- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.5 another failure for Simmons, and New Zealand have struck with one of the new balls, Southee is pumped, nice line, angles it in full just outside off stump, it starts to move away before pitching, Simmons is tentative, ends up shuffling across in the crease, and feathering it to the keeper, as he pushes away from the body, shot of a man in no form 10/137.3 respite, belated, for New Zealand, Gayle has drilled a full toss off his pads straight to deep midwicket, his expression gives nothing away, Samuels walks over to shake his hand, and Gayle walks back with a raised bat to generous applause, what an entertainer 227/318.1 there's the breakthrough New Zealand were desperately searching for, Dwayne Smith is gone as he looked to play a full delivery towards long-on, a leading edge and that swirls towards long-off, safely taken 98/240.6 that looked gone, Pollard misses a full toss angled in, struck in front of middle and leg, and given right away, however, ball tracker shows us the delivery would have missed leg stump with the angle 253/443.6 gone, New Zealand have not done badly in these end overs, Southee sends another yorker for Bravo's legs, he cannot get them out of the way, pings the boot and crashes into the off stump, Southee appealed initially before realising he did not need to, Bravo limps off in some pain 272/5Extras20 (lb 5, w 15)TOTAL315/5 (50 Overs, RR: 6.3)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Lendl Simmons, 3.5 ov), 2-98 (Dwayne Smith, 18.1 ov), 3-227 (Chris Gayle, 37.3 ov), 4-253 (Kieron Pollard, 40.6 ov), 5-272 (Dwayne Bravo, 43.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KD Mills 10 0 55 1 5.50 32 2 3 1 0 TG Southee 10 1 55 3 5.50 28 7 0 2 0 NL McCullum 6 0 35 0 5.83 18 3 1 0 0 JDP Oram 10 0 68 0 6.80 21 4 2 3 0 TS Nethula 10 1 66 1 6.60 32 1 5 3 0 RJ Nicol 2 0 14 0 7.00 7 1 1 1 0 DR Flynn 1 0 9 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 KS Williamson 1 0 8 0 8.00 2 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.6 the third swat he has played this over, and this time he picks out short midwicket, who had just moved in, Rampaul digging it back of a length again, and smiling and pointing knowingly towards Gayle after the catch was taken 24/125.5 that is it, Guptill is gone, soft dismissal, pushing a full and quick delivery straight back at Samuels who accepts it happily 121/311.5 this is another edge, this isn't running away to the third man boundary, this has been taken low to his right by Bravo at slip, Narine strikes in his first over, he's finding international cricket at home easy indeed 62/236.5 shout for lbw, that looked very close, swings in on middle, hit low on the front leg as he looks to swing across the line, not given initially, West Indies review, and replays show it hitting middle and leg stump low, review at a crucial juncture in the match ends a big stand 195/527.5 straight to midwicket, and Samuels gets his second wicket, Latham shuffling across, going deep in the crease and punching in the air, Charles the substitue fielder dives to his right and plucks a low catch 125/437.6 that looks like another one, short third man had come in a bit, as they took him on for a quick run, Pollard swooped in on the ball and lobbed it to the keeper, Southee put in the dive but by then Ramdin had already taken the bails off, gone by more than a foot 200/639.5 bowled 'em, flighted, he tries to drive, the ball spins in a bit, enough to beat the bat and hit the stumps through the gate 214/744.1 Oram gives it away, makes room to swing it over midwicket, it was an offcutter, he takes a hand off the bat as he swings, and finds deep midwicket with precision 242/846.1 gone, Rampaul fullish and swinging in on the stumps, Mills has a go at it, gets an inside edge which clatters into the stumps 253/946.6 swung to deep midwicket, they hesitate to go for the second, it was going to be too tough, the throw is to the keeper, and Nethula is out comfortably, not even in the frame 260/10Extras19 (lb 5, nb 3, w 11)TOTAL260 all out (47 Overs, RR: 5.53)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Rob Nicol, 5.6 ov), 2-62 (Daniel Flynn, 11.5 ov), 3-121 (Martin Guptill, 25.5 ov), 4-125 (Tom Latham, 27.5 ov), 5-195 (Kane Williamson, 36.5 ov), 6-200 (Tim Southee, 37.6 ov), 7-214 (Nathan McCullum, 39.5 ov), 8-242 (Jacob Oram, 44.1 ov), 9-253 (Kyle Mills, 46.1 ov), 10-260 (Tarun Nethula, 46.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AD Russell 9 0 51 1 5.66 27 7 0 0 1 R Rampaul 9 0 50 3 5.55 28 2 2 2 1 DJ Bravo 3 0 20 0 6.66 9 3 0 0 0 SP Narine 10 0 45 2 4.50 33 2 1 2 1 DJG Sammy 8 0 43 0 5.37 20 3 0 1 0 MN Samuels 8 0 46 2 5.75 18 3 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
West Indies led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00 Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15
Match days
7 July 2012 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 58 runs, 1 wicket)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls), Extras 6
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (CH Gayle 41, DR Smith 7, Ex 2)
- CH Gayle: 50 off 42 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Over 15.5: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - GO Brathwaite, Batsman - CH Gayle (Struck down)
- Drinks: West Indies - 92/1 in 16.0 overs (CH Gayle 58, DR Smith 22)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 19.1 - 24.0 (Bowling side - 26 runs, 0 wicket)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 10
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (CH Gayle 24, MN Samuels 19, Ex 7)
- West Indies: 150 runs in 27.1 overs (163 balls), Extras 17
- CH Gayle: 100 off 88 balls (7 x 4, 8 x 6)
- Drinks: West Indies - 197/2 in 33.0 overs (CH Gayle 118, MN Samuels 35)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 90 balls (CH Gayle 56, MN Samuels 37, Ex 8)
- West Indies: 200 runs in 33.3 overs (201 balls), Extras 17
- Powerplay 3: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 36 runs, 1 wicket)
- MN Samuels: 50 off 58 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
- West Indies: 250 runs in 40.2 overs (242 balls), Extras 20
- West Indies: 300 runs in 47.5 overs (287 balls), Extras 20
- MN Samuels: 100 off 102 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Innings Break: West Indies - 315/5 in 50.0 overs (MN Samuels 101, DJG Sammy 31)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 1 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 9.6 overs (60 balls), Extras 2
- Powerplay 2: Overs 15.1 - 20.0 (Bowling side - 22 runs, 0 wicket)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 89/2 in 17.0 overs (MJ Guptill 32, KS Williamson 12)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 19.5 overs (120 balls), Extras 9
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (MJ Guptill 24, KS Williamson 20, Ex 6)
- MJ Guptill: 50 off 77 balls (5 x 4)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 31.3 overs (191 balls), Extras 10
- KS Williamson: 50 off 54 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (KS Williamson 26, BJ Watling 22, Ex 2)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 177/4 in 35.0 overs (KS Williamson 54, BJ Watling 23)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 37 runs, 3 wickets)
- Over 36.5: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batsman - KS Williamson (Upheld)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 37.4 overs (229 balls), Extras 17
- BJ Watling: 50 off 46 balls (2 x 4, 2 x 6)
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 45.3 overs (276 balls), Extras 19
Match Coverage
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