Top 5 run-scorers in Tests between New Zealand and West Indies

#1 Chris Gayle - 1258 runs

Gayle has scored three centuries and seven fifties against New Zealand

Suffice to say, New Zealand have been among Chris Gayle's favourite opponents. From 12 Tests, he has marauded 1258 runs at a spectacular average of 66.21 with three centuries and seven fifties. Across all three formats, no batsman from West Indies has been able to match the opener's tally of 2417 international runs against the Blackcaps. His aggressive approach has acted as an adequate quelling force to the challenges of swing and seam posed by their fast bowlers.

During the opening Test of the 2012 series in Antigua, Gayle's explosive 206-ball 150 against a bowling attack featuring the likes of Chris Martin and Neil Wagner helped set the platform for West Indies' resounding nine-wicket victory. The hosts would go on to win the series by an emphatic 2-0 margin. The southpaw's belligerent 46-ball 80 also made short work of a tricky fourth-innings chase in the 2014 Port of Spain Test.