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NZ 145/7 - Phillips 41; Smith 3/29
WI 150/2 - Brooks 56* King 53; Sodhi 1/36
West Indies win by eight wickets
9:37am
A great win for the hosts, avoiding a series whitewash and ending the Blackcaps' white ball winning run in 2022.
These two sides will be back in action soon though, with a three match ODI series beginning on Thursday morning (NZ time).
That's all from us - thank you for tuning in and we'll see you again soon!
9:35am - WEST INDIES WIN BY EIGHT WICKETS
Neesham comes into the attack for the first time this series. Brooks on strike.
Short to start, and Brooks backfoot punches to the cover boundary for two runs. Brooks drives out to cover for another single.
Four to win. Powell on strike. He plays late and beats point for two more.
Two to win, two balls left in the over. Short ball, and Powell swings and misses.
One left in the over.
SIX! And Powell finishes by pulling the ball into the stands for six!
WI 150/2
9:30am - 18 overs
Three overs left, 16 needed. The West Indies should walk this. Southee to bowl his last, Brooks on strike.
Brooks plays out two dots, and then drives for a single to mid-off - 15 needed from 15.
SIX! Powell faces, and he stands tall to whip Southee for six over midwicket! Shot.
Powell gets off strike next ball with a tuck into the leg side. Brooks faces, eight needed.
Short ball, and Brooks pulls out to square leg for one to end the over.
WI 139/2
9:26am - 17 overs
The West Indies need a run a ball from here. Sodhi to bowl out.
Short to start, and Powell pulls it down the ground for a single. Brooks takes strike, on 49.
Short and wide, so Brooks cuts to point for a single that gives him his first T20 fifty, albeit from 52 balls.
Powell on strike, and he smashes Sodhi over cover for four, before swinging out for a single to Phillips on the midwicket boundary.
Brooks gets a single down the ground to end the over.
WI 130/2
9:23am - 16 overs
Ferguson's back. Brooks on strike.
Straight and fast to start, and Brooks gets off strike with a leg bye.
Powell takes guard. Full from Ferguson, and Powell gets underway with a perfect cover drive for four!
Powell gets off strike with one to third man, as Brooks faces, on 48. Brooks drives out to cover off the back foot for a single to move to 49.
Powell faces again. He guides another single down to third man to end the over.
WI 122/2
9:19am - 15 overs
Sodhi replaces Santner. Thomas faces.
Short to start, so Thomas hangs back and pulls it for four over midwicket.
WICKET! Another short ball, and Thomas plays across the line, getting a top edge that goes miles up. Phillips settles under it, and takes the catch. Thomas goes for five. Rovman Powell comes in at No.4.
Brooks on strike, and pulls a single to deep square leg. Powell faces up, and he's beaten first ball by a leg break - where has that been all innings?
Powell plays out the over.
WI 114/2
9:14am - 14 overs
Southee comes back. King faces.
WICKET! Finally the breakthrough! Short from Southee, and King pulls but doesn't get anywhere near enough of it. Guptill runs in from deep square leg, and takes the catch to send King back for 53. Devon Thomas comes in at No.3.
Brooks faces after the wicket. Short again from Southee, and Brooks pulls past fine leg for four.
Brooks backs away, so Southee follows him but is wided as the ball goes down leg. Brooks gets a single into the leg side, bringing Thomas to face for the first time.
Thomas pushes the last ball to cover to end the over.
WI 109/1
9:08am - 13 overs
Santner's back for his last over, Brooks on strike.
He goes short second ball, and Brooks pulls it for a single down to fine leg. King back on strike, and tucks one off his pads for a single to square leg.
Brooks gets a short ball, and cuts it over a diving Guptill, as Mitchell keeps them to three runs - but that raises the 100-run stand.
King faces again, and gets a single to square leg.
WI 102/0
9:05am - 12 overs
Ferguson stays on, King on 49.
Straight first ball, so King drives down the ground for one to bring up his 50 in just 30 balls!
Brooks drives out to cover and gets one more. Ferguson goes short, and King pulls it down to long-on for one more.
Brooks pulls for a single to end the over.
WI 96/0
9:01am - 11 overs
We're back, and so is Bracewell. The West Indies need 61 off 60 balls.
King works the first of the over off his pads for one. Brooks takes guard, and belts a single down to long-on.
King faces again, and gets a single - that's all they need from here. Brooks faces, and reverse sweeps to beat Conway and get two to third man.
Brooks gets a single next ball, as King finishes the over with a drive out to cover.
WI 92/0
8:56am - 10 overs
The West Indies now need less than a run a ball to win. The Blackcaps need wickets. Williamson goes back to Ferguson.
Brooks drives behind point for a single first ball of the over.
King faces, and plays late to run a single down to third man. Brooks again.
Short, and Brooks clips it off his hip for two more.
Ferguson sends down a bouncer at 142km/h that Brooks ducks under, and then a slower yorker that beats the bat.
WI 85/0
8:51am - 9 overs
Sodhi continues - the first bowler today to bowl more than one over in a row.
SIX! He drops it in short, and Brooks hangs back to send it over fine leg for six.
SIX! And again! Sodhi tosses one up, so Brooks clears the front leg to launch the ball over long-on for six more!
Short again, as Brooks pulls another single out to deep midwicket. King takes guard.
SIX! Last ball of the over, and King sends this one over long-on for the biggest of the over!
WI 81/0
8:47am - 8 overs
Bowling change. Santner replaces Southee.
SIX! Short, and King pulls it for six over square leg.
Santner goes wide, so King dabs it late for a single to third man as Bracewell races back to save four.
Brooks faces. Short, and he cuts it out to deep point for one more. King again, and he mistimes his drive to get a single to midwicket.
Brooks again, and he gets an outside edge that falls short of Bracewell at short third man. Brooks gets a single down the ground to end the over.
WI 62/0
8:44am - 7 overs
That's the powerplay done. The West Indies are in control. Williamson turns to Sodhi in the hope of a breakthrough. Brooks faces.
Short second ball, and Brooks works it out to cover for a single. King faces.
Short again, and King pulls it to midwicket for one, and that's the 50-run stand for the West Indies' openers.
Brooks faces, and gets a short ball that he pulls down to long-on for one more.
Short, and King pulls it for a single out to midwicket where Phillips saves the boundary.
Sodhi finishes with a dot, as Brooks drives back to the bowler.
WI 52/0
8:41am - 6 overs
Last over of the powerplay. Southee replaces Ferguson.
SIX! Slower ball to start, and King smashes six over cow corner! First six of the innings!
Slower ball again, so King swings again as Guptill dives in vain to save the boundary. Four more.
Four more! Southee goes wide, so King late cuts him for four past backward point.
Southee comes back well, as King plays and misses. Southee goes straight, so King works it to square leg for a single.
Brooks faces the last ball of the over, and clips it for one to midwicket.
WI 48/0
8:37am - 5 overs
Looks like the Blackcaps will use one over spells as well. Santner replaces Southee.
King faces, and gets a short, wide ball first up, that he cuts for four. King then runs down the wicket, and smacks it back past the bowler for four more.
Santner goes for the pads, so King works the ball to midwicket for one. Brooks faces.
Huge appeal for lbw as Brooks plays back, but the umpire says no. This looks close. Williamson reviews, height is the question. The ball's bouncing over the top of the stumps, so the Blackcaps lose a review.
Brooks drives and gets a single to cover as Neesham misfields.
King to face the last, and tucks it to square leg for one, 11 from the over.
WI 32/0
8:32am - 4 overs
Another bowling change, Lockie Ferguson comes into the attack.
King drives and gets a single to cover second ball, bringing Brooks on to face.
Appeal for lbw from Ferguson, but looked high at first glance.
Just a single from the over - great start for Ferguson.
WI 21/0
8:28am - 3 overs
Bowling change, Southee replaces Bracewell, Brooks on strike.
Brooks late cuts, and beats short third man for a boundary. Southee goes straight, and Brooks manages to get a pad on it, which beats Conway for four leg byes. Slight appeal from Southee, but not out.
Brooks gets a single to short fine leg next ball, bringing King to face. King drives out towards deep point for one.
WI 20/0
8:24am - 2 overs
Spin from both ends to start. Santner takes the new ball. King on strike.
Short to start, and King works the ball to cover for one, Brooks faces.
Santner bowls a wide down leg, where Conway fumbles to let them through for one more, so two to the total.
Santner keeps it tight to finish the over.
WI 10/0
8:20am - 1 over
We're back for the second innings. Michael Bracewell will open the bowling, Brandon King takes strike.
Length to start, and King works off his hip to get underway. Shamarh Brooks faces.
Brooks gets off the mark second ball, pulling four past short fine leg for a boundary.
Brooks clips off his pads to end the over, where Sodhi misfields to let them back for two.
WI 7/0
8:10am
All up, you'd have to say the West Indies are better placed right now. They've kept the Blackcaps to under 150, and will need to chase 146 to avoid a series whitewash.
On a used wicket though, Santner, Sodhi and Bracewell will have a huge say in what happens from here.
Don't go anywhere though, we'll be right back for the second innings shortly!
8:08am - 20 overs
Last over, Smith will bowl it. Neesham on strike. How many can the Blackcaps get?
WICKET! Wide first ball - or is it? Neesham swings, and there's a noise, but the umpire signals wide. The West Indies review it, and it looks like Neesham has got the toe of the bat on it, this'll be out. Michael Bracewell comes in at No.8.
Smith is actually on a hat-trick after getting Phillips at the end of his last over. He bowls across Bracewell, who plays and misses.
Bracewell walks across his stumps next ball, and gets off the mark with three as he flicks down to fine leg.
Mitchell faces, three balls left in the over.
WICKET! Mitchell looks to clear mid-off, but hits it straight to Drakes. Mitchell goes for 14, Ish Sodhi walks in.
Sodhi backs away, and whacks his first ball over mid-off for four! One ball to come, and Sodhi swings across the line and gets two to mid on.
That's the innings done.
NZ 145/7
8:01am - 19 overs
Drakes to bowl his last. Mitchell on strike.
Low full toss first ball, and Mitchell drives down to long-off, and a misfield lets them back for two.
Yorker next up, and Mitchell digs it out for a single to mid-off. Neesham faces.
Short ball, and Neesham pulls a single to deep square leg. Mitchell again.
Yorker, and Mitchell digs it out for one more down the ground. Neesham faces, but Drakes bowls a wide with a bouncer over Neesham.
Neesham swings and gets two out to wide long-on. Another wide next up, before Neesham pulls to deep backward square to finish the over.
NZ 136/5
7:56am - 18 overs
Joseph will bowl his last. Mitchell to face.
Short to start, and Mitchell works it off his hip for one. Neehsam takes guard.
Neesham defends and steals a single to point. Mitchell faces, and gets one to deep midwicket.
Neesham defends late and gets a single down to third man. Mitchell to face the last ball, and gets an inside edge to short fine leg for one.
NZ 126/5
7:51am - 17 overs
Smith is back now, bowling to Mitchell.
Full first up, and Mitchell smashes it to deep cover, as they run back for two on a misfield.
Full again, and Mitchell swings for a single down to long-on.
Phillips gets a single to cover, before Mitchell gets one out to deep point.
WICKET! Phillips goes! He looks for the scoop again, but only chips it straight to the fielder at short third man! Phillips goes for 41. Jimmy Neesham is next.
NZ 121/5
7:46am - 16 overs
Hosein to bowl his last over, replacing Joseph. Phillips on strike.
At the pads to start, and Phillips works a single to backward square leg.
Mitchell faces up, and turns a single to midwicket. Phillips again.
SIX! Hosein drops one in short, and Phillips swings it over fine leg for six more! They've lost the ball as well.
We're good to go again though, and Phillips gets a single to leg.
Mitchell uses his feet, and gets a single with a push to mid-on last ball.
NZ 116/4
7:41am - 15 overs
Drakes comes back. Williamson faces.
Slower ball to start, and Williamson misses.
WICKET! Williamson uses his feet and looks to clear cover, but doesn't get the elevation! He only chips it straight to Hosein, who takes the catch. Williamson goes for 24. Daryl Mitchell is next in.
Mitchell faces, and gets off the mark with a single to square leg.
Phillips gets a single from the last ball, just two runs from the over.
NZ 106/4
7:35am - 14 overs
One over spells for the bowlers, it seems. Joseph returns, Phillips on strike. This is now the highest partnership of the innings.
Length, so Phillips works it to point for a single. Williamson faces.
Dropped! Short ball, and Williamson pulls but gets a top edge! Hosein runs in off the fine leg rope, but can't hang on. Another chance goes begging.
Phillips rubs salt in the wound next ball, and pulls a short ball for four through square leg.
SIX! That's even better! Phillips gets down, and ramps Joseph over third man for six! That's the 100 up as well.
Phillips gets off strike next ball with a single to point. Williamson faces, and pulls to midwicket for a single.
NZ 104/3
7:30am - 13 overs
Another bowling change, Hosein returns. Phillips faces.
Length, and Phillips clips it to midwicket. Williamson defends to cover and gets a single next. Full and on Phillips' pads, so he works it to midwicket for one.
Williamson advances, and pushes to point for one more. Phillips looks to clear the ropes, but mis-hits it, as the ball falls safely for one more.
Flat to finish the over, and Williamson can't beat point.
NZ 90/3
7:26am - 12 overs
ANOTHER bowling change! Smith replaces Shepherd, Williamson faces.
Full to start, and Williamson works off his pads for a single wide of mid-on.
Phillips faces, and gets a short and wide ball that he cuts, as a top edge brings him four. Another single, as Phillips works the ball out to cover.
Williamson faces, and he gets a single to mid-on. Phillips defends to point for a single to finish the over.
NZ 85/3
7:22am - 11 overs
That's the halfway stage, the West Indies would be the happier of the two sides, but still 10 overs to bat. We've just had a drinks break, but Walsh will continue after.
Full to start, and Williamson belts it through cover for four. Williamson uses his feet to work the ball through midwicket and get another single.
Walsh goes short, and Phillips cuts for another boundary in the over. Short again to follow, and Phillips cuts in front of square for one more.
Williamson faces the last ball, and cuts it for two out to the boundary, where a misfield lets them come back for three.
NZ 77/3
7:15am - 10 overs
Shepherd comes back for another over.
Williamson tucks a single off his pads to midwicket to bring Phillips on to face.
Phillips edges the last ball of the over for four, but a quiet one for the Blackcaps.
NZ 64/3
7:11am - 9 overs
Hayden Walsh Jr comes into the attack - he's not had a good series so far. Williamson on strike.
Williamson clips a single in front of square to midwicket. Conway faces, with the ball turning into his hitting arc...
WICKET! Wide down leg, and Conway looks to sweep it. Thomas goes up for caught behind, but it's given not out. Powell reviews it. Was there glove on it? Yes there was! Great review from the West Indies. Conway goes for 21. Phillips comes in next.
Phillips takes guard, and gets a single first ball with a push out to point.
Williamson faces again, and cuts a short ball out to point for one more.
NZ 59/3
7:05am - 8 overs
Another bowling change, Odean Smith comes into the attack. Williamson faces.
Smith goes short and wide, so Williamson cuts it for four past a diving backward point. Class shot from the skipper. That's the 50 up as well.
Williamson steals a single next ball with a push to point. Conway faces, and he gets a single to midwicket.
Williamson faces again, and turns a ball to square leg for one more.
NZ 56/2
7:01am - 7 overs
That's the end of the powerplay, so Hosein comes back for a second voer.
Short ball, and Conway pulls for a single to start the over. Will Santner attack the spinner?
WICKET! He does - but he doesn't get it! Length ball, and Santner swings, but doesn't time it to give long-on a catch. Santner goes for 13, Williamson comes in at No.4.
Williamson plays three dots, and finishes the over with a single to midwicket.
NZ 49/2
6:55am - 6 overs
Bowling change to end the powerplay, Shepherd comes into the attack for Drakes.
SIX! What a start! Length from Shepherd, and Conway just flicks it over fine leg for his first six!
Shepherd goes too full, so Conway drives square and gets four more, and then pinches a single.
Santner faces, and gets a single with an inside edge down to fine leg.
Conway faces the last, and gets another single to third man.
NZ 47/1
6:52am - 5 overs
Change of ends for Joseph now, Santner on strike.
Length, and Santner stands tall to loft it over mid-on for four! Joseph goes short next, and Santner pulls, but it lands safely between midwicket and mid-on for a single.
Conway late cuts and gets a single as Santner sprints through.
Santner faces, and gets another single out to square leg. Conway drives to cover for one more.
Dropped! Last ball of the over, and Santner skies another pull shot! Smith settles under it - but it falls right through his hands! Shocking fielding.
NZ 34/1
6:47am - 4 overs
Change of ends for Drakes, who replaces Joseph.
Short to start, and Conway cuts it to deep point for one. Santner gets a single with a clip to midwicket.
Conway faces again, and gets another short ball that he cuts to deep point again.
Short to finish, and Santner pulls in front of square for a single to end the over.
NZ 26/1
6:43am - 3 overs
Bowling change. Akeal Hosein comes in for the first spin of the day.
Short to start, and Conway pulls a single to deep backward square.
SIX! Guptill faces, and uses his feet third ball to clear the ropes at long-off!
WICKET! Six and out! Guptill has an ugly swipe across the line after hitting that six, and misses as Hosein hits the stumps. Guptill goes for 15, Mitchell Santner is promoted to No.3!
Short to start, and Santner clips it four four off his hip to end the over.
NZ 22/1
6:38am - 2 overs
Alzarri Joseph takes the ball from the other end. Guptill faces.
Straight to start, and Guptill tucks another off his hip for a single to square leg. Conway faces, and gets one with a push to cover.
Guptill slices one over backward point and gets four - and also becomes the leading run scorer in T20 Internationals (again), going past India's Rohit Sharma.
Guptill looks to go over long-on, but doesn't get all of it, so settles for two.
NZ 11/0
6:34am - 1 over
Guptill takes guard, Dominic Drakes takes the new ball - left-arm over the wicket. Both sets of players take the knee for Black Lives Matter first, and we're ready to go!
Outside off to start, and Guptill defends to cover. Back of a length next up, Guptill plays late and gets a single to short third man.
Conway takes strike - and he's beaten outside off first ball! Great ball from Drakes! Conway gets off the mark with a dab to backward point. Guptill makes his ground, but he was out if the throw hit.
Guptill tucks one off his hip to square leg to finish the over.
NZ 3/0
6:28am
Both sides make their way out to the middle. Guptill will take the first ball, but who'll open up for the West Indies?
This is the same pitch that's been used for the first two matches, so don't expect another 200 plus score...
6:20am
The Blackcaps have made one change to the side from Saturday's series-sealing victory - as Lockie Ferguson replaces Trent Boult:
NZ: 1-Martin Guptill, 2-Devon Conway (wk), 3-Kane Williamson (c), 4-Glenn Phillips, 5-Daryl Mitchell, 6-Jimmy Neesham, 7-Michael Bracewell, 8-Mitchell Santner, 9-Tim Southee, 10-Ish Sodhi, 11-Lockie Ferguson
The West Indies meanwhile have made four changes. Captain Nicholas Pooran is out, and replaced by Rovman Powell, while Brandon King, Dominic Drakes, Alzarri Joseph and Akeal Hosein come into the side.
West Indies: 1-Brandon King, 2-Shamarh Brooks, 3-Devon Thomas (wk), 4-Rovman Powell (c), 5-Shimron Hetmyer, 6-Odean Smith, 7-Romario Shepherd, 8-Akeal Hosein, 9-Hayden Walsh Jr, 10-Alzarri Joseph, 11-Dominic Drakes.
6:15am
Good morning! The early news from the middle is that Kane Williamson has won the toss, and New Zealand will bat first for the third game in a row!
We'll have the team news for you shortly.
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Kia ora, good morning and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the third T20 match between the Blackcaps and West Indies at Kingston's Sabina Park.
New Zealand have dominated the first two encounters and secured a series win with their 90-run victory two days ago. This fixture is all about the sweep or Windies salvaging some pride from a series where they've been totally outplayed.
On both previous occasions, the Blackcaps have batted first and set daunting targets - their most recent score of 215/5 represented the biggest score by a visiting team at the venue.
The home side was never in the hunt, after falling to 28/5 and losing wickets at regular intervals, but if their top order can establish a foundation, their tailenders have certainly shown an ability to throw the bat around.
The NZ spinners took seven of the nine wickets in that match, with Mitch Santner and Michael Bracewell grabbing three each.
They will want to finish off their rivals, with an eye towards the T20 World Cup later this year.
Join us at 6:30am for the first ball...
TAB Odds: NZ $1.40, West Indies $2.75
West Indies squad: Nicholas Pooran (c), Rovman Powell (vc), Shamarh Brooks, Dominic Drakes, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Obed McCoy, Keemo Paul, Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith, Devon Thomas, Hayden Walsh
New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (c), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee
