The Saxton Oval will play host to its first-ever Twenty20 International when New Zealand take on Windies in the first of three matches.
SAXTON OVAL T20I SERIES
Windies hope change in format brings change in fortune
Windies have been whitewashed in the Test and ODI series in the ongoing New Zealand tour © Getty
Windies, minus the first drawn warm-up game that they had earlier on the tour, have had a forgettable visit to New Zealand with losses being handed to them by the hosts like a walk in the park. Such have been the margin of losses that the lowest margin was five wickets across two Tests and three One-Day Internationals.
Come the T20I series, there will be a change of personnel across sides, that may - for the visitors' sake - cause a change in fortunes.
Rayad Emrit has earned his maiden T20I call-up, while regular Evin Lewis, who had a fairly successful Bangladesh Premier League, misses out owing to personal reasons. Samuel Badree, who was unavailable for Windies' only T20 in England, returns to the T20I squad. Ronsford Beaton was reported for a suspect action during the ODI series, but he returned home with a side strain.
While New Zealand will continue to rest skipper Kane Williamson, who is on a break, but will only miss the first T20I, and
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