New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Mitch Hay is in line for his Test debut, in the second match against West Indies in Wellington , after Tom Blundell suffered a hamstring injury while batting on day one in the first Test in Christchurch .

Blundell was subsequently ruled out of the second Test, which will begin at the Basin Reserve, his domestic home ground, from December 10. New Zealand are also sweating on the fitness on seam-bowling allrounder Nathan Smith who was not available to bowl or field on Friday in Christchurch because of a side complaint. New Zealand are already without one of their middle-order mainstays, Daryl Mitchell, who couldn't recover in time from a groin injury for the Test-series opener against West Indies.

Hay, 25, has played 19 white-ball internationals fo

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