New Zealand vs. West Indies, 4th ODI: Scorecard and Report from Nelson

New Zealand cruised to victory over West Indies in a rain-affected ODI in Nelson.

The win sees New Zealand take a 2-1 lead in the series with one game remaining, at Hamilton on January 8.

West Indies came into the game without a number of key players, and it showed as their bowlers were put to the sword by the Black Caps.

Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Guptill	c Bravo b Holder	81	119	2	2
Ryder	c †Ramdin b Bravo	47	49	7	0
Williamson	c †Ramdin b Best	47	55	3	0
Taylor	Run Out	49	44	5	0
B McCullum	c Bravo b Narine	14	9	1	1
Anderson	Not Out	17	13	1	1
Ronchi	b Bravo	9	8	1	0
N McCullum	Not Out	9	4	0	1
Extras	12
Total	285 for 6	50 Overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Holder	10	2	58	1
Best	9	0	70	1
Bravo	7	0	35	2
Miller	10	0	47	0
Narine	10	0	47	1
Deonarine	4	0	23	0

Jesse Ryder (47), Kane Williamson (47) and Ross Taylor (49) scored on or around a run a ball.

The trio provided able support to Martin Guptill who crafted a composed 81 to propel the home side to what looked a hugely competitive 285 for 6 from their 50 overs.

Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Walton	Run Out	0	4	0	0
Charles	c Southee b McClenaghan	0	14	0	0
Edwards	Run Out	24	40	2	0
Simmonds	c Guptill b Williamson	43	48	6	0
Bravo	Not Out	43	55	3	0
Deonarine	c Mills b N McCullum	3	13	0	0
Ramdin	Not Out	17	28	0	0
Extras	4
Total	134 for 5	33.4 Overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Southee	5	1	21	0
McClenaghan	6.4	1	30	1
Mills	2	0	10	0
Anderson	2	0	10	0
N McCullum	10	0	30	1
Williamson	8	0	30	1

Chadwick Walton and Johnson Charles were charged with leading West Indies’ chase. They made a truly shocking start.

Walton is a little-known player, and he did little to increase his profile after being run out for a duck in he first over. Walton was followed back in the shed shortly afterwards by Charles, also without scoring, as West Indies were left reeling.

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Kirk Edwards and Lendl Simmons attempted to rebuild and put on 60 for the third wicket, before the former became the second player to be run out in the innings.

Dwayne Bravo came in and played with authority, but they were well behind the rate when a steady drizzle turned decidedly heavy and brought a premature end to the game.

The match was comfortably in New Zealand’s grasp, and they claimed a 58-run win on the Duckworth Lewis method to take a 2-1 lead with one match remaining.

New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum was always confident of victory, once they had posted their score of 285.

Per a report from TV NZ, McCullum said:

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I think, today, the wicket was a bit two-paced and it was probably a 250 wicket.

I thought the way we played through Martin's innings and the way guys batted around him allowed us to get 30 runs over par, which we were very confident with.

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