Tour of  West Indies 2012                   Captain : Ross Taylor
	Sixtieth official Test tour.   Fifth Test-playing  tour of West Indies by New Zealand                 (June – August 2012)	The tour began with two Twenty20 internationals in Florida, the second time that New Zealand had played such matches there(they also met Sri Lanka in May 2010) New Zealand had no preparatory camp or pre-tour side matches.  John Wright accepted that not having warm-up matches was the modern way but asked that the team should arrive in Florida early to acclimatise and take practice.  Wright later declined an offer to extend his contract and would step down as coach at the end of the West Indies tour. The ICC awarded South African-born Neil Wagner eligibility to play for New Zealand, even though playing in the IPL and attending a family wedding meant he was not actually resident in New Zealand for the required number of days for four consecutive years.	All New Zealand tours   Previous tour Australia 2011-12   Next tour India 2012-13     Next tour of West Indies  not yet scheduled
	Members of the Test tour party (15)   Opening batsmen:  Martin Guptill, B-J Watling, Brendon McCullum Middle-order batsmen  Ross Taylor, Daniel Flynn, Kane Williamson, Dean Brownlie. Wicket-keeper: Kruger van Wyk All-rounder:  Doug Bracewell Slow bowlers: Daniel Vettori, Tarun Nethula Fast bowlers: Chris Martin, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Neil Wagner	T A Boult ND 22 LFM     D A J Bracewell CD 21 RHB  RM ODI    T20   D G Brownlie C 27 RHB    (RM) ODI    T20   D R Flynn ND 27 LHB ODI    T20   (M Gillespie - withdrawn) W 32 RFM     M J Guptill A 25 RHB  opener ODI   T20   B B McCullum O 30 RHB  opener     C S Martin A 37 RFM     T S Nethula CD 29 LB ODI      T G Southee added to party  ND 23 RFM ODI    T20   L R P L Taylor CD 28 RHB  captain ODI    T20   C F K van Wyk CD 32 WK     D L Vettori ND 33 SLA     N Wagner O 26 RF     B-J Watling ND 27 RHB      reserve WK ODI    T20   K S Williamson ND 21 RHB ODI    T20   Members only of one-day and T20 squad: A M Ellis (C) ODI    T20   R M Hira (A)           T20   T W M Latham (C) ODI    T20   N L McCullum (O) ODI    T20   K D Mills (A)  ODI    T20   R J Nicol (C) ODI    T20   J D P Oram (CD) ODI    T20	Representation of teams: A – Auckland (2) C – Canterbury (1) CD - Central Districts (4) ND - Northern Districts (6) O – Otago (2) W – Wellington (0)        Average age of  team at time of first Test match (25 July 2012):  27 yrs 4 months.         ODI T20 member of the   one-day/Twenty20 squads.
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Vettori 111,  Martin 68,  McCullum 64,  Taylor 37,  Guptill 22,  Southee 17,  Flynn 17,  Williamson 12,  Bracewell 7,  Watling 7,  Brownlie 5,  Boult 3,  van Wyk 3,  Nethula 0,  Wagner 0.
	Team Officials	Mike Sandle Manager John Wright Coach Trent Woodhill Assistant coach Damien Wright Bowling coach  Paul Close Physiotherapist Chris Donaldson Strength & conditioning trainer
	Selectors	Kim Littlejohn (chairman),  John Wright (coach),  John Buchanan (High Performance Director of Cricket),  Ross Taylor (captain)
	Selection	Unavailable  : None Not considered:  NZ Cricket’s Chief Executive David White said Jesse Ryder, needs to prove his health, fitness and commitment to the game before he could be considered for national selection once again.   Tour Party Announced  : 3 May 2012. Not selected:  x Withdrawal:  Mark Gillespie failed to recover from an ankle sprain and withdrew from the Test squad on 3 July.  He was replaced by Tim Southee, already a member of the one-day squad, on 13 July	Time between selection and departure from New Zealand   52 days  (3 May - 24 June)
	Travel	The fast-medium bowlers had a week in Brisbane before departing but there was otherwise no preparatory camp.  The tour party departed from Auckland Airport on Sunday 24 June   Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson flew from England. Arrived in Miami on 25 June and had five days to practice before the first T20 international. Four players - Neil Wagner, Dan Vettori, Chris Martin and Kruger van Wyk - arrived later for the Test series.	Time spent in Florida and West Indies    43 days (25 June  - 7 August 2012)
	On-tour selection panel
	Reinforcements	Trent Boult, already part of the Test squad, was added to the one-day international squad on 2 July and joined the team early. The intention was to rest Brendon McCullum from the one-day and T20 matches after his IPL commitments, but he had to be brought in to the squad as results continued to be disappointing. He arrived on 11 July. Ronnie Hira dislocated a middle finger joint in Florida which ruled him out of the remainder of the tour, and he was sent home.  Ross Taylor had a displacement of the joint in his left shoulder but did not return home early.
	Fixtures/Results	a ⊕Lauderhill, Florida West Indies (T20 I) Lost 56 r b ⊕Lauderhill, Florida West Indies (T20 I) Lost 61 r c §  Kingston West Indies (1st ODI) Lost 9 w d §  Kingston West Indies (2nd ODI) Lost 55 r e §  St Kitts West Indies (3rd ODI) Won 88 r f §  St Kitts West Indies (4th ODI) Lost 24 r g §  St Kitts West Indies (5th ODI) Lost 20 r h North Sound, Antigua WI Cricket Board XI Drawn i NORTH SOUND WEST INDIES  First Test LOST 9 w J KINGSTON  WEST INDIES  Second Test LOST 5 w	⊕   (T20 I)Twenty 20 international match §  one-day international † not first-class   Time spent in the region before First Test:    30 days (25 June  -25 July)
	Test appearances on tour	2  -    Bracewell,  Brownlie,  Guptill,  McCullum,  Taylor,  van Wyk,  Wagner,  Williamson 1  -    Boult,  Flynn,  Martin,  Southee,  Vettori,  Watling 0  -    Nethula.
	Highlights	•   Martin Guptill with consecutive scores of 97, 67, 71 and 42 (average 69) was New Zealand’s most reliable batsman in the two Test matches.
	Tour Summary	P W L D Aban Test Matches   2 0 2 0 - Other first-class matches   1 0 0 1 - Minor matches   0 - - - - One-day internationals   5 1 4 0 - Twenty 20 internationals   2 0 2 0 - All Matches 10 1 8 1 -
	Return to New Zealand	Departure from Kingston was on 7 August 2012.	Time away from New Zealand    45 days     (24 June to 8 August)
	Finances

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