33.3: Jayden Seales to Mitchell Santner, That's it, Mitchell Santner hits the winning runs and brings up an 11th straight bilateral ODI series win at home for the Kiwis. Full and outside off, Santner crunches the cover drive through the gap, but the ball holds up before reaching the ropes, and the batters have to get across for a single to seal the win. New Zealand win by 5 wickets, and Jayden Seales can be seen heartbroken.
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33.2: Jayden Seales to Tom Latham, Full and straight, Latham walks inside the line and heaves it away to deep mid-wicket for a single. Scores are now level.
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33.2: Jayden Seales to Tom Latham, NO BALL AND FOUR! Oh, deary me! That should be the game for New Zealand. Jayden Seales goes for the yorker but the ball slips out of his hand and it ends up being a chest-high full toss around off. Also, Tom Latham does well to adjust and just ramps it over the keeper's head for a boundary. Just 2 needed now for the win. Free Hit coming up as well...
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33.1: Jayden Seales to Mitchell Santner, A low full toss, well outside off, Mitchell Santner walks across and picks it up slogging it without much timing to deep mid-wicket for just a single.
End of over 33
NZ240/5
NZ Batting M Santner 32(13) T Latham 34(27)
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32.6: Shamar Springer to Mitchell Santner, Crunched but straight to the fielder. Full and wide outside off, Mitchell Santner hangs back and laces the cover drive but straight to sweeper cover for a single.
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32.6: Shamar Springer to Mitchell Santner, Wide! Too full and too wide outside the off stump line, left alone for a wide.
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32.5: Shamar Springer to Mitchell Santner, Oh, that is a crucial dot ball for the Windies. A yorker around off stump, slower as well, Santner walks across to pick it over the off side but misses.
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32.4: Shamar Springer to Tom Latham, Slower one, into the pitch and over off, Latham helps the pull wide of short fine leg but the fielder over there does well to keep it down to a single.
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32.3: Shamar Springer to Mitchell Santner, Length ball, a bit wide of the off stump, Santner reaches for it but mistimes it into the off side for a single.
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32.2: Shamar Springer to Mitchell Santner, SIX! Mitchell Santner is in some form with the blade, wow. A high full toss outside off, Santner is quick to just walk across the off stump and he flicks it all the way over deep square leg for a biggie. 12 needed now off 10 balls.
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32.1: Shamar Springer to Mitchell Santner, FOUR! Gets the boundary off the first ball of the over. This is bowled full and angled in towards the off stump, Santner backs away and hammers it through cover-point for a boundary.
End of over 32
NZ226/5
NZ Batting T Latham 33(26) M Santner 20(8)
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31.6: Matthew Forde to Tom Latham, Pitches the ball wide outside off, slower too, Latham reaches for it and slices it up and over backward point for a couple of runs.
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31.6: Matthew Forde to Tom Latham, Wide! Pitches the ball up wide outside the off stump but just spills this one beyond the tramline. Latham leaves it alone.
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31.5: Matthew Forde to Tom Latham, Slower ball, served a bit full and angled across off. Latham looks to slog it away but is completely beaten. Good change-up!
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31.4: Matthew Forde to Mitchell Santner, Goes for the wide yorker but serves another low full toss, Santner has to reach for it and slaps it to deep cover for just a single.
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31.3: Matthew Forde to Mitchell Santner, FOUR MORE! The Kiwi skipper is turning on the heat here. Poor ball from Forde, a juicy full toss outside off. Santner just stays put and smacks it well over mid off for another boundary. 26 needed now off 15 balls.
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31.2: Matthew Forde to Mitchell Santner, SIX! Santner tees off! Misses the leg stump yorker on the fuller side but not by much. However, Mitchell Santner gets under it and smokes it over deep square leg for a biggie. 10 off the first 2 deliveries.
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31.1: Matthew Forde to Mitchell Santner, FOUR! Bowled full and around off, Santner smacks it down the ground and towards long off. Shamar Springer runs across from long on and puts in the dive to save a couple of runs for his team. However, the third umpire checks the replays and finds that Springer's back leg was in contact with the ropes and it will be a boundary.
End of over 34
WI247/9
WI Batting S Hope 109(69) J Seales 1(1)
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33.6: Kyle Jamieson to Shai Hope, A single to end the innings. Yorker length delivery on off. Shai Hope squeezes it toward the backward point region for a single. The West Indies finish with 247/9.
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33.5: Kyle Jamieson to Shai Hope, FOUR! OVER THE TOP! Short of a length delivery, around off. Shai Hope swings hard and carves it off the outer half toward the deep backward point region for another boundary.
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33.4: Kyle Jamieson to Shai Hope, Full on off. Hope drives out to the sweeper and turns down the single.
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33.3: Kyle Jamieson to Shai Hope, SIX! MASSIVE HIT, AND SHAI HOPE GETS HIS HUNDRED IN STYLE! Slower ball on the fuller side, in the slot on middle and leg. Hope clears the front leg and smokes it cleanly over the bowler, toward the sight screen for a 95m clean hit. That brings up his 19th ODI century from 66 balls, and his first against New Zealand. According to the on-air commentators, Hope has now scored an ODI ton against every Test-playing nation, which is a staggering feat.
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33.2: Kyle Jamieson to Jayden Seales, Back of a length, around the hip. Jayden Seales tucks into the leg side and takes a single.
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33.1: Kyle Jamieson to Shamar Springer, OUT! TAKEN! NINE DOWN! Short and just outside off. Springer winds up and miscues it in the air to extra cover. Will Young moves in and takes a simple catch, diving forward. West Indies are nine down with Hope at 98 on the other end.
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33.1: Kyle Jamieson to Shamar Springer, WIDE! Bouncer just outside off. Shamar Springer takes evasive action, and it is called wide for height.
End of over 33
WI234/8
WI Batting S Hope 98(65) S Springer 6(8)
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32.6: Matt Henry to Shai Hope, Full-length delivery, almost a yorker, around off. Shai Hope looks to squeeze through the off-side, gets it off the bottom edge and lobs on the bounce to the keeper.
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32.5: Matt Henry to Shai Hope, FOUR MORE! HOPE IS DEALING IN BOUNDARIES! Another low full toss, just outside off. Shai Hope gets low and carves it through the backward point region, races away to the ropes in a flash for back-to-back boundaries.
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32.4: Matt Henry to Shai Hope, FOUR! NICE AND ELEGANT! Low full toss on off. Shai Hope times it nicely through the gap at extra cover and mid off for a lovely boundary. Hope is just a hit away from a brilliant hundred.
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32.3: Matt Henry to Shamar Springer, Low full toss on off. Shamar Springer carves it toward deep point for a single.
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32.2: Matt Henry to Shamar Springer, FOUR! UP AND OVER! Slower, back of a length delivery, around off. Shamar Springer picks it early and slams it toward the wide long-off region for a much needed boundary.
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32.1: Matt Henry to Shamar Springer, Short of a length delivery, around off. Shamar Springer tries to play the upper-cut but does not connect.
End of over 32
WI221/8
WI Batting S Springer 1(5) S Hope 90(62)
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31.6: Nathan Smith to Shamar Springer, IN THE AIR BUT LANDS SHORT! Back of a length, on the middle and leg. Shamar Springer miscues the pull toward deep mid-wicket. Falls in front of the man coming in from deep mid-wicket. Single taken.
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31.5: Nathan Smith to Shamar Springer, Good length delivery, and a hint of movement, just outside off. Another play and miss from Springer.
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31.4: Nathan Smith to Shamar Springer, Three dots in a row! Back of a length outside off. Shamar Springer flashes hard but is beaten by the bounce.
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31.3: Nathan Smith to Shamar Springer, Back of a length again, just outside off. Shamar Springer rides the bounce and fends it toward backward point.
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31.2: Nathan Smith to Shamar Springer, Back of a length, around off. Shamar Springer stays back and dabs it toward backward point.
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31.1: Nathan Smith to Matthew Forde, OUT! SHARP CATCH! Nathan Smith gets his fourth! Slower ball on the fuller side, and around off. Matthew Forde clears the front leg and drills it uppishly and straight to Will Young at the extra cover region, who takes a brilliant catch to send Forde packing. West Indies are eight down.
33.3: Jayden Seales to Mitchell Santner, That's it, Mitchell Santner hits the winning runs and brings up an 11th straight bilateral ODI series win at home for the Kiwis. Full and outside off, Santner crunches the cover drive through the gap, but the ball holds up before reaching the ropes, and the batters have to get across for a single to seal the win. New Zealand win by 5 wickets, and Jayden Seales can be seen heartbroken.