New Zealand were rocked when seam bowler Blair Tickner was taken to hospital with a nasty injury.

Injury-hit New Zealand will give a debut to wicketkeeper Mitch Hay in the second Test against the West Indies in Wellington after Tom Blundell was ruled out on Tuesday.

New Zealand will be without key players Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner and Nathan Smith for the remainder of their three-match Test series with the West Indies.

Greaves achieved this milestone during the first Test of the three-match series against New Zealand, which ended in a draw on Saturday.

The 31-year-old became the fourth West Indies batter and seventh overall to score a double ton in 4th innings of a Test.

West Indies all-rounder Justin Greaves called it a "very special day" after he rescued his team with an unbeaten 202 and drew against New Zealand in the first Test.

Justin Greaves slammed an unbeaten double century to help West Indies snatch a draw against New Zealand in the 1st Test in Christchurch on Saturday.

Justin Greaves scored an epic unbeaten double century to earnthe West Indies a valiant draw in the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch on Saturday.

New Zealand star speedster Kyle Jamieson has returned to the red-ball action in the Plunket Shield on Friday.

Tom Blundell suffered a hamstring injury while batting on the opening day in the first Test in Christchurch against the West Indies.

Shai Hope kept West Indies alive in the first Test against New Zealand by scoring a brilliant century, adding to his fifty from the first innings.

A sparkling century by Shai Hope ably supported by Justin Greaves had the West Indies 212-4 at stumps on Friday and clinging to the remote chance they can save the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch.

Big centuries by Tom Latham and Rachin Ravindra put New Zealand firmly in control of the first Test against the West Indies with a lead of 481 at stumps on day three in Christchurch on Thursday.

Former New Zealand pacer Tim Southee, who is currently leading the Sharjah Warriorz in the ongoing edition of the ILT20, spoke about the greatness of Indian duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

New Zealand reached 231-9 at stumps on a rain-shortened day one of the first Test against the West Indies Tuesday after Justin Greaves triggered a middle-order collapse with the wicket of Kane Williamson.

The New Zealand T20I series starts from January 21 and will be the last series before the T20 World Cup.

Shai Hope achieved this historic feat after he played an unbeaten knock of 109 off 69 deliveries against New Zealand in the rain-affected second ODI.

Former wicketkeeper-batter Mark Greatbatch has been elected as the new president of New Zealand Cricket (NZC), the board announced in a press release on Wednesday, as per ESPNcricinfo.