New Zealand may change attack for second Test

New Zealand may look to rest one of its frontline bowlers for the second Test against the West Indies after the attack combined to send down 224 overs in the drawn encounter in Dunedin.

The home side spent a minute under 16 hours in the field at the University Oval after asking the tourists to follow-on in the first Test, only to be denied by rain when 33 runs short of their victory target.

The pace bowling trio of Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner delivered 141 of those overs and captain Brendon McCullum hinted there may be changes to the attack for the Wellington Test starting on Wednesday.

"We're going to have to work out our workloads. We'll see how the guys pull up. It's a very tough workload for them, but they're young guys and they're very fit, strong and they love playing for their country," he said.
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Of the pacemen, Boult bowled the most overs, sending down 53, with Southee delivering 45 and Wagner 43.

Off-spinner Ish Sodhi bowled 64 overs in the match, including 49 in the second innings, but he seems assured of playing at the Basin Reserve.
McCullum said the team would look to learn from the Test in Dunedin against England earlier this year where it bowled a lot of overs in the fourth innings and then produced a below-par effort in the second Test days later.
"The challenge for us is to replicate this. Last year against England, after a good Test match here we struggled in the second," he said, hinting that Doug Bracewell may get a start in Wellington.
Rival captain Darren Sammy was delighted when McCullum enforced the follow-on.
"Their bowlers toiled and that's a lot of yards in the legs. My bowlers will be much fresher than their bowlers," he said.
McCullum was adamant the decision to ask the West Indies to bat again was spot on.
"I think it was the right decision at the right time," he said.
Meanwhile, Sammy was hopeful his gluteal muscle injury would not rule him out of the next Test.
"I think with the combination of our squad it's important that I am able to bowl so I'll give it my best shot," he said.
Opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite, called into the squad to cover for an injured Chris Gayle but whose arrival in New Zealand was delayed by visa issues, lands in Wellington on Monday.
New Zealand No.3 Kane Williamson, who missed the Test after failing to recover from a fractured thumb, appears likely to reclaim his place.
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