In the 26th match of the Men’s T20 World Cup, West Indies defeated New Zealand by 13 runs.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first.
First inning:
West Indies scored a total of 149 runs for the loss of 9 players in the allotted 20 overs.
Sherfane Rutherford remained unbeaten by scoring 68 runs off 39 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 2 fours against New Zealand.
Nicholas Pooran 17, Aqeel Hussain 15, Andre Russell 14 and Romario Shepherd 13 were out while no other player could enter double figures.
New Zealand’s Trent Boult took 3 wickets, Tim Southee took 2, Lockie Ferguson 2, James Neesham and Mitchell Santner 1 each for New Zealand.
Second inning:
Chasing West Indies’ target of 150 runs, the New Zealand team could only score 136 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.
Glenn Phillips scored 40 off 33 balls, Finn Allen scored 26 while Mitchell Santner scored an unbeaten 21.
On behalf of West Indies, Alzari Joseph dismissed four players by giving 19 runs in 4 overs, Gadakesh Moti took 3 wickets.
Aqeel Hussain dismissed one player by giving 21 runs.