3rd ODI: West Indies vs New Zealand @ Basseterre, July 11

[mikesiva]

Team news
Again, barring injuries, there seems to be no reason why West Indies would want to change a winning XI. Unless they want to replace the struggling Lendl Simmons and bring Johnson Charles in at the top. Darren Sammy did mention after the second ODI that he could be the one to be rested later in the series, but it probably will not be for a potential series-decider.
West Indies: (possible) 1 Lendl Simmons/Johnson Charles, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Dwayne Smith, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Dwayne Bravo, 6 Kieron Pollard, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Darren Sammy (capt), 9 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Sunil Narine

Brendon McCullum was expected to join the squad less than 24 hours before the start of Wednesday's game, and it will be asking too much to expect him to play. "We'll see how he feels," the coach John Wright told New Zealand reporters earlier. "It's a long journey [from New Zealand], that may be a little bit tight." New Zealand have the option of handing an ODI debut to left-arm fast bowler Trent Boult to beef up the attack, something Wright hinted they could go in for. Unfortunately, there are no options left to beef up the batting.

New Zealand: (possible) 1 Rob Nicol, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Daniel Flynn, 4 Kane Williamson (capt), 5 Dean Brownlie/Tom Latham, 6 BJ Watling (wk), 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Tim Southee, 9 & 10 Nathan McCullum/Tarun Nethula/Trent Boult, 11 Kyle Mills

[Arnik]

The government of St Kitts has made today a public holiday.

Admission price are very reasonable.

Gayle is back in the WI side.

Expect a bumper crowd.

[mikesiva]

West Indies team
CH Gayle, J Charles, DR Smith, MN Samuels, KA Pollard, DJ Bravo, D Ramdin†, DJG Sammy*, SP Narine, R Rampaul, AD Russell
New Zealand team
RJ Nicol, MJ Guptill, KS Williamson*, DR Flynn, BJ Watling†, JDP Oram, TWM Latham, NL McCullum, TG Southee, TA Boult, KD Mills

Darren Sammy has won the toss and chosen to field.

[Westdem]

Good call on resting Simmons......Charles deserve to play!

[mikesiva]

Yeah even i cant argue with that....

Just one run from ramps first over.

[Arnik]

Charles has played 5 ODIs and has an average of 24.20.

His scores to date are: 13, 26, 45, 37, 0

His last score of 0 was on 25 March 2012 on his home ground of Beausejour.

[BallOil]

Good call on resting Simmons......Charles deserve to play!

On what grounds? Simmons can't regain form on the bench. WI have the luxury to play an out of form Simmons against the Black Caps

[Westdem]

Good call on resting Simmons......Charles deserve to play!

On what grounds? Simmons can't regain form on the bench. WI have the luxury to play an out of form Simmons against this Black Caps

Cmon Bally....Charles did nat disappoint in de few chances against OZ and was rightfully discarded after Simmons returned from injury but Simmons did squat and now its Charles turn!!!

BTW - Russell juss knock back Guptill!!!

[BallOil]

Good call on resting Simmons......Charles deserve to play!

On what grounds? Simmons can't regain form on the bench. WI have the luxury to play an out of form Simmons against this Black Caps

Cmon Bally....Charles did nat disappoint in de few chances against OZ and was rightfully discarded after Simmons returned from injury but Simmons did squat and now its Charles turn!!!

BTW - Russell juss knock back Guptill!!!

Ok If Simmons is resting then yes. But if he is sitting for Charles to play then that is another story. I really don't understand how Charles with a 21 List A average mek this team.

[howzdat]

Hello all. 59/1 after 10 overs,