West Indies remind NZ they fell short

West Indies skipper Darren Sammy says the drawn first Dunedin has given his team confidence and will have been deflating for New Zealand.

West Indies skipper Darren Sammy

West Indies skipper Darren Sammy says the drawn first Test against NZ has given his team confidence. (AAP)

The West Indies are happy to rub salt into a deflated New Zealand's raw wounds following the drawn first Test in Dunedin.

On the eve of the second Test in Wellington, smiling West Indies captain Darren Sammy reminded his counterparts they had played their best cricket at University Oval but it wasn't enough to end a run of 10 Tests without a win over more than a year.

After trailing by nearly 400 runs on the first innings, the tourists bounced back to score 507 in their second innings.

The spin of Shane Shillingford, who took four second-innings wickets, then cast doubt in the minds of New Zealand's batsmen, whose pursuit of 112 was ended prematurely by rain.

"I don't know what their minds will be like, but if I was in that situation, and having dominated for so long and not got the result that was due to us, it would have been disappointing," Sammy said.

"We left Dunedin with a bit of confidence. We didn't play our best cricket but still we salvaged a draw."

New Zealand counterpart Brendon McCullum says his team have tried to take as many positives from the Test as possible.

However, the outcome was clearly playing on his mind when asked about the pressure on his team to end their winless trot.

"It'd be nice if we had a little more support, rather than the scrutiny, but that's how it is at times," he said.

"There was disappointment that we weren't able to wrap it up but we looked at it objectively and decided that we played some really good cricket.

"You've got to be strong as a group to know that you're performing pretty well. We're not far away from getting Test wins."


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