New Zealand beat West Indies by 8 wickets in 5th-T20I:Bag series 3-1; Jacob Duffy named Player of the Series

New Zealand defeated West Indies by 8 wickets in the fifth and final T20 match played in Dunedin on Thursday. With this, the Kiwi team won the series 3-1. Batting first, the West Indies team was all out for 140 runs in 18.4 overs. In response, New Zealand registered an easy win by scoring 141 runs for two wickets in 15.4 overs. New Zealand’s Jacob Duffy took four wickets for 35 runs. He was chosen both Player of the Match and Player of the Series. Duffy took 4, Neesham took 2 wickets Batting first, West Indies had a weak start. In the second over, Kyle Jamieson gave West Indies their first blow by dismissing Alick Athanaze. In the third over, Jacob Duffy dismissed three West Indies batters. Along with Shai Hope, Akeem Auguste and Sherfane Rutherford were also dismissed in this over. West Indies lost 4 wickets for 21 runs. After this, Roston Chase stabilized the innings by scoring 38 runs, but wickets kept falling from the other end. Romario Shepherd, who came in the 8th over, hit 3 fours and 3 sixes off 22 balls. Because of this, the team managed to reach 140 runs. The West Indies team was all out in the 19th over. Duffy took 4 wickets while Jimmy Neesham took 2 wickets. Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell, and Ish Sodhi got 1 wicket each. Conway scored an unbeaten 47 runs New Zealand opener Devon Conway scored an unbeaten 47 runs. He shared a 69-run partnership for the first wicket with Tim Robinson. Robinson scored 45 runs off 24 balls. Conway then made two partnerships of 37 runs with Rachin Ravindra (21) and 35 runs with Mark Chapman (unbeaten 21) to give the team an easy victory.