Overview
- Fast bowlers Shamar Joseph and Alzarri Joseph have been ruled out of the December tour through injury.
- Kemar Roach returns for his first Test action since January after completing a two-week high-performance program and traveling to Christchurch with the group.
- Seamer Ojay Shields receives a maiden Test call-up, leaving a largely inexperienced pace unit in which only Roach and Jayden Seales have more than five caps.
- Middle-order batter Kavem Hodge is recalled, while spinner Khary Pierre is omitted with spin expected to have a limited role in New Zealand.
- The three-Test tour runs December 1–21 across Christchurch, Wellington and Mount Maunganui and counts toward the 2025–27 World Test Championship, where West Indies sit bottom and New Zealand have yet to begin their campaign.