Captain Mitchell Santner delivered late fireworks with the bat as New Zealand beat the West Indies by five wickets in the second one-day international on Wednesday to win the series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Santner smashed 34 not out off 15 balls to carry the hosts home at 248-5 with three deliveries to spare after the tourists posted 247-9.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
FULL SCORECARD<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n The match at Napier's McLean Park was reduced by rain to 34 overs each after a three-hour wait to start.<\/p>\r\n\r\n West Indies captain Shai Hope unfurled a brilliant 109 off 69 balls to give them a chance of squaring the three-match series after the hosts won the opener by seven runs in Christchurch on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n But some wayward late bowling opened the door for New Zealand, who have now won 11 successive ODI bilateral series at home dating back to 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n The result was hanging in the balance with three overs remaining, when the home side still required 40 runs to win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Santner then struck the otherwise impressive seamer Matthew Forde for two fours and a six in successive balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n He swatted a six and four from the following over bowled by Shamar Springer to swing the advantage firmly to New Zealand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Seasoned all-rounder Santner sealed victory with a cover drive off Jayden Seales and said he always felt the target could be hauled in.<\/p>\r\n\r\n "I thought 247 was a good score. They batted really well but it's one of those grounds where, if you get a good start, you can cash in at the back end," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n "Obviously thrilled with the win."<\/p>\r\n\r\n Tom Latham was left not out on 39 while the chase was set up nicely by half-centuries to Devon Conway (90) and Rachin Ravindra (56) before New Zealand lost momentum through the middle stages.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Earlier, Hope produced his 19th ton in the format, finishing with 13 fours and four sixes as he became the seventh West Indies player to go past 6,000 ODI runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n He is the second fastest to reach the milestone -- in 147 matches -- behind Viv Richards.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Hope felt bittersweet about his innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n "It's always good to try to give the team the best chance of winning the game," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n "But I always look at it from within, and there's more I could have done.<\/p>\r\n\r\n "I honestly thought 247 was enough, but clearly it wasn't."<\/p>\r\n\r\n The tourists pummelled 111 off the last nine overs, with lower-order batsmen Justin Greaves, Romario Shepherd and Forde all passing 20 to provide support for Hope.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Nathan Smith bagged late wickets for New Zealand to record career-best figures of 4-42 while fellow seamer Kyle Jamieson took 3-44.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Game three is in Hamilton on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n",
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