Glenn Phillips' 76 and bowlers helped New Zealand comfortably defeat West Indies in the 2nd T20I of the 3-match series by a margin of 90 runs to take an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the 3-match series. This is West Indies' second consecutive T20I series at home in the last two weeks!
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Toss Update: New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat first.
Having opted to bat first, New Zealand scored 215 on the board losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. Glenn Phillips top scored for the visitors with his 76 runs while Daryl Mitchell (48 off 20) and Devon Conway (42 off 34) scored 40s each to help get to this massive total!
Obed McCoy was the pick of Windies bowlers with bowling figures of 3-40 from his 4 overs! Hayden Walsh was impressive in previous games for the West Indie but he returned very expensive figures of 0-55 from his 4 overs!
West Indies, chasing 216 runs to win, managed to score 125 losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. During the run chase, Windies batters got no clue about Kiwis bowlers! Obed McCoy, no. 11, with an unbeaten 23* runs was the top scorer for the hosts in this match!
It has, in fact, been an impressive all-round performance from McCoy in this game scoring 20-odd runs and bagging 3 wickets but, unfortunately, he ended up on the losing side! Among the Kiwis spinners, both Michael Bracewell (3-15) and Mitchell Santner (3-15) bagged 3 wickets each to break the back of the home team!
Match result: New Zealand defeated West Indies by a margin of 90 runs.
Glenn Phillips has been adjudged as the Player of the Match for his crucial contribution of 76 runs off 41 deliveries with 4 fours and 6 sixes. The third and final T20I of this 3-match series will be played on Monday (Aug 15).
Brief Scores: New Zealand: 215-5 in 20 overs (Glenn Phillips 76, Obed McCoy 3-40) defeated West Indies: 125-9 in 20 overs (Obed McCoy 23*, Michael Bracewell 3-15) by a margin of 90 runs
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