All-round New Zealand comfortably defeated West Indies in the 1st T20I match of the 3-match series at Sabina Park in Jamaica. It was a complete team effort from the visitors while there is a little collapse at the Windies' top order that lost them the game!
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Toss Update: West Indies won the toss and opted to field first.
After being sent into bat first, New Zealand scored 185 on the board losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. Kane Williamson (47 off 33) and Devon Conway (43 off 29) scored 40s each while James Neesham (33* off 15) provided the late boost. Odean Smith was the pick of home team bowlers with figures of 3-32 from his 4 overs.
West Indies, chasing 186 runs to win, only managed to post 172 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Though they got so close it was nonetheless a heartbreaking defeat for them! Bowlers Romario Shepherd (31* off 16) and Odean Smith (27* off 12) shared an unbeaten 58*-run stand for the 8th wicket but they couldn't take them over the line as their top order had a failure with the bat.
Even though Shamarh Brooks scored 42 runs, he consumed 43 balls to get there! And the rest of the 4 batters from the top 5 collectively scored just 19 runs from 18 deliveries!
Match result: New Zealand defeated West Indies by a margin of 13 runs.
Mitchell Santner has been adjudged as the Player of the Match for his crucial contribution of 3-19 from his 4 overs. New Zealand are currently leading the 3-match series by 1-0 with the second T20I at the same venue on Saturday!
Brief Scores: New Zealand: 185-5 in 20 overs (Kane Williamson 47, Odean Smith 3-32) defeated West Indies: 172-7 in 20 overs (Sharmarh Brooks 42, Mitchell Santner 3-19) by a margin of 13 runs.
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