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NZ vs WI, 1st T20, WI vs NZ 2022 summary
WI
172-7(20.0)
New Zealand won by 13 runs 🏆
NZ
(20.0)185-5
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P'ship : 58(26)
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That brings us to the end of our coverage for the 1st T20I between West Indies and New Zealand. It was a long day for both the teams and us in the comm box. This is Arya Sekhar Chakraborty signing of on the behalf of my fellow commentator Anirudh Modi along with our scorer Chandan.
Kane Williamson, New Zealand Skipper: "I think the performance was the most pleasing of all as we know how dynamic this West Indies side is and it was nice for us to execute our plans well. It's about trying to play roles for the side, it's nice to be clear about that and even contributions like 17 off 10 is fantastic to have as well. The power was always there in the West Indian side and we knew they were going to keep coming at us but we still managed to win this one."
Nicholas Pooran, West Indies skipper- I wouldn't say the last overs were bad. We were happy to go into the last over. As a bowling group we will take what we did in the last five overs. Happy with the performance of the bowlers to be honest. In hindsight, Santner bowled really well. Ish also bowled well but we lost some quick wickets. Still we got close to the target, we bat deep and the guys batted a bit smarter than what they have been doing, Just couldn't quite get the big over that we needed. Shepherd and Odean batted brilliantly. the roles are clear. The batters will get better as they keep playing more games. Couple of things didn't go our way as well.
Mitchell Santner: "The lengths are key against these guys and back of length worked today. I played in the CPL in Trinidad once you figure out your lengths you bowl well, but I was a little bit surprised. I just do what the skip needs me to do, it's key to keep picking up wickets but it's also important to stem the run flow. He is an outstanding player, and an outstanding captain and the way he played his innings and finished off with Neesham, that was fantastic."
Mitchell Santner is the Player of the match!
Time for the post match presentation ceremony.
It was the Windies skipper Nicholas Pooran who won the toss and put New Zealand in. It was a good start from the opening duo of Devon Conway and Martin Guptill as the duo shared a stand of 62 runs to set things rolling for New Zealand. Conway in particular looked in brilliant touch and found the boundaries at will. Guptill eventually went into overdrive with a few lusty blows but the introduction of Odean Smith brought about the downfall of both the openers. Guptill was dismissed to a sensational catch by Shimron Hetmyer at deep point, while Conway was deceived by the change of pace from Smith.
Kane Williamson and Glenn Philips took some time in the middle overs to get going before the rain arrived and halted play for around 90 minutes. Williamson looked in superb touch after the interruption and started taking the attack to the West Indies bowlers. He manipulated the field brilliantly and provided New Zealand with the push they needed in the middle overs. Daryl Mitchell joined Williamson in the middle at the fall of Philips’ wicket.
The duo shared a 46 runs stand in 27 deliveries and New Zealand needed the duo to step up and they did. Williamson eventually scored 47 of 33 deliveries while Mitchell scored a quickfire 12 balls 16. Jimmy Neesham who came to finish the innings showed yet again why he is rated so highly by New Zealand. The southpaw provided the much-needed impetus as he blazed his way to a knock of 33 of just 15 deliveries to get New Zealand over the 180 mark. Odeon Smith was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets for 32 runs.
West Indies needed to get off to a good start to harbour hopes of chasing the target down. Brooks started off with some pleasant shots but his partner Kyle Mayers was dismissed in the second over of Tim Southee. It came back sharply and caught Mayers on the crease. Nicholas Pooran came into the crease and began with a six and a couple of fours. However, it was a short stay for Pooran as he was dismissed by Santner with a not-so-great delivery. It was short and Pooran struck that straight to the deep midwicket fielder.
Wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals as Devon Thomas and Shimron Hetmyer were also dismissed without bothering the scorers much. While Thomas was dismissed by Lockie Ferguson with his hostile pace and bounce, it was Santner who sent back Hetmyer. Brooks looked in good touch but took too much time which put undue pressure on the rest of the batters. Santner got his wicket as West Indies were reduced to 79/5.
It seemed the end of the road for West Indies which was also the case in the series against India. However, the lower order which possesses some lusty hitters had some other ideas. From nowhere, it was a record partnership between Odean Smith and Romario Shepherd which got them back into the game. However the required rate was a bit too steep and despite the two firing, it was a 13 runs victory for New Zealand in the end.
Arya- 13 runs victory for New Zealand in the end as they go 1-0 up in the 3-match series. Some lusty power-hitting by Odean Smith and Romario Shepherd ignited the hopes of a remarkable come-from-behind victory but the target was a bit too much in the end.
OVER 20
West Indies
172/7
Romario Shepherd
31(16)
Odean Smith
27(12)
Tim Southee
1-46(4.0)
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