New Zealand beat West Indies 3-1 in a five-match T20I sequence after their eight-wicket win within the fifth match in Dunedin on Thursday.

New Zealand accomplished a cushty 3-1 T20I sequence win over West Indies within the fifth and closing match in Dunedin on Thursday. Mitchell Santner’s Black Caps hammered the Windies by eight wickets and received the sport with greater than 4 overs to spare.

The star of the win was pacer Jacob Duffy, who scalped 4/35 in his 4 overs, to limit Shai Hope’s West Indies facet to only 140 within the first innings. Duffy rocked the Windies early, claiming 3 wickets in his third over because the guests skipped to 21 for 4.

The New Zealand received the ‘Participant of the Match’ in addition to the ‘Participant of the Collection’ awards for claiming 10 wickets at an economy-rate of 6.25. When Duffy dismissed Hope for 11, it was additionally his fiftieth T20I wicket in simply 36 innings.

He equalled the file of Trent Boult – the joint quickest for the New Zealand workforce on this format. Boult was purchased for Rs 12.25 crore by Nita Ambani’s Mumbai Indians within the IPL 2025 mega public sale final 12 months and was their main wicket-taker with 22 wickets.

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Duffy’s early wickets meant that Windies all-rounder Romario Shepherd’s 36 off 22 balls couldn’t do a lot to revive the guests. “We simply needed to be scientific. Final trip in NZ earlier than we head out as a T20I squad. We’re right here to do a job, need to win video games for our nation and that’s what we give attention to,” Duffy stated after the match.

“That (West Indies) is a scary line-up, they go all the way in which. Some superior video games of cricket (this sequence), tight video games, hopefully the crowds loved that,” he added.

New Zealand overhauled the small goal with ease, chasing down the entire inside 16 overs with the lack of simply 2 wickets. Opener Tim Robinson arrange the chase with a superb 45 off 24 balls whereas Devon Conway remained unbeaten on 47 off 42 balls with 4 fours and a six. Robinson, then again, hammered three sixes and 5 fours in his knock.

The West Indies had received the primary match by seven runs, New Zealand received the second by three runs and the third on Sunday by 9 runs. All three matches had been determined within the closing over. The fourth match on Monday was deserted on account of rain.

“I assume in Twenty20 an enormous asset of mine is that swing up prime and taking wickets within the energy play is at all times fairly essential. Possibly much less so in opposition to the West Indies, such is the size of their batting lineup,” Duffy stated.