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West Indies vs New Zealand Scorecard, 1st ODI, New Zealand vs West Indies 2017-18
Result · Dec 20 2017, Wed - 03:30 AM (IST)
1st ODI, - Cobham Oval, Whangarei, New Zealand
WEST INDIES248/9
NEW ZEALAND249/5
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
CRR:5.41
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | West Indies in New Zealand 2017/18 |
| Date: | Dec 20 2017, Wed - 03:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| City: | Whangarei |
| Venue: | Cobham Oval |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | George Worker, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), Henry Nicholls, Todd Astle, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult |
| West Indies Playing XI: | Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Mohammed, Jason Holder (c), Rovman Powell, Ashley Nurse, Ronsford Beaton, Kesrick Williams, Shannon Gabriel |
- New Zealand have won three of their last four ODIs against West Indies, though they only won one of their six completed encounters prior to this current run.
- New Zealand have gone four bilateral ODI series unbeaten at home versus the Windies; winning three of those series prior to the 2-2 draw in the most recent showdown (2013/14).
- This will be the second men's cricket international played at the new Cobham Oval, after New Zealand picked up a 141-run win against Zimbabwe in February 2012.
- The Black Caps will be looking to avoid consecutive defeats on home soil for the first time since October 2014 after a six-wicket loss to South Africa at Eden Park in March this year.
- West Indies have only registered one victory in their last 15 ODI matches on the road; losing 13 times in that run (T1).
- In fact, the last time West Indies won an ODI series away from home was in October 2011, when they picked up a 2-1 win against Bangladesh.
- New Zealand have won eight and lost eight of their 16 ODIs so far in 2017, the last time they finished a calendar year with more losses than wins was in 2013 (P19, W7, L10, NR2).
- Just two of Kane Williamson's nine ODI centuries have come on home soil; last claiming one in New Zealand back in February 2015 (v Pakistan), he's averaged just 29.7 across nine previous knock against the Windies.
- Trent Boult is just six shy of his 100th ODI wicket; he's taken his 94 wickets thus far with a strike rate of 31.1, only Shane Bond (147 wickets at 29.2) has taken more wickets with a better strike rate for the Black Caps.
- Shai Hope has scored 575 ODI runs in 2017, the most of any player who is yet to register a century in that period.