Trent Boult ready to deliver for the Black Caps

It doesn't sound like such a bad gig, a mid-year getaway to the tropical West Indies.

But for Trent Boult and the rest of the Black Caps seam attack, there's some tough toil ahead, and they know it.

Slow, docile pitches will be in the offing in the three-test series, and the pacemen will have to work hard for their wickets.

But that's a quality that Boult, 24, has already shown truckloads of in his flourishing international career. The Bay of Plenty left-armer has played just 22 tests but has 82 scalps to his name at the impressive average of 26.59, and has formed a formidable partnership with Tim Southee as New Zealand's dangerous new ball-duo.

"The wickets aren't really going to be too pace bowler-friendly I guess. But it's all part of it," Boult said. "It's about test cricket and it's about touring. It's going to be exciting.