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West Indies vs New Zealand Scorecard, 3rd T20I, West Indies in New Zealand 2025
Result · Nov 09 2025, Sun - 05:45 AM (IST)
3rd T20I, - Saxton Oval, Nelson, New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND177/9
WEST INDIES168
New Zealand won by 9 runs
CRR:8.47
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | West Indies in New Zealand 2025 |
| Date: | Nov 09 2025, Sun - 05:45 AM (IST) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| City: | Nelson |
| Venue: | Saxton Oval |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Tim Robinson, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Mitch Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), James Neesham, Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy |
| West Indies Playing XI: | Alick Athanaze, Amir Jangoo, Shai Hope (c) (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Ackeem Auguste, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde, Shamar Springer, Akeal Hosein |
- New Zealand won their most recent men’s T20I against West Indies by a three-run margin, snapping a three-game losing streak against them in the format; the last time the Black Caps won back-to-back matches in the format against them was a stretch of six games between December 2017 and August 2022.
- West Indies’ three-run loss to New Zealand snapped a five-game winning streak for them in men’s T20Is; the last time they lost consecutive games in the format was a stretch of three losses between August and September in 2025.
- New Zealand have won two of their three men’s T20Is played at Saxton Oval, Nelson (L1), with the loss coming in their most recent such match (by 7 runs vs Sri Lanka in January 2025); the Black Caps won their only previous match in the format played against West Indies at the venue (by 47 runs in December 2017).
- West Indies have won each of their last three men’s T20Is when batting first on the day; the last time they won more such consecutive matches on the bounce was a stretch of six games between February and June in 2024, which included a 13-run victory against New Zealand (12 June 2024).
- 61.2% of the runs conceded my New Zealand in men’s T20Is in 2025 have come via boundaries, the third most by any full-member side behind England (65.6%) and Ireland (62.1%); in fact, the Black Caps conceded 18 boundary sixes in their most recent men’s T20I (vs West Indies), the most they have conceded in a single match in the format.
- West Indies have logged a collective bowling strike rate of 9.1 in the slog overs (17-20) in men’s T20Is in 2025, the best such rate among full-member sides; however, they have picked one wicket less than New Zealand (4) in this phase of the game in the ongoing series.
- Jason Holder (95 wickets) is five away from becoming the first West Indies bowler to pick up 100+ wickets in men’s T20Is; in fact, the 29 wickets he has picked up in 2025 is the outright most by any West Indies bowler in a single calendar year, surpassing a previous best of 28 by himself (in 2022).
- Jacob Duffy has picked up 28 wickets in men’s T20Is in 2025, the joint most by any New Zealand bowler in a single calendar year alongside Ish Sodhi (28 in 2022); in fact, Duffy has picked up a wicket in 15 of his 17 innings this year, including each of his last six innings on the bounce.
- Shai Hope (541 in 2025) is 42 away from surpassing Nicholas Pooran (582 in 2022) for the most runs by a West Indies player in a calendar year in men’s T20I history; his 24 runs against New Zealand last time out snapped a run of three consecutive innings of 45+ in the format (46*, 55, 53).
- Ish Sodhi (New Zealand) has taken 11 wickets at an average of 14.2 across his last six T20I innings, including figures of 3-39 against West Indies last time out; he’s taken at least one wicket in all his nine T20I innings against West Indies (12 wickets in total at an average of 23.1).