Cricket: Taylor hoping to send John off on the Wright note

New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor hopes his side can give outgoing coach John Wright an appropriate send-off in his final match. Photo / Getty Images.

New Zealand skipper Ross Taylor hopes his side can give outgoing coach John Wright an appropriate send-off in his final match in charge when the Black Caps meet the West Indies in Jamaica tomorrow morning.

The second and final test of the tour to the United States and the West Indies will bring Wright's tenure with the New Zealand side to a close before Mike Hesson takes over.

Having being beaten by nine wickets in the first test in Antigua that finished on Monday, Taylor said his side were desperate to level the series for Wright.

"John's been a good servant of New Zealand cricket over the years, not only as a player but as a coach," Taylor said.

"I've learnt a lot off him and he's had a lot to do with a lot of these youngsters. They'll be up for a big game and hopefully we can give him a good send-off."

New Zealand will go into the test with veteran spinner Daniel Vettori and opening batsman Daniel Flynn ruled out with groin injuries.

Taylor said they would wait until the morning of the match to decide whether Central Districts leg-spinner Tarun Nethula makes his test debut or they would use four seamers.

"It's going to be a pretty abrasive wicket and a lot harder and faster than the wicket we got in Antigua," Taylor said of the Sabina Park pitch.

If Nethula doesn't play, part-timers Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill will have to fill the slow bowling void.

BJ Watling seems all but assured to join the side in place of Flynn, but the make-up of the batting line-up remains a mystery.

Watling could replace Flynn or Brendon McCullum could be pushed up to open from No 3, which would cause a reshuffle of the middle order.

New Zealand's ability to get rid of dangerous West Indian opener Chris Gayle will greatly influence the outcome of the test, while the ongoing challenge of mastering the tricky spin bowling of Sunil Narine will continue.

"I thought we played him pretty well in Antigua," Taylor said.

"There were a couple of unplayable balls that players got out on but on the whole I though we picked him really well. He will have seen some of our batsmen so I'm sure he's looking forward to playing on this wicket. There might be a little bit more bounce for him. But if we can keep improving in the way we play him like we have throughout the series, hopefully we can negate his wicket-taking."

The home side have experienced their own injury woes with seamer Ravi Rampaul unavailable, also through a groin injury; he has been replaced by Fidel Edwards.