West Indies v New Zealand - New Zealand tour of United States of America and West Indies - 5th ODI – West Indies clobber 241 runs – Live Score and Update
West Indies 241/9 (50 ov) – West Indies won the toss
With the series already gone to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, after they won three out of the four matches played in the five-match series, New Zealand, playing for pride in the fifth and final One Day International (ODI) match, got clobbered for 241 runs by the hosts at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts, on July 16, 2012.
The Windies, after winning the toss, chose to bat first aiming to cement their standing in the series by bolstering a tough total on the board, to give the touring team a run for their money.
The opening partnership of J Charles and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 could nurture only 23 runs, before the hard-hitting Gayle perished after scoring only five runs off 12 deliveries.
With Gayle back in the pavilion, New Zealand had their tails up and were looking to grab a few more wickets to restrict the hosts from getting away with things.
With 32 runs on the board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TG-Southee-c2659 struck by grabbing his side’s second wicket on the demise of Charles, who scored 15 runs before finding his way off the field.
In his next over, Southee struck once more by dismissing West Indies number-three batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401, who departed after playing an innings of nine runs. At the demise of this wicket, West Indies had managed to post 37 runs on the board.
With the top three batsmen decommissioned, New Zealand had the hosts in a can, before MN Samuels and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 saved the day for their team by forming a daunting partnership that left New Zealand’s bowling brigade in a state of confusion.
The two batsmen heated up the game by smacking the bowlers, and keeping their wickets intact, as they took the score to 97, before Samuels fell after hammering a knock of 43 runs.
However, this partnership was enough to put the hosts back in the game which helped them amass a formidable total on the board with Bravo hammering a knock of 53 and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Russell-c915 playing an unbeaten innings of 59 runs off 40 deliveries.
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