West Indies v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 - West Indies thump the Black Caps by 24 runs to take the Digicel Series- Match Recap
A four wicket haul by paceman Tino Best and contributions from Kieron Pollard and Andre Russell helped the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849
scoring a century at Basseterre in St. Kitts on Saturday. This was the fourth ODI of the five match series and the West Indies have taken an unassailable 3-1 lead.
On a pitch with uneven bounce, the West Indies struggled early on as Kiwi seamer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379 went about the rebuilding job with the former falling four short of a half
century in the 27th over. Samuel’s dismissal brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 to the middle at 105 for 5. Pollard’s level headed and mature approach helped bring some respectability to the West Indies total. He unleashed a ruthless display of power hitting
with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Devon-Cuthbert-Thomas-c53930 in the last batting power play which lasted from the 35th to the 40th over.
Pollard was eventually dismissed for 56 off Jacob Oram in the 43rd over. Late inning fire works by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 ensured that the West Indies crossed the 250 mark. Russell smashed 29 of just 16 deliveries which guided
the hosts to 264 with a ball to spare. Tim Southee and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JDP-Oram-c1681 were the pick of the bowlers by securing three wickets a piece.
The Black Caps struggled initially in their chase as Tino Best took advantage of the bounce on the Warner Park wicket. Best dismissed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Guptill-c1980 in the first over but New Zealand managed to recover after a solid partnership was formed between Brendon
Mccullum. Mccullum’s departure in the eighth over lead to the arrival of Kiwi skipper Ross Taylor, who smashed 110 off just 115 deliveries at a strike rate of 95.65. Wickets kept on tumbling for New Zealand on the other end however, as Best continued to dismiss
the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 of crucial support in the end as the Kiwis succumbed to 240 all out, falling 24 runs short with 3 deliveries to spare.
Both innings were of stark contrast. The West Indies managed to rebuild their innings after the initial set backs, whereas New Zealand got off to a rocketing start but could not sustain the innings.
This win meant that the West Indies take an unassailable lead of 3-1 in the series and register their first ODI series win since beating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 in 2011. The last match of the series will be played at the same venue on Monday
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