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New Zealand Cricket News January 2009

West Indies vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09

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West Indies in New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09

WI v NZ, 5th ODI, Napier: New Zealand claim ODI cricket series over Windies (NZ 2:1)

An opening batting blitz and timely rain gave New Zealand a nine-run victory in the winner-takes-all final one-day international against the West Indies at Napier Tuesday.
The stars of the game were West Indies captain Chris Gayle, who made 135, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul with 94, but the match and the series were decided by the weather and the Duckworth-Lewis system. New Zealand, chasing a target of 294, were behind on the calculations as the first drops of rain fell.
But they called an immediate power-play, during which Ross Taylor and Grant Elliot belted 21 runs in two overs before being forced from the field in the 35th over. New Zealand were then 211 for five, ahead of the required rate by nine runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method.
The win gave New Zealand the ODI series 2-1 and snapped the tour deadlock. Both Tests were drawn and the two Twenty20 games resulted in a win apiece.

WI v NZ, 5th ODI, Napier: New Zealand 211-5 (35.0 overs) beat West Indies 293-9 (50.0 overs) by 9 runs (D/L)

WI v NZ, 4th ODI, Auckland: Rain hits series again (NZ 1:1)

Napier, weather permitting, will provide the winner of the rain-plagued New Zealand-West Indies One-Day International series, after the fourth game was declared a non-result in Auckland on Saturday.
The series stands at 1-1 after the first game, in Queenstown, was also abandoned.
The West Indies started their innings needing 276 to beat New Zealand which was superbly spear-headed by debut batsman Martin Guptill who achieved the second highest score in all ODIs for a debut player when finishing 122 not out. Only West Indian Desmond Haynes, who scored 148, had scored more.
As the second break, which looked more threatening, the tourists were 64 without loss with Gayle 46 not out off 37 balls while Sewnarine Chattergoon was 17 not out off 26 balls.

WI v NZ, 4th ODI, Auckland: New Zealand 275-4 v West Indies 64-0: No Result

WI v NZ, 3rd ODI, Wellington: New Zealand level ODI series (NZ 1:1)

Skipper Daniel Vettori took four cheap scalps as New Zealand crushed the West Indies by seven wickets to level the one-day series 1-1 on Wednesday.
Vettori finished with 4-20 from 10 overs in the third of the five-match series after the hosts skittled the West Indies for 128 in 41.4 overs at Westpac Stadium.
New Zealand initially stuttered in the run-chase, losing the wickets of Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder and Jamie How in the space of six runs to be 40 for three after 7.2 overs.
But Ross Taylor made an unbeaten 51 off 50 balls including five fours and three sixes, supported by Daniel Flynn's 23 not out in an 89-run partnership that propelled New Zealand to 129 in just 20.3 overs.

WI v NZ, 3rd ODI, Wellington: New Zealand 129-3 (20.3 overs) beat West Indies 128 (41.4 overs) by 7 wickets

WI v NZ, 2nd ODI, Christchurch: Windies scrape home in last-over thriller (WI 1:0)

A late batting onslaught by Ramnaresh Sarwan and Denesh Ramdin saw the West Indies snatch victory with one ball to spare in the one-day international against New Zealand at Christchurch on Saturday.
In a match reduced to 28 overs per side after a lengthy disruption due to thunder and hail, New Zealand made 152 for eight and under the Duckworth-Lewis system the West Indies were set a target of 158 to win.
Man-of-the-match Sarwan fittingly hit the winning run off the penultimate delivery to finish unbeaten on 67 off 65 balls while Ramdin was not out 28 from 18. For much of innings the target had seemed out of reach for the West Indies as New Zealand kept tight control in the field, wickets fell at regular intervals and the required run rate escalated.

WI v NZ, 2nd ODI, Christchurch: West Indies 158-5 (27.5 overs) beat New Zealand 152-8 (28.0 overs) by 5 wickets (D/L)

WI v NZ, 1st ODI, Queenstown: Rain washes out opening ODI

Bad weather has forced the opening one-day international between New Zealand and the West Indies to be abandoned in Queenstown.
Only 35.4 overs were possible before rain brought an early end to proceedings shortly before 3pm local time with the West Indies on 129 for five.

WI v NZ, 1st ODI, Queenstown: Match abandoned

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