The New Zealand national cricket team toured the West Indies from 8 June to 6 July 2014, playing a three-match Test cricket series and two T20I matches against the West Indies team.[1][2]

West Indies batsman Chris Gayle played in his 100th Test match in the 1st Test.[3] In that match, Gayle became the seventh West Indian cricketer to pass 7,000 runs in Test cricket.[4] It was New Zealand's first series win away from home against a top-eight nation in 12 years.[5]

Squads

Tests T20I
 West Indies  New Zealand  West Indies  New Zealand

Tour matches

Two-day match: Jamaica Select XI v New Zealanders

29 – 30 May 2014
Scorecard
v
Jamaica Select XI
112/6d (53 overs)
Tom Latham 33 (69)
Gavon Brown 2/15 (11 overs)
170/9d (49.2 overs)
Kennar Lewis 40 (88)
Neil Wagner 5/38 (10.2 overs)
210/6 (66 overs)
BJ Watling 50 (92)
Odean Brown 3/56 (16 overs)
Match drawn
Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica
Umpires: Verdayne Smith and Christopher Taylor
  • New Zealanders won the toss and elected to bat

Three-day match: Jamaica Select XI v New Zealanders

2 – 4 June 2014
Scorecard
Jamaica Select XI
v
122/9d (45.5 overs)
Kennar Lewis 30 (51)
Ish Sodhi 5/35 (11.5 overs)
203/9d (64 overs)
Kane Williamson 47 (77)
Damion Jacobs 4/69 (22 overs)
90 (32.5 overs)
Paul Palmer 52 (67)
Mark Craig 4/8 (4 overs)
132/9d (40.3 overs)
Ross Taylor 55* (62)
Derval Green 5/41 (9 overs)
New Zealanders won by 123 runs
Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica
Umpires: Verdayne Smith and Christopher Taylor
  • New Zealanders won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test

8–12 June 2014
Scorecard
v
508/7d (174.3 overs)
Kane Williamson 113 (298)
Sulieman Benn 3/142 (52 overs)
262 (81.2 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 84* (138)
Tim Southee 4/19 (16.2 overs)
156/8d (60.5 overs)
Tom Latham 73 (181)
Jerome Taylor 3/28 (12 overs)
216 (47.4 overs)
Shane Shillingford 53* (29)
Mark Craig 4/97 (15 overs)
New Zealand won by 186 runs
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Mark Craig (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat
  • Mark Craig (NZ) made his Test match debut
  • Mark Craig (NZ) had the best match figures (8/188) by a New Zealand bowler on debut

2nd Test

16–20 June 2014
Scorecard
v
221 (74.4 overs)
Tom Latham 82 (163)
Jerome Taylor 4/34 (17 overs)
460 (137.1 overs)
Kraigg Brathwaite 129 (158)
Ish Sodhi 4/96 (19.1 overs)
331 (152.2 overs)
Mark Craig 67 (167)
Kemar Roach 4/74 (28 overs)
95/0 (13.2 overs)
Chris Gayle 80* (46)
West Indies won by 10 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng), Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Kraigg Brathwaite (WI)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain intervened after NZ's 2nd innings on Day 5
  • Jermaine Blackwood (WI) made his Test match debut.
  • Kraigg Brathwaite scored his maiden test century
  • Darren Bravo scored his 1st test century at his home ground

3rd Test

26–30 June 2014
Scorecard
v
293 (78.2 overs)
James Neesham 78 (91)
Sulieman Benn 5/93 (26.2 overs)
317 (42.2 overs)
Kraigg Brathwaite 68 (116)
Neil Wagner 4/64 (27 overs)
331/7d (89.1 overs)
Kane Williamson 161* (271)
Kemar Roach 4/55 (19.1 overs)
254 (82.1 overs)
Jason Holder 52 (79)
Tim Southee 3/28 (16 overs)
New Zealand won by 53 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat
  • Rain curtailed day two after lunch and day four after tea
  • Jason Holder (WI) made his Test debut

T20I series

1st T20I

5 July 2014
14:00 local
Scorecard
West Indies 
132/8 (20 overs)
v
 New Zealand
117/4 (15 overs)
Andre Fletcher 52 (39)
Tim Southee 2/20 (4 overs)
Brendon McCullum 40 (35)
Daren Sammy 3/22 (3 overs)
New Zealand won by 12 runs (D/L method)
Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica
Umpires: Peter Nero (WI) and Joel Wilson (WI)
Player of the match: Andre Fletcher (WI)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field
  • Ish Sodhi (NZ) made his T20I debut

2nd T20I

6 July 2014
14:00 local
Scorecard
West Indies 
165/5 (20 overs)
v
 New Zealand
126 (19.1 overs)
Andre Fletcher 62 (49)
Trent Boult 2/22 (4 overs)
Kane Williamson 37 (28)
Sheldon Cottrell 3/28 (3.1 overs)
West Indies won by 39 runs
Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica
Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WI) and Joel Wilson (WI)
Player of the match: Andre Fletcher (WI)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand in West Indies Test Series, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  2. ^ "New Zealand in West Indies T20I Series, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Gayle eyes 'huge performance' in landmark Test". ESPNcricinfo. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. ^ "New Zealand defeat West Indies in Chris Gayle's 100th Test match". BBC Sport. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  5. ^ Third Test


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