New Zealand are taking on West Indies just a few days before the World Cup 2019 officially kicks off. Both sides will be looking to gain some moral grounds over each other before the fight for the holy grail of Cricket starts in England. 

West Indies 256/4 (34 overs)

Here are the live updates of the match:

17:35 IST Tuesday, OUT : Intelligent bowling from Santner as he dismisses Hetmyer at 27 of 24balls. Hetmyer was caught out by Boult after he failed to play Santner's full-length delivery. Skipper Jason Holder replaces him on the pitch. 

17:24 IST Tuesday: Shai Hope is looking strong so far for the Windies, currently on 76 of 62 balls, will be hoping to secure himself a century for his side today. 

17:16 IST Tuesday, Maiden Over: Santner bowled a smart maiden over for the Black Caps as they look to take back the control of the match. 

17:04 IST Tuesday, OUT: Ferguson sends Darren Bravo back to the dressing room after Bravo tried to take an impossible run. He departs scoring 25 of 22 balls, as the left-handed Shimron Hetmyer comes to the crease. 

16:44 IST Tuesday, Fifty for Hope: Shai Hope brings up his half-century for WI with a double, taking WI past the 150 run mark. His form in the CWC19 will be a critical one for West Indies. 

16:36 IST Tuesday, OUT: Just a few minutes after securing a half-century, Lewis departs for 50(54) after getting picked up by Neesham's short-ball and hitting it straight to Santner. Darren Bravo walks in to replace him. 

16:29 IST Tuesday, Fifty for Lewis: Evin Lewis looked set from the first ball for the Windies as he is still going strong at 50(51)

16:05 IST Tuesday, 100 up for WI: After 11.1 overs, WI have crossed the one-hundred mark as both Hope and Lewis look well and settled to the playing condition

15:56 IST Tuesday: After 11 overs, WI are 96/1. S.Hope 21(12), E.Lewis: 32(35). 

15:45 IST Tuesday, OUT: Trent Boult dismisses the very dangerous Chris Gale who hits it off the toe-end of his bat, straight to Williamson at mid-off. 

ICC World Cup 2019 New Zealand vs West Indies scorecard 

New Zealand defeated team India in their previous warm-up match as Williamson and Taylor scored fifties and Boult was also among the wickets. On the other side, West Indies' game against South Africa was a clean sweep and this is their only chance to get used to the current conditions of England. A few of their players were in Ireland, which has weather similar to England, since the first week of May but their hard-hitters like Russell and Gayle still need to spend time out in the middle to completely be used to the playing conditions. 

Teams:

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson (c), Matt Henry, Tom Blundell (wk), Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, Henry Nicholls, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi, Colin Munro, Tim Southee, Tom Latham. 

West Indies: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Darren Bravo, Shai Hope (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Ashley Nurse, Andre Russell, Jason Holder (c), Carlos Brathwaite, Oshane Thomas, Sheldon Cottrell, Nicholas Pooran, Kemar Roach, Fabian Allen, Shannon Gabriel.