West Indies vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
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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
Fifth ODI at Napier
WI v NZ, 5th ODI, Napier: New Zealand claim ODI cricket series over Windies (NZ 2:1)
Jan 13, 2009
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)
West Indies vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
Fifth ODI at Napier
Scorecard
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
293 for 9 (50.0 overs)
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211 for 5 (35.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Gayle | c Taylor | b Mills | 135 |
129 | 9 | 5 |
Chattergoon | b Mills | 1 |
6 | 0 | 0 | |
Sarwan | c Elliott | b Gillespie | 22 |
43 | 1 | 0 |
Chanderpaul | c Guptill | b Ryder | 94 |
91 | 9 | 1 |
Findlay | run out | 3 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
Pollard | c Taylor | b Gillespie | 19 |
8 | 1 | 2 |
Ramdin | b Gillespie | 9 |
11 | 1 | 0 | |
Powell | c McCullum | b Mills | 4 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
Nash | not out | 1 |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
Edwards | b Gillespie | 1 |
4 | 0 | 0 | |
Extras | 2w 2lb | 4 | ||||
Total | for 9 | 293 | (50.0 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Ryder | c Findlay | b Powell | 21 |
23 | 2 | 1 |
McCullum | c Findlay | b Baker | 41 |
28 | 6 | 1 |
Guptill | c Ramdin | b Pollard | 43 |
39 | 4 | 1 |
Taylor | not out | 48 |
71 | 3 | 0 | |
Flynn | c and b | Powell | 21 |
34 | 2 | 0 |
Broom | lbw | b Powell | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
Elliott | not out | 14 |
17 | 0 | 0 | |
Extras | 3nb 13w 1b 6lb | 23 | ||||
Total | for 5 | 211 | (35.0 ovs) |
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Umpires: M R Benson, A L Hill
New Zealand: McCullum (Wicket Keeper), Guptill, Ryder, Taylor, Flynn, Broom, Elliott, Vettori (Captain), Mills, Southee, Gillespie
West Indies: Gayle (Captain), Chattergoon, Sarwan, Chanderpaul, Findlay, Nash, Ramdin (Wicket Keeper), Pollard, Powell, Edwards, Baker