Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Thank you for joining us, we hope you enjoyed our coverage. Signing off is me, Ekanth, on behalf of Himanshu, Chandan, and Vairavan.

New Zealand's players are in smiles and cheers with the trophy, their first series win in West Indies. They did it without Kane Williamson with victories that weren't straightforward. For the hosts, this was the last game in their World Super League fixtures. They currently stand seventh on the points table. Their qualification will be subject to the results of other games.

Tom Latham, POTM: It was nice to contribute. The partnership between Daryl and me was set with a target in mind at the 40 overs mark. We did that quite well. We didn't build stands in the first two games, we did that. Neesham's performance was the icing on top. It was a better wicket today, they were 170 for none. But we knew the target and put partnerships together. We did well after not doing as much in the last two games. (On first series win in WI) It's nice to come here where it's been challenging to put up performances when the game is in the balance makes me happy.

Nicholas Pooran: Tough one. 300+ on that wicket felt good. One or two wickets more in the powerplay would have helped but they played well. When it got wet, we saw how tough it got. In hindsight, everyone will talk about starting slow. But we had discussed not giving away wickets to Boult and Southee and capitalise. But they are a top team. I do believe we have a special bunch of guys and have no doubt we will get better with experience. It was difficult with the ball once it got wet. We let go the chance of winning the second and this happened. We won the first, lost the second and we came here, committed and fought. We will learn and have better ways.

Mitchell Santner, POTS: It's nice, it was a great game and a hard fought series. Happy with the win. Conditions changed a lot. Second innings is harder with a wetter ball. Adapting is tough, we did well in the chase. Today's track looked good. Big boys up top did well restricting runs. They did well to put up a big score. We did well in the chase. I was happy to go in if needed (laughs)

10:43 pm: In a tough chase, New Zealand did not start at their best. Allen fell early but Guptill and Conway took over scoring. The partnership-stringing started their and never stopped. Latham and Mitchell came in and were seamless and effective. West Indies' bowling was decent but the fielding was poor. Joseph was unlucky, Holder was good, the spinners were decent. But the rain earlier in the day and the dew later on meant they often didn't grip the ball well. They had to change balls numerous times but nothing seemed to help. In the end, when they did make breakthroughs, Neesham came in and finished off the game before the hosts could fight back.

47.1
6
Pooran to Neesham, SIX, Neesham clears it! New Zealand complete a comeback series win! This was a length ball outside off that sat up. It was pulled over long-on for a six that sailed over.

Pooran brings himself on

END OF OVER:
47 | 5 Runs | NZ: 301/5 (1 run required from 18 balls, RR: 6.40, RRR: 0.33)

  • James Neesham28 (10b)
  • Michael Bracewell14 (15b)
  • Kevin Sinclair10-1-45-0
  • Alzarri Joseph9-0-61-1
46.6
1lb
Sinclair to Neesham, 1 leg bye, Misses the whip, goes to the off side and they take one
46.5
1
Sinclair to Bracewell, 1 run, Down the track, looks to swing it over long-on. Gets it off the inside edge to deep backward square.
46.4
0
Sinclair to Bracewell, no run, Full on off, pushed back to the bowler.
46.4
1w
Sinclair to Bracewell, 1 wide, Full and flat, beats the sweep but goes down leg.
46.3
1
Sinclair to Neesham, 1 run, Full on the stumps, swept to deep backward square.

Slim Shady: "This game is reminiscent to the last year's WC semifinal, Nz were chasing and were under a bit of pressure, Neesham came into the bat and immediately took on the spinners and swung the momentum towards his team "

JOYDEEPSINGHGIL: "Neesham already have played this kinda innings reminded me of t20 wc SF match against England where he played the same kinda innings like in this match"

46.2
1
Sinclair to Bracewell, 1 run, Length outside off, down the track he comes and punches it to long-off.
46.1
0
Sinclair to Bracewell, no run, Length outside off, goes back and blocks it to the bowler.

Sinclair to bowl from around the wicket.

END OF OVER:
46 | 11 Runs | NZ: 296/5 (6 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 6.43, RRR: 1.50)

  • Michael Bracewell12 (11b)
  • James Neesham27 (8b)
  • Alzarri Joseph9-0-61-1
  • Yannic Cariah9-0-77-2

Hayden: "Neesham in a hurry for a post-match beer here..."

Pete: "Neesham showing his class here.Someone get that guy a NZC contract."

45.6
1
Joseph to Bracewell, 1 run, Full on middle, clipped to long-on
45.5
1
Joseph to Neesham, 1 run, Full on off, driven to mid-off and they pinch a single.
45.4
6
Joseph to Neesham, SIX, Neesham's middling them for fun. Joseph went full and slow, Neesham stayed put. Flayed his arms and cleared long-off.

Tim: "Me: *holding my lucky rabbits foot, not stepping on any lines and stirring my tea clockwise exactly three times* No stress, we got this boys"

45.3
1
Joseph to Bracewell, 1 run, Full around off, driven to long-off.
45.2
1
Joseph to Neesham, 1 run, Back of a length over the stumps, clipped gently towards midwicket.
45.1
1
Joseph to Bracewell, 1 run, Full outside off, driven to cover.

New Zealand 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st20MJ GuptillFH Allen
2nd82MJ GuptillDP Conway
3rd26DP ConwayTWM Latham
4th120DJ MitchellTWM Latham
5th11MG BracewellTWM Latham
6th48MG BracewellJDS Neesham