West Indies vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
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West Indies vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
West Indies will play 5 ODIs and 2 T20s followed by 2 Test matches during the New Zealand tour starting December 05, 2008.
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Cricket Matches Schedule
- Fri 5 - Sun 7, Dec 2008: Auckland v West Indians at Auckland
- Thu 11 - Mon 15, Dec 2008: 1st Test - New Zealand v West Indies at Dunedin
- Fri 19 - Tue 23, Dec 2008: 2nd Test - New Zealand v West Indies at Napier
- Fri 26, Dec 2008 (D/N): 1st Twenty20 - New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland
- Sun 28, Dec 2008 (D/N): 2nd Twenty20 - New Zealand v West Indies at Hamilton
- Wed 31, Dec 2008: 1st ODI - New Zealand v West Indies at Queenstown
- Sat 3, Jan 2009 (D/N): 2nd ODI - New Zealand v West Indies at Christchurch
- Wed 7, Jan 2009 (D/N): 3rd ODI - New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington
- Sat 10, Jan 2009: 4th ODI - New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland
- Tue 13, Jan 2009: 5th ODI - New Zealand v West Indies at Napier
West Indies vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
Second ODI at Christchurch
WI v NZ, 2nd ODI, Christchurch: Windies scrape home in last-over thriller (WI 1:0)
Jan 03, 2009
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.
Midway through the 23rd over, when Ramdin came to the crease at the fall of Kieron Pollard's wicket, they were 110 for five. With three overs remaining the West Indies still required 30 runs before Sarwan and Ramdin fully opened up, taking 12 off a Tim Southee over and then 14 off Jeetan Patel.
In a desperate final over, Ramdin took two off the first delivery bowled by Southee, and then he and Sarwan took singles off the fourth and fifth balls to seal the match.
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)
West Indies vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
Second ODI at Christchurch
Scorecard
West Indies won the toss and decided to field
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152 for 8 (28.0 overs)
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158 for 5 (27.5 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Ryder | c Chattergoon | b Miller | 32 |
43 | 1 | 3 |
| McCullum | c Ramdin | b Edwards | 1 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| How | b Taylor | 27 |
37 | 2 | 0 | |
| Taylor | c Powell | b Miller | 13 |
20 | 0 | 0 |
| Flynn | c Ramdin | b Taylor | 4 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oram | c Chattergoon | b Edwards | 25 |
22 | 2 | 1 |
| Elliott | not out | 30 |
28 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vettori | b Edwards | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mills | c Miller | b Gayle | 6 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
| Southee | not out | 6 |
4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extras | 6w 2lb | 8 | ||||
| Total | for 8 | 152 | (28.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Gayle | b Vettori | 36 |
31 | 4 | 1 | |
| Chattergoon | b Southee | 6 |
14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sarwan | not out | 67 |
65 | 3 | 1 | |
| Marshall | b Oram | 2 |
11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nash | b Patel | 15 |
23 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pollard | c Taylor | b Mills | 3 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramdin | not out | 28 |
18 | 3 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1lb | 1 | ||||
| Total | for 5 | 158 | (27.5 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: G A Baxter, M R Benson
New Zealand: McCullum (Wicket Keeper), Ryder, How, Taylor, Flynn, Elliott, Oram, Vettori (Captain), Mills, Southee, Patel
West Indies: Gayle (Captain), Chattergoon, Sarwan, Marshall, Nash, Pollard, Ramdin (Wicket Keeper), Taylor, Miller, Edwards, Powell