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'Enormous challenge' now even harder : John Wright John Wright called the Black Caps' upcoming ODI series with the West Indies an "enormous challenge" and that test is now tougher with the revelation Ross Taylor's tour could be over. More... Cricket: 'Enormous challenge' now even harder By Kris Shannon Tuesday Jul 3, 2012 John Wright called the Black Caps' upcoming ODI series with the West Indies an "enormous challenge" and that test is now tougher with the revelation Ross Taylor's tour could be over. New Zealand were thoroughly outplayed in all facets of the game during the two Twenty20 losses in Florida and now head to Jamaica with three days to to regroup before Friday's first one-dayer. They will have to do so without their captain, as Taylor is set to be sidelined for the entire five-match series after damaging his left shoulder during Sunday's opening T20. Taylor was targeting a return before the first of two tests on July 25 but, depending on further assessment later in the week, could return home to recuperate. The injury adds to a terrible recent run for Taylor. He sat out the South African limited overs series after tearing his calf in January, before breaking his arm in the third test in March and missing the early Indian Premier League matches. "It's been a frustrating six months for me," Taylor said. "I haven't spent a lot of time on the paddock and missed a lot more cricket than I would have liked." Taylor's absence, which will see 21-year-old Kane Williamson captain the side, only adds to the Black Caps' task of closing the gulf in class their opposition have shown. While the majority of New Zealand's players have been idle since South Africa left these shores, the West Indies have hosted Australia and travelled to England - a steady diet of cricket that has left them match-hardened and a step or two ahead of the tourists. "You're always better when you come off hard opposition going into any series," Wright said. "We've worked really hard here but obviously have a lot of work to do." On the twin defeats in the shortest form of the game, Wright was philosophical. Both matches saw the West Indies, led by Chris Gayle, set an imposing total the Black Caps never got near, but the coach thought his overmatched side may benefit from the reversals. "We've got some young players here and [the West Indies] are a good team, particularly in their home conditions," he said. "We're going to have to work very hard to compete with them and win, and that's what we're looking to do in the next week. "We've got to look at it as glass half full. We've had a run here, we know what we're up against and we've just got to spend a lot of time practising." Wright pinpointed two areas in which the most significant improvements could be made on the practice pitch. The Black Caps struggled against the spin of newcomer Sunil Narine, who took seven wickets across the two matches, while Gayle in particular dined out on some generous bowling to post successive half-centuries. "We have to work really hard with our technique against spin, because every time it's come on it's slowed us down and we've lost wickets," Wright said. "With our bowling, we just haven't been hitting the hole enough and they've been able to get under us and go over the boundary. With these power hitter we've got to be able to do that." While obviously dismayed at his own plight, Taylor backed his teammates to make the required adjustments and excel in the one-day arena which better suited the Black Caps. "We'll be disappointed but we have to get rid of any feelings from this," he said. "I'm sure there's a little bit of a flow-on effect but we've just got to forget about it. It is a new series and a new format." - APNZ

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West Indies' best chance for rare series win Preview of the first ODI between West Indies and New Zealand in Kingston More... West Indies v New Zealand, 1st ODI, Kingston West Indies' best chance for rare series win The Preview by Abhishek Purohit July 4, 2012 Match facts Thursday, July 5 Start time 0930 (1430 GMT) The spotlight is on stand-in New Zealand captain Kane Williamson © AFP Big Picture West Indies have long been at that level where mediocrity becomes so much of a routine that you lose track of how poor they have actually become. It has been more than four years since they have won an ODI series against Test-level opposition, apart from Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. That is 14 straight bilateral series. Recent performances and the current opposition give a faint glimmer of hope, though, that the woeful run could end. West Indies tied a hard-fought series with Australia at home in March. They were expected to be beaten, but they fought. Another factor in their favour is that their opponents, New Zealand, are fellow laggards. They are ranked seventh, a point ahead of West Indies in the ICC one-day rankings, and a gulf separates the two and sixth-ranked Pakistan. Since December 2008, New Zealand have won only one bilateral ODI series against top Test-level opposition. They have even suffered a 0-4 rout to Bangladesh. If the Twenty20s were a sign of things to come, New Zealand stand no chance. They were hammered in both games in Florida. The ODI format does afford a team the time to withstand shocks and come back. But on paper, things look loaded against New Zealand. They are coming off after a long break, the conditions certainly won't suit them, West Indies are packed with power-hitters and New Zealand are without their injured captain Ross Taylor and other key players. Again, it's time to 'punch above their weight'. Form guide West Indies LLLWT (completed games, most recent first) New Zealand LLLWW Watch out for... This is the best chance for Darren Sammy to record his first ODI series win over top opposition. All the talk during his captaincy has been about 'team over individuals', building for the future and encouraging youth. They need to start winning some as well. It will be a tough initiation to captaincy for Kane Williamson, the youngest to lead New Zealand, and of whom much is expected for many years to come. At the very least, this short leadership stint, till Taylor comes back, can only build his character. And offer New Zealand a glimpse into the long-term future. Team news West Indies have stuck to the same squad that lost the ODI series to England, minus Darren Bravo and Fidel Edwards. Again, the choice to be made will be which allrounder to leave out. West Indies: (possible) 1 Lendl Simmons, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Dwayne Smith, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Darren Sammy (capt), 8 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 9 Tino Best, 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Sunil Narine New Zealand have added fast bowler Trent Boult to the squad for the one-dayers. He was already part of the Test squad but is yet to make his ODI debut. Jacob Oram missed the second Twenty20 on Sunday with a knee strain but is expected to be fit for the ODIs. New Zealand: (possible) 1 Rob Nicol, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Daniel Flynn, 5 Dean Brownlie, 6 Tom Latham/BJ Watling (wk), 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Tim Southee, 9 Nathan McCullum, 10 Doug Bracewell/Tarun Nethula 11 Kyle Mills Stats and trivia The last time New Zealand toured the West Indies for a bilateral series was in 2002 The last time Chris Gayle played for West Indies at Sabina Park, his home ground, was in June 2009 Quotes "Without Brendon and Ross in the side we lose a bit of that experience. We've got quite a young batting line-up, but the guys are picked in this squad for a reason." New Zealand's Martin Guptill thinks his team-mates are capable of stepping up in the absence of the senior players "We are looking for consistency. For the past few home series we have not started well and have played catch up." Darren Sammy, West Indies' captain, is hoping for a decent start to the series

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1st ODI: West Indies v New Zealand at Kingston, Jul 5, 2012 no taylor, no mcullum.. windies won the toss bowling 1st... hope for a gayle show later in the day :dance:

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