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New Zealand fought backmost to assertion first-day honours successful the 2nd Test against the West Indies successful Wellington, but the location broadside suffered a stroke erstwhile seam bowler Blair Tickner was taken to infirmary with a nasty enarthrosis injury.
New Zealand were 24-0 astatine the adjacent of play aft bowling the West Indies retired for 205 successful 75 overs.
Tickner was the prime of the New Zealand bowlers, taking 4-32 from 16 overs, but his time ended prematurely erstwhile helium tumbled onto his enarthrosis portion fielding and near connected a stretcher.
Medical unit from the West Indies and Black Caps camps rushed to Tickner's assistance and aft immoderate worrying moments yet helium sat up earlier being taken distant to an ambulance.
New Zealand Cricket said helium had suffered a near enarthrosis injury.
"It was beauteous atrocious to see," said wicketkeeper Mitch Hay, playing successful his archetypal Test having replaced Tom Blundell who was injured successful the archetypal Test.
"We privation him each the champion due to the fact that it's ne'er bully seeing that. Everyone is feeling for Blair."
Captain Tom Latham was 7 not retired and Devon Conway connected 16 aft the opening brace made it safely done to stumps against 9 overs from the caller ball.
"I'm hoping time is simply a bully time for batting," said Hay who said his broadside would purpose to station a large lead.
"I deliberation it volition beryllium the benignant of transportation wherever determination is thing connected offer, but we'll spot however it plays out."
Latham won the flip and chose to vessel — the 18th successive clip successful Wellington wherever a skipper inserted the absorption -- lone for the West Indies to scope 66-0 aft small much than an hour.
Tickner past took 2 wickets successful 2 overs to get New Zealand nether way, causing headaches with his close enactment and length.
The West Indies mislaid opener John Campbell 3 balls aft luncheon for 44, including six fours, but consolidated to beryllium 175-4 astatine beverage earlier losing six wickets for conscionable 30 runs successful the last session.
Tickner had enactment from debutant Michael Rae, who snared 3-67 from 18 overs successful his maiden Test.
Shai Hope was the champion of the visiting batsmen, scoring 48 from 80 deliveries with 8 fours, supported by Campbell and 33 from Brandon King.
"Our openers laid a precise bully instauration for us, a large start, but we fto ourselves down with the bat successful the backmost end," said Hope.
"We request to enactment a amended archetypal innings people to acceptable up the crippled for us."
Injury-depleted New Zealand named 2 debutants successful their side, with wicketkeeper Hay and seamer Rae replacing regular gloveman Tom Blundell and Matt Henry.
The West Indies were besides forced into changes aft Tagenarine Chanderpaul was injured successful grooming the time earlier the match, replaced by King astatine the apical of the order.
Kavem Hodge came successful for Alick Athanaze and fast-bowler Anderson Phillip replaced Johann Layne.
The archetypal Test successful Christchurch was drawn and the 3rd and last Test begins connected December 18 successful Mount Maunganui.
