A cloudy night with the prospect of showers is expected for Tuesday's Twenty20 cricket international and Black Caps captain Kane Williamson's return at McLean Park, Napier.
Williamson, who emerged prominently at an under-15 tournament in 2004, returns to the team from a short absence after another emergence - the birth of his first child last Wednesday.
The scene was starting to be set yesterday with pitch-rolling on the oval and security at the gate, despite the game being more than 48 hours away, with the teams about four hours away in Hamilton preparing for tonight's second game in the five-match series.
The Black Caps beat Pakistan by five wickets with seven balls remaining in the first match in Auckland on Friday night,.
Twenty20 – a quick-fire game of 20 overs-a-side and lasting about three hours - emerged as cricket's third international format, after five-day tests and one-day, with a women's match between New Zealand and England in 2004. A year later New Zealand featured in the first men's Twenty20 international against Australia.
