By Admin New Zealand has defeated West Indies and won the three-match ODI series 3-0. In the third ODI played in Hamilton, the West Indies team could score only 161 runs. In reply, New Zealand chased the target by losing 6 wickets in 30.3 overs. Matt Henry, who took 4 wickets in the third ODI, was chosen as ‘Player of the Match’, while Kyle Jamieson was chosen as ‘Player of the Series’ by taking 7 wickets.
West Indies won the toss and decided to bat first. This decision of Captain Shai Hope proved to be completely wrong. The entire team was reduced to 161 runs in 36.2 overs. Roston Chase scored the highest score of 38 runs. Apart from this, John Campbell scored 26 runs, Khary Pierre scored 22 runs, Sharfan Rutherford scored 19 runs and Shai Hope scored 16 runs.
For New Zealand, Matt Henry took 3 wickets for 43 runs in 9.2 overs. Due to Henry’s lethal bowling, West Indies were reduced to 161 runs. Jacob Duffy and captain Santner took 2-2 wickets. Kyle Jamison and Zachary Foulkes took 1-1 wicket.
New Zealand had a very bad start, 3 wickets had fallen at 32.
New Zealand had a very poor start while chasing the target of 162 runs. The Kiwi team had lost the top three batsmen on the score of 32. Wicketkeeper Tom Latham also scored only 10 runs and was out as the fourth wicket at the score of 70.
After the fall of 4 wickets for 70 runs, Mark Chapman and Michael Bracewell made a partnership of 75 runs for the fifth wicket and ensured their team’s survival. Chapman was out after scoring 64 runs on 63 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 8 fours. Whereas Bracewell remained unbeaten after scoring 40 runs on 31 balls. With him, Foulkes remained unbeaten after scoring 2 runs. Santner was out after scoring 9 runs. New Zealand won the match by 4 wickets by scoring 162 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 30.3 overs. For West Indies, Matthew Ford and Jaden Seals took 2-2 wickets while Shamar Springer and Roston Chase took 1-1 wicket.