his debut and we already know Doug Bracewell is in meaning Colin de Grandhomme gets the day off. Lockie Ferguson is there as well.
For the West Indies, expect a couple of new faces because Marlon Samuels, Sunil Ambris and Alzarri Joseph are all unavailable due to injury. And of course, there's that guy Chris Gayle to include somewhere in the line up.
PRE-MATCH
The Black Caps are aiming to continue their dominant winning streak over the West Indies as they change format for the today’s first ODI in Whangarei.
One of the local boys, paceman Tim Southee, says he’s hoping to put on a good performance for his region on the friendly Cobham Oval wicket.
"It's nice to come back to a region that love their sport and doesn't get a lot of international sport," he said.
While Southee’s participation in the match is yet to be confirmed, one player who fans will definitely see is returning all-rounder Doug Bracewell, who Kane Williamson announced yesterday would be part of the matchday 11.
"He's going really well, preparing well. It's nice to see him back from injury and he's been going really well for the start of this season so he deserves his opportunity."
Bracewell has only played in two ODIs in the past two years – his over a year ago in October against India in Dharamasala.
But having recovered from a knee injury and putting in strong performances domestically, the all-rounder has been given another chance to shine.
The same can’t be fully said for Southee and Williamson, who will be rested for the rest of the series after the first ODI – a decision the Black Caps skipper still has mixed feelings about.
"Guys are always disappointed," he said.
"It's always hard to watch when you miss a game through anything really but it's a New Zealand Cricket initiative."
PROJECTED TEAMS
NZL: 1 George Worker, 2 Colin Munro, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Henry Nicholls, 7 Doug Bracewell, 8 Todd Astle, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Adam Milne/Lockie Ferguson
WI: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Kyle Hope, 4 Shai Hope(wk), 5 Jason Mohammed, 6 Shimron Hetmyer 7 Rovman Powell, 8 Jason Holder (capt), 9 Nikita Miller/Ashley Nurse, 10 Kesrick Williams, 11 Shannon Gabriel
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