New Zealand [249/5] defeat West Indies [248/9] by 5 wickets in the first ODI to take 1-0 series lead

[Abdullah719]

Teams:

New Zealand (From): George Worker, Colin Munro, Tom Latham (w), Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Trent Boult, Todd Astle, Doug Bracewell

Windies (From): Chris Gayle, Kyle Hope, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (w), Jason Mohammed, Rovman Powell, Ronsford Beaton, Jason Holder (c), Shannon Gabriel, Nikita Miller, Ashley Nurse, Chadwick Walton, Kesrick Williams, Shimron Hetmyer, Sheldon Cottrell

 

[Abdullah719]

New Zealand win the toss and will bowl first.

 

[babajee]

Hope our players are watching this match. Ideal preparation for the ODI series

 

[Abdullah719]

Hope our players are watching this match. Ideal preparation for the ODI series

That's true, but one would hope that they are fast asleep at this time of the night.

 

[babajee]

That's true, but one would hope that they are fast asleep at this time of the night.

Nah. They should be adjusting to NZ time

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BLACKCAPS XI: Munro, Worker, Williamson (c), Taylor, Latham, Nicholls, Bracewell, Astle, Southee, Ferguson, Boult <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nzvwi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nzvwi</a> <a href="https://t.co/iWhUkj0mqH">pic.twitter.com/iWhUkj0mqH</a></p>— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) <a href="https://twitter.com/BLACKCAPS/status/943232261867966465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Windies XI:<br>C Gayle, E Lewis, S Hope (Wk), S Hetmyer, J Mohammed, J Holder (Capt.), R Powell, A Nurse, R Beaton, K Williams, S Gabriel<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NZvWI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NZvWI</a></p>— CricketWestIndies (@westindies) <a href="https://twitter.com/westindies/status/943233740246941697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[mak36]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BLACKCAPS XI: Munro, Worker, Williamson (c), Taylor, Latham, Nicholls, Bracewell, Astle, Southee, Ferguson, Boult <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nzvwi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nzvwi</a> <a href="https://t.co/iWhUkj0mqH">pic.twitter.com/iWhUkj0mqH</a></p>— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) <a href="https://twitter.com/BLACKCAPS/status/943232261867966465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Windies XI:<br>C Gayle, E Lewis, S Hope (Wk), S Hetmyer, J Mohammed, J Holder (Capt.), R Powell, A Nurse, R Beaton, K Williams, S Gabriel<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NZvWI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NZvWI</a></p>— CricketWestIndies (@westindies) <a href="https://twitter.com/westindies/status/943233740246941697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Can't wait to see Beaton make his debut.

Here's a video Abdullah bhai posted during the CPL:http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6083he

 

[mak36]

That's true, but one would hope that they are fast asleep at this time of the night.

Haven't you heard?

They are so busy travelling all over the world for these leagues they don't have time to sleep.

They never forget their responsibilities.

 

[mak36]

[MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

Ferguson is playing.

 

[Markhor]

Not exactly a riveting start from the two WI openers.

 

[Markhor]

Disappointed that Ashley Nurse has been retained, he got tonked in England and offers little wicket-taking threat during middle overs.

 

[Syed1]

Disappointed that Ashley Nurse has been retained, he got tonked in England and offers little wicket-taking threat during middle overs.

But he can whack a few in the death overs. An inferior version of Imad Wasim who himself isn't all that..

 

[Syed1]

Anybody remember when Boult and Southee were considered better than all Pakistani pacers as per some PP experts? )

 

[Markhor]

There you go big man, Gayle freeing his arms for the first time now.

 

[Syed1]

This Lewis guy is a graduate from Misbah school of batting.

 

[Syed1]

Nice looking Windies batting line up this. Interested to see Hetmeyar

 

[Aman]

[MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION]

Ferguson is playing.

Yep.

Looking forward to seeing him bowl to Gayle.

 

[Syed1]

Keeping larkayyy

 

[Abdullah719]

This Lewis guy is a graduate from Misbah school of batting.

<iframe frameborder="0" width="480" height="270" src="//www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x5zc6ka" allowfullscreen></iframe>.

 

[mak36]

Yep.

Looking forward to seeing him bowl to Gayle.

You get your wish.

 

[mak36]

<iframe frameborder="0" width="480" height="270" src="//www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x5zc6ka" allowfullscreen></iframe>.

The way he took apart India's bowling attack (on two separate occasions) was even more savage.

 

[Abdullah719]

The way he took apart India's bowling attack (on two separate occasions) was even more savage.

I know but I don't have a video

Once he's set, he's pretty much impossible to stop.

 

[mak36]

Doesn't look as though Windies have worked on their strike rotation in ODIs.

It's either a dot ball or a boundary.

 

[Aman]

Bracewell the one doing the damage

What a waste of a review.

 

[Markhor]

Two for Bracewell. Same old stuff from WI in ODI cricket.

 

[mak36]

If this match is anything to go by, Pakistan can expect a barrage of bouncers when they tour.

 

[Abdullah719]

Fifty for Lewis.

 

[giri26]

New Zealand running away with the game. 63/0 now in just 9.3 overs

 

[MMHS]

Looks like PAK-NZ series will quite a match - Kiwi top 4 vs Azhar, Imam, Babar, MoHa .............

 

[Sin Nombre]

Terrible from WI - dropped catches, no plans in terms of bowling and field placements.

 

[giri26]

Finally a wicket but it will be difficult for West Indies to pull back now. NZ 118/1 in just 17.3

 

[Aman]

Kane needs to get rid of that dab shot, either that or make it a more effective shot.

He's gotten out plenty of times playing it now.

 

[Hermoine Green]

NZ in a driving seat. But couple of quick wickets can make this match interesting.

 

[MenInG]

West Indies 248/9 (50 ov)
New Zealand 249/5 (46/50 ov)

New Zealand won by 5 wickets

Easy win for NZ - for all the big talk of Gayle etc, WI not able to win - some ominous signs for Pak also

 

[leatherface58]

Munro as opener is a pretty good decision. Even if he plays a cameo, it will allow KW to settle in and then play a big knock. Taylor looks to be back in some form so KW has some middle order support too.