136/9 (20.0)
CR : 6.80
149/9 (20.0)
CR : 7.45
West Indies won by 13 runs π
Player of the Match
S Rutherford
68(39)
Best bowling figures for West Indies in Menβs T20 World
Cups:
5/11 β Akeal Hosein vs Uganda in Guyana, 2024
4/15 β Samuel Badree vs Bangladesh in Mirpur, 2014
4/16 β Alzarri Joseph vs Zimbabwe in Hobart, 2022
4/19 β Lendl Simmons vs Sri Lanka in Nottingham, 2009
4/19 β Alzarri Joseph vs New Zealand in Tarouba, 2024 - TONIGHT
5/11 β Akeal Hosein vs Uganda in Guyana, 2024
4/15 β Samuel Badree vs Bangladesh in Mirpur, 2014
4/16 β Alzarri Joseph vs Zimbabwe in Hobart, 2022
4/19 β Lendl Simmons vs Sri Lanka in Nottingham, 2009
4/19 β Alzarri Joseph vs New Zealand in Tarouba, 2024 - TONIGHT
Highest scores for batters batting at number 6 or below in
T20 World Cups:
85* - Cameron White (Australia) vs Sri Lanka in Barbados, 2010
68* - Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies) vs New Zealand in Tarouba, 2024 - TONIGHT
66* - Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan) vs Australia in Johannesburg, 2007
60* - Michael Hussey (Australia) vs Pakistan in Gros Islet, 2010
59* - David Miller (South Africa) vs Netherlands in New York, 2024
85* - Cameron White (Australia) vs Sri Lanka in Barbados, 2010
68* - Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies) vs New Zealand in Tarouba, 2024 - TONIGHT
66* - Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan) vs Australia in Johannesburg, 2007
60* - Michael Hussey (Australia) vs Pakistan in Gros Islet, 2010
59* - David Miller (South Africa) vs Netherlands in New York, 2024
Highest team totals for full-member teams after losing 5
wickets for less than 30 in Menβs T20Is:
149/9 β West Indies vs New Zealand in Tarouba, 2024 - TONIGHT
146 β Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka in Sylhet, 2024
137 β Ireland vs Australia in Brisbane, 2022
149/9 β West Indies vs New Zealand in Tarouba, 2024 - TONIGHT
146 β Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka in Sylhet, 2024
137 β Ireland vs Australia in Brisbane, 2022
Sherfane Rutherford and Gudakesh Motie put 37* for the last wicket which is the highest for the 10th wicket in Men's T20 World Cups.
Kane Williamson (New Zealand Captain): "It was good. We had a good start but we knew it was going to be tricky on that surface. You have to find a way to go through. The quality of Sherfane's innings was way high and he took them to that total. It was frustrating for us.
We know their batting strength. We took the aggressive option to take that wicket. T20 is full of small margins and it didn't work out for us tonight.
Santner can bowl against the left-handed batters. We have full trust on him. There was a bare area and he got some purchase from it. But two and three balls here and there and you go on a journey.
The conditions are tricky here. We need to keep getting better. We have to keep finding ways to get better in this tournament.
We need to bounce back quickly. We will be off for a couple of days before we come back. The effort was there but the conditions are here as they are and we have to adapt to them quickly."
We know their batting strength. We took the aggressive option to take that wicket. T20 is full of small margins and it didn't work out for us tonight.
Santner can bowl against the left-handed batters. We have full trust on him. There was a bare area and he got some purchase from it. But two and three balls here and there and you go on a journey.
The conditions are tricky here. We need to keep getting better. We have to keep finding ways to get better in this tournament.
We need to bounce back quickly. We will be off for a couple of days before we come back. The effort was there but the conditions are here as they are and we have to adapt to them quickly."
Rovman Powell (West Indies Captain): "I am very happy. We found ourselves in some trouble but thank you to the crowd in Trinidad. We knew someone would have to play a blinder because we knew it wouldn't be an easy wicket because of the inclement weather that we've had.
We believe individual brilliance is needed in T20 cricket sometimes and it was a fantastic knock from Sherfane Rutherford. We watched what the New Zealand bowlers did well and tried to replicate that.
We knew the hard length was difficult. At the halfway mark we sat down as a group and talked about our pacers hitting a hard length and our spinners trying to turn the ball."
We believe individual brilliance is needed in T20 cricket sometimes and it was a fantastic knock from Sherfane Rutherford. We watched what the New Zealand bowlers did well and tried to replicate that.
We knew the hard length was difficult. At the halfway mark we sat down as a group and talked about our pacers hitting a hard length and our spinners trying to turn the ball."
This was New Zealand's 3rd successive defeat in T20 World Cups (including the loss in 2022 semi-final against Pakistan).
That's it from our coverage of the Group C encounter between West Indies and New Zealand. Ninaad Dixit here signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Akshay Bhide and scorer/analyst Bishal Mandal. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world.