West Indies Beat New Zealand By 13 Runs

Chasing 150, New Zealand lost wickets in a quick succession and have been restricted to 136/9 in 20 overs. For NZ, Glenn Phillips was the top-scorer with 40 runs. For WI, Joseph scalped 4 wickets whereas Gudakesh Motie scalped three. Other than them, Akeal Hosein additionally scalped one wicket.

Solely Glenn Phillips (40 off 33 balls) triggered any actual worries for the West Indies however when he fell to Joseph within the 18th over the match was successfully over as a contest, regardless of Mitchell Santner belting three sixes off Romario Shepherd within the closing over.

With the win West Indies have qualified for the Super Eight and New Zealand have solely slimmest of the probabilities to make it to the following spherical of the match.

Rovman Powell West Indies captain: I am very completely satisfied, we discover ourselves in some bother and two guys went deep. We already mentioned that any person needed to play a blinder, it was not a simple wicker for the inclement climate. Sherfane’s innings was implausible and gave us confidence throughout the innings break. What the New Zealand bowlers tried to do properly we tried to copy. On the midway mark we sat down and mentioned attempting to hit a tough size and our spinners to spin the ball. We have now received to make use of what now we have, we do not have quick bowlers like New Zealand. Credit score to them (spinners) even with a moist ball, they did properly. Such a superb evening and somebody needed to get up and be counted.

Kane Williamson New Zealand captain: It was good, we had an inkling it might be fairly tough if we hit an space and that proved to be the case. The standard of Sherfane’s innings was the distinction, extremely spectacular and fairly irritating for us. The batting depth from their facet was fairly helpful, we took the aggressive choice to take the wicket and T20 is a sport of small margins and sadly didn’t work out that method. [on Santner bowling the last over] We all know that and now we have full belief in that, the fellows did that properly within the first 12 overs however as I mentioned it is small margins and two three balls in an over can go large and the rating could be above par. You get the prep and do what you’ll be able to. Situations listed below are what they’re and we won’t make excuses. We have to preserve getting higher and preserve discovering a method, 10-15 runs that may make an enormous distinction. We have to bounce again rapidly, we’re again in two days, we have to be smarter. The learnings are essential and we have to choose ourselves up and go once more