WI vs NZ: Batsmen turned the water around in hard work from bowlers, New Zealand leveled the series 1-1

WI vs NZ 2nd ODI: The second ODI of the series was played between the West Indies and New Zealand in Bridgetown. The Caribbean team won the toss and decided to pitch first. Playing first, the New Zealand team dropped to 212 runs. The West Indies bowlers performed brilliantly and needed a simple target of just 213 runs to win the series with this match. The home team had a chance to win the series, but the batters couldn’t do much and spoiled the hard work of the pitchers.

Chasing a target of 213 runs, the hosts only managed 161 runs in a rain-battered match. Facing killer bowling from Tim Southee and Trent Boult, the Caribbean team’s batsmen seemed to fail completely. In this way, the Kiwi team won this match by 50 runs (DLS). The Windies won the first game of the series by 5 wickets. That is, after today’s game, the series has now reached a 1-1 draw. The third and decisive game will now be played on August 21 on the same field.

7 Kiwi players failed to touch double figures

Where the New Zealand team lost the first game due to poor batting and the whole team was down to 190 runs there. Something similar happened here in the second match as well. Aside from Finn Allen’s 96-run hit and crucial contributions from Darryl Mitchell (41) and Mitchell Santner (26 no out), seven players couldn’t even touch double figures. Regular captain Kane Williamson was not playing in this match, but backup captain Tom Latham was also unable to do anything and was sacked without opening an account. For the West Indies, Kevin Sinclair took 4, Jason Holder 3, Akil Hossain 2 and Alzarri Joseph took a wicket.

Bad start for the West Indies

The West Indies had a simple target of 213 runs, but New Zealand bowlers Trent Boult and Tim Southee made it difficult for the hosts with the first ball. Kyle Myers became a victim of Boult in the first on himself. After this, 6 Caribbean players returned to the pavilion for 27 runs. At one point, the score didn’t even seem to reach 50. But Yanik Karia played a half-century of 52-run innings and once again kept the game going until the end. Alzarri Joseph also scored 49 runs but neither of them could beat his team.

This rain-affected match was stopped for a long time in the middle. This was followed by a 41 overs match and the target was reduced to 212 by one run. Karia and Joseph beat brilliantly after the break. Both added 85 runs for the ninth wicket and caused concern in New Zealand. But Santner fired Caria and Southee fired Josef to end the Windies’ hopes as his team won the game to level the series at 1-1.