New Zealand hammer West Indies to seal the series

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The New Zealand Cricket Team proved too strong for West Indies winning the second T20I by a massive margin played at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and decided to field first. It was steady by Kiwis openers Tim Seifert and Martin Guptill playing with positive intent putting pressure on West Indies bowlers. Oshane Thomas got the breakthrough for the visitors dismissing Seifert ending 49 runs opening stand. At the end of the first six overs, New Zealand made 49 for 1.

Martin Guptill looked impressive with his stroke play but was dismissed by Fabien Allen. Glenn Phillips and Conway made the batting look easy on a good batting pitch. Phillips took the attack to West Indies to complete his fifty off just 22 balls. With the scoreboard reading 140 for 2 in 13.2 overs, rain arrived. After the rain break, Conway and Phillips smashed the West Indies bowlers all over the park.

Keemo Paul and Sheldon Cottrell had a bad outing as both Kiwis batsmen never looked back. Conway playing his 2nd T20I reached his 50 off 31 balls while Phillips completed a century off 46 balls. It was an amazing batting display by both New Zealand batsmen adding 184 runs for the 3rd wicket. Phillip's brilliant innings came to end for 108 off 51 balls. New Zealand posted a massive total of 238 for 3.

Chasing a massive target of 239 runs to win, West Indies began off well scoring 10 runs off the first over. Kyle Jamieson dismissed Brandon King for 0. Phillips's brilliant run continued with a brilliant fielding effort to get rid of Fletcher. Shimron Hetymer struggled for timing while Kyle Mayers making his debut looked out of sorts. At the end of the first six overs, West Indies made 44 for 2.

Neesham provided the breakthrough for New Zealand dismissing Kyle Mayers. Mayers and Hetymer added 32 runs for the 3rd wicket. Mitchell Santer dismissed Nicolas Pooran with a simple return catch to leave West Indies in massive trouble at 72 for 4. Kieron Pollard hit some lusty blows to give some hope for the visitors to win. The task for too big for the visitors as New Zealand kept on picking wickets at regular intervals. New Zealand restricted West Indies to 166 for 9 in 20 overs to give them a commanding 72 runs win.

With this win, New Zealand sealed the 3 matches T20I series 2-0. It was a dominating performance by the hosts who outplayed West Indies in all departments.

For his 108 off 51 balls, Glenn Phillips was named the man of the match award. The third and final match of the series will be played at the same ground tomorrow.

New Zealand 238 for 3 in 20 overs ( Glenn Phillips 108, Conway 65, Thomas 1/44, Pollard 1/33) beat West Indies 166 for 9 in 20 overs ( Kieron Pollard 28, Paul 26*, Jameison 2/15, Santer 2/41) by 72 runs.



 






Phillips century ensures NZ crush WI by 72 runs to win the T20I series 

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