New Zealand v West Indies, 2nd ODI, Christchurch
Sarwan and Ramdin clinch thriller
January 3, 2009
West Indies 158 for 5 (Sarwan 67*, Gayle 36) beat New Zealand 152 for 8 (Ryder 32, Edwards 3 for 26) by five wickets (D/L method)
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
Denesh Ramdin and Ramnaresh Sarwan kept their cool in a tense finish to hand West Indies a 1-0 series lead after a rain-hit game in Christchurch. New Zealand were favourites when the West Indies needed forty off the last four overs, but Ramdin knocked off 21 runs off his next ten balls to put the visitors on course.
The equation had boiled down to four runs off the last over, bowled by Tim Southee, who had sent down an outstanding final over in the tied Twenty20 game in Auckland. He gave away only two of the first three balls, but a couple of scampered singles broke New Zealand hearts.
Full report to follow
28 overs New Zealand 152 for 8 (Ryder 32, Elliott 30, Edwards 3-26) v West Indies
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New Zealand have set West Indies 158 (under the Duckworth/Lewis method) to win in 28 overs in a match shortened by rain and hail. A combined performance from the hosts' batsmen helped them to 152, the highest individual score being Jesse Ryder's 32.
After opting to field, the visitors got the dangerous Brendon McCullum early and the rain came down in the seventh over just as Ryder was beginning to cut loose. Play was held up for four hours.
Ryder and Jamie How kept the runs flowing on resumption before Ryder holed out to deep cover off Nikita Miller in the 12th over.
New Zealand struggled to regain momentum after that dismissal; they were unable to score more than five off any of the next ten overs. The pressure created by Miller and Jerome Taylor led to the dismissal of several New Zealand batsmen and the hosts slid to 97 for 5 in 22 overs.
Jacob Oram pulled them out of the rut, taking 17 off a Chris Gayle over, and Grant Elliott's big-hitting towards the end boosted New Zealand beyond 150.
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