Test Cricket's heavyweight bout...

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The most interest in this series could have hoped for

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New Zealand defeated the West Indies by 36 runs in the second 20/20 today

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New Zealand vs West Indies
2nd T20I

NEW ZEALAND WON BY 36 RUNS

NEW ZEALAND 9/191
JD Ryder 62 (41)
BB McCullum 59 (34)
Extras 21 (12 Byes , 4 LB, 5 W)
CH Gayle 2/27 (4)

WEST INDIES 7/155
RR Sarwann 55 (36)
KA Pollard 38 (24)
DL Vettori 2/19 (4)

Man of the Match - Jessie Ryder

1st wicket partnership (130 Ryder & McCullum) 4th highest of all time

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New Zealand vs West Indies
2nd T20I

NEW ZEALAND WON BY 36 RUNS

NEW ZEALAND 9/191
JD Ryder 62 (41)
BB McCullum 59 (34)
Extras 21 (12 Byes , 4 LB, 5 W)
CH Gayle 2/27 (4)

WEST INDIES 7/155
RR Sarwann 55 (36)
KA Pollard 38 (24)
DL Vettori 2/19 (4)

Man of the Match - Jessie Ryder

1st wicket partnership (130 Ryder & McCullum) 4th highest of all time

So they lost 9/61
Sound familiar!?

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New Zealand vs West Indies
2nd T20I

NEW ZEALAND WON BY 36 RUNS

NEW ZEALAND 9/191
JD Ryder 62 (41)
BB McCullum 59 (34)
Extras 21 (12 Byes , 4 LB, 5 W)
CH Gayle 2/27 (4)

WEST INDIES 7/155
RR Sarwann 55 (36)
KA Pollard 38 (24)
DL Vettori 2/19 (4)

Man of the Match - Jessie Ryder

1st wicket partnership (130 Ryder & McCullum) 4th highest of all time

So they lost 9/61
Sound familiar!?

Yeah..extras third highest score

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The Kiwis have named their ODI squad, with Styris out for the next six weeks with a broken thumb

New Zealand ODI squad: Daniel Vettori (capt), Neil Broom, Grant Elliott, Daniel Flynn, Mark Gillespie, Jamie How, Brendon McCullum (wk), Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor

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The puns will be flying around like dust being swept up, now that Neil Broom is in!

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The puns will be flying around like dust being swept up, now that Neil Broom is in!

Didnt even get into the 12

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New Zealand vs West Indies
1st ODI
Queenstown

NO RESULT

WEST INDIES 5/129 (35.4 overs)
RR Sarwan 38 (57)
TG Southee 2/33 (7.4)

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New Zealand vs West Indies
2nd ODI
Christchurch

WI won the toss and bowled

NZ 1/13 (3.2 overs)

Ryder 9* (15)
How 3* (3)
McCullum 1 (2)

Edwards 1/7 (2)

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NZ 1/26 (6.5 overs)

and now HAIL

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New Zealand vs West Indies
2nd ODI
Christchurch

NOW 28 OVERS/SIDE

NEW ZEALAND 8/152
JD Ryder 32 (43)
GD Elliott 30* (27)
JDP Oram 25 (23)
FH Edwards 3/26 (6)
JE Taylor 2/26 (6)
NO Miller 2/26 (6)

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WI 4/110 (22 overs)
50 off 36 required
Sarwan 46*

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WI 5/118 (24 overs)

40 off 24 required
Sarwan 51*

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WI 5/130 (25.1 overs)

28 required off 17 balls

Sarwan 59*

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WI 5/140 (26 overs)

18 off 12

Sarwan 63*

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WI 5/153 (26.5 overs)

Need 5 off 7 balls

Sarwan/Ramdin (43* off 24 balls)

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New Zealand vs West Indies
2nd ODI
Christchurch

WEST INDIES WIN BY 5 WICKETS (D/L) (with 1 ball remaning)

NEW ZEALAND 8/152 (28 overs)
JD Ryder 32 (43)
GD Elliott 30* (27)
FH Edwards 3/26 (6)

WEST INDIES 5/158 (27.5 overs)
RR Sarwan 67* (65)
CH Gayle 36 931)
D Ramin 28* (18)

WEST INDIES LEAD 5 GAME SERIES 1-0

Player of the Match - RR Sarwan

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The 4th one day currently has West Indies 0/11 after 3.1 overs. Cautious start to chase 276 to win, but Gayle is looking good.

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In NZ innings of 4/275, Martin Guptill scored 122* at no.2, becoming only the 5th ODI player to score a century on debut, and the 2nd highest overall. According to his bio on Cricinfo, he only has two toes on one foot due to a forklift accident a few years ago.