NZ vs WI, 2nd T20: New Zealand register their fourth biggest win by thrashing West Indies

NZ vs WI, 2nd T20: New Zealand thrashed West Indies by a huge margin of 90 runs in the second T20 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. In the first T20, the visiting team defeated the Windies by 13 runs.

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NZ vs WI, 2nd T20: Kiwi team set a target of 216 runs to win against West Indies :-

In the second T20 played in Jamaica, New Zealand, batting first, set a target of 216 runs to win against West Indies on the basis of the stormy batting of Glenn Phillips. In front of this score, the hosts could only score 125 runs. This is New Zealand’s fourth biggest win in terms of runs in T20I cricket.

New Zealand’s biggest win (in terms of runs) in T20I cricket :-

• 119 vs West Indies, 2018
• 102 vs Scotland, 2022
• 95 vs Pakistan, 2016

NZ vs WI: Brilliant batting by Glenn Phillips and Darrell Mitchell :-

90 vs West Indies, 2022 After winning the toss, New Zealand got off to a good start with openers Martin Guptill (20) and Devon Conway (42) adding 31 runs in the first 3.3 overs.

Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson (4) were dismissed by Obed McCoy in the fourth over, but after this Glenn Phillips made 76 off 41 balls with 4 fours and 6 sixes and NZ vs WI, 2nd T20 New Zealand register their fourth biggest win by thrashing West IndiesMitchell took 20 balls. A stormy innings of 48 runs with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes helped the game team to take the 200-mark.

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Top order batsman of West Indies was flop :-

Chasing the target of 216 runs, the West Indies team seemed to falter from the beginning. After losing the first wicket for 11 runs, the team had lost 6 batsmen for 40 runs. From captain Nicholas Pooran to Shimron Hetmyer, no batsman could stand before the Kiwi bowlers.

The tail batsmen batted till the end to save the team from getting all out. West Indies scored 125 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell took 3-3 wickets for the Kiwis, while Sodhi and Saudi had 1-1 successes in their account. The last match of the series is to be played at this ground on August 14.