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    How have the New Zealand batsmen coped with the prospect of facing 2.01 metre West Indian captain Jason Holder on an emerald green pitch today in the opening cricket test at Hamilton?

    How have the New Zealand batsmen coped with the prospect of facing 2.01 metre West Indian captain Jason Holder on an emerald green pitch today in the opening cricket test at Hamilton?


    Holder's Black Caps counterpart Kane Williamson has the answer.



    So Kyle Jamieson has been used as a replica.

    Will Young's set to open on debut today as the country's 280th test representative with Tom Blundell dropping down the order to take the gloves in B-J Watling's injured absence.

    Play starts at 11am.

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     03 Nov: The West Indies aren't perturbed by a tight turnaround ahead of Wednesday's tour opening T20 in Auckland
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     01 Nov: Black Caps skipper Mitchell Santner has won the toss and has opted to bowl first against England in today's dead-rubber final one-day international in the capital
     01 Nov: Black Caps allrounder Michael Bracewell's adamant it's all to play for despite the dead rubber nature of this afternoon's third one-dayer against England
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