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The Black Caps have recovered steadily after the early dismissal of Jamie How to move to 62 runs for one after the 19th over in the first test against West Indies at the University Oval in Dunedin.
How was looking to improve from his ordinary showing in Australia, and started his innings in brilliant fashion with two fours in his first over at bat.
However his promising start was short lived as in the fifth over he woefully played a loose drive at Powell's bowl, which Chanderpaul easily caught at point.
His wicket saw Daniel Flynn join debutant Tim McIntosh at the crease.
Both men are currently still at bat with 26 (Flynn) and 23 (McIntosh) runs respectively.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and opted to bat first in the first test against the West Indies at University Oval in Dunedin today.
New Zealand suffered a late setback when allrounder Jacob Oram was ruled out with the calf strain he reported before training yesterday.
It is unclear whether the injury will jeopardise Oram's participation in the second and final test which starts in Napier from December 19.
He has been replaced by Kyle Mills while the batting order has been rearranged.
Brendon McCullum will bat up a spot at six and James Franklin is promoted to seven.
Oram's loss is a major blow for the home side after he was sorely missed during the 0-2 test series loss to Australia earlier this month.
The injury-plagued 30-year-old missed the Australian series with a back injury suffered in Bangladesh in October.
New Zealand omitted spinner Jeetan Patel from their team, leaving Vettori as the sole spinner.
The West Indies have chosen two new caps - right arm fast bowler Lionel Baker and Australian-born middle order batsman Brendan Nash, who becomes the West Indies' first white test player since Geoff Greenidge played five tests between 1972-73.
New Zealand have a new opening batsman in left-hander Tim McIntosh while allrounder Franklin will play his first test for almost two years after undergoing knee surgery following last year's World Cup in the Caribbean.
New Zealand
Daniel Vettori (captain), Tim McIntosh, Jamie How, Daniel Flynn, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Brendon McCullum, James Franklin, Kyle Mills, Mark Gillespie, Iain O'Brien, Jeetan Patel (12th man).
West Indies
Chris Gayle (captain), Sewnarine Chattergoon, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Xavier Marshall, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brendan Nash, Denesh Ramdin, Jerome Taylor, Daren Powell, Lionel Baker, Fidel Edwards.
Umpires: Mark Benson (England), Amish Seheba (India).
Third umpire: Rudi Koertzen (South Africa).
- NZPA
