- WI vs NZ T20 World Cup 2024: West Indies defeated New Zealand and qualified for Super-8. In the 26th match of T20 World Cup 2024, West Indies defeated New Zealand by 13 runs.
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WI vs NZ T20 World Cup 2024 Match Highlights:
West Indies have qualified for the Super-8 by defeating New Zealand in match number 26 of T20 World Cup 2024. This was West Indies’ third consecutive win, where they defeated New Zealand by 13 runs. Sherfane Rutherford and Alzarri Joseph played an important role in giving West Indies victory. Batting first, Rutherford scored 68* runs in 39 balls with the help of 2 fours and 6 sixes and Alzarri took the maximum 4 wickets.
In the match played at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl, which did not prove right for them at all. West Indies batted first and scored 149 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. However, the Kiwi bowlers initially tightened the screws on West Indies and took 5 wickets for a score of 30 runs. But from here Sherfane Rutherford played a brilliant innings and took West Indies to a good score, which proved to be a winning total for them. Then while chasing the target, New Zealand could only reach a score of 136/9 in 20 overs.
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This is how New Zealand’s innings went
Chasing a target of 150 runs, New Zealand did not get a great start. Devon Conway and Finn Allen shared a 20-run partnership for the first wicket, which ended with Conway’s wicket on the last ball of the third over. Conway scored just 05 runs in 8 balls. After this, the team suffered another blow in the form of Finn Allen on the fourth ball of the sixth over. Allen scored 26 runs in 23 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six.
After this, the third wicket of the Kiwi team fell in the form of captain Kane Williamson on the fourth ball of the 7th over, who was sent to the pavilion by Gudkesh Moti. Williamson could score only 01 run. Then Rachin Ravindra was out on the fifth ball of the 9th over, which led to the fall of New Zealand’s fourth wicket. Rachin scored only 10 runs in 13 balls. After this, the team got the fifth blow in the form of Daryl Mitchell, who returned to the pavilion on the last ball of the 11th over. Mitchell scored 12 runs in 13 balls with the help of 1 four.
After this, the team’s sixth wicket fell in the form of James Neesham, who fell prey to Alzari Joseph on the first ball of the 16th over. Neesham scored 10 runs in 11 balls with the help of 1 six. Moving forward, the Kiwi team got the 7th blow in the form of Glenn Phillips on the fourth ball of the 18th over, who was probably the last hope for victory.
Phillips played an innings of 40 runs in 33 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Then on the next ball, Tim Southee returned to the pavilion on a golden duck and on the last ball of the 19th over, Trent Boult was out after scoring 07 (04 balls) runs with the help of 1 six.
In the end, Mitchell Santner remained unbeaten by scoring 21* in 12 balls with the help of 3 sixes but could not get the team across the winning line.
West Indies bowlers did wonders
There was excellent bowling from the West Indies side. Alzari Joseph took the maximum of 4 wickets for the team. During this, he spent only 19 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, spinner Gudkesh Moti took 3 wickets. The remaining 1-1 successes were taken by Akil Hussain and Andre Russell.