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NEW ZEALAND 156 (42.1 OVERS)
- Brendon McCullum51 (57)
- Nathan McCullum47 (64)
- Dwayne Bravo4/44 (10)
- Jason Holder2/21 (7.1)
WEST INDIES 157/8 (27.3 OVERS)
- Daren Sammy*43 (27)
- Lendl Simmons34 (43)
- Kyle Mills2/37 (8)
- Mitchell McClenaghan5/58 (9.3)
Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Alagappan Muthu
8.30 pm Phew, these low-scoreres. New Zealand seemed to be out of it after posting only 156, but Mitchell McClenaghan produced his best performance in one-day cricket and his five-for was almost steering his side to a surprise victory if not for Darren Sammy catching the game by the scruff of the neck. West Indies have taken this game, but they should look close and hard on their batting and the application or lack thereof. New Zealand can't escape the same assessment, especially on home conditions. Both teams suffered from a few unfortunate dismissals as they middled the ball but hit it straight to the fielder. It was a tough pitch to negotiate and the ball was moving around as much, so perhaps that contributed just as much to the two low scores. Oh and before I forget, New Zealand's search for wickets brought about 14 wides which also proved instrumental on the result.
Pagare: "How many times does Sammy have to come to Windies' rescue!!! He is like the Michael Bevan for Windies, just with more boundaries and less singles/doubles..."
Amit S: "@Pagare: Bevan is a passe.....Sammy saves Windies many a times ala MSD!"
Texas Holdom: "Terribly ill-disciplined bowling from NZ. Remove the wides - all FOURTEEN of them - and the Windies are in a completely different situation with 25+ to go with 2 wickets remaining. McClenaghan might be taking wickets, but the Black Caps have to right this for the rest of the series."
Sunil Narine is out there now
Anoop Khushalani: "I can't wait for Nariane to hit square cut. He only plays two shots. Square cuts or straight hits."
END OF OVER:27 | 12 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 147/8 (10 runs required from 23 overs, RR: 5.44, RRR: 0.43)
- Daren Sammy33 (24b)
- James Neesham6-0-35-1
- Mitchell McClenaghan9-0-48-5
JO Holder c †Ronchi b Neesham 10 (20m 9b 1x4 0x6) SR: 111.11
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