{"id":195359,"date":"2026-07-21T23:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=195359"},"modified":"2026-07-21T23:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T04:42:05","slug":"west-indies-beats-new-zealand-by-2-wickets-in-the-5th-odi-nz-takes-the-series-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=195359","title":{"rendered":"West Indies beats New Zealand by 2 wickets in the 5th ODI; NZ takes the series 3-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71252051\">Shimron Hetmyer held his nerve late in the run chase to make an unbeaten 69 and steer West Indies to a two-wicket win over New Zealand Tuesday in the fifth and final one-day cricket international.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand took the series 3-2, clinching it in Game 4 after winning Game 2 by five wickets and Game 3 by six wickets in a comeback following West Indies\u2019 seven-wicket victory in the opening game.<\/p>\n<p>Hetmyer\u2019s fifth ODI half-century and his partnership of 95 with Sherfane Rutherford (61) allowed the West Indies to reach 269-8 in reply to New Zealand\u2019s 268-9 with 15 balls remaining. All five matches in the series were won by the team batting second.<\/p>\n<p>When Hetmyer and Rutherford were together in a fifth-wicket partnership that built on the foundation set by Shai Hope (39) and Keacy Carty (20) \u2014 who put on 59 for the third wicket \u2014 West Indies looked like winning with ease.<\/p>\n<p>But the match was a seesawing encounter. Rutherford was out when West Indies was 218-5, needing 41 to win with almost 10 overs remaining, and then Gudakesh Motie fell at 239-6.<\/p>\n<p>When Jacob Duffy dismissed Matthew Forde and Alzarri Joseph with consecutive deliveries in the 45th over, and with 21 runs still needed for a West Indies win, the complexion of the match changed again.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/tilak-varma-strike-rate-issues-india-vs-zimbabwe-t20i-series\/article71250416.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As vice-captain, I have to play responsibly: Tilak<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner made the unusual decision to take left-arm spinner Jayden Lennox out of the attack after he had taken 3-35 from nine overs. Hetmyer hit two sixes off Duffy in the 47th over and West Indies got home with more than two overs to spare.<\/p>\n<p>Lennox took 14 wickets at an average of 13.6 and was voted player of the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t really thinking about getting a half-century to be honest, I was just thinking about how &#8230; I can make sure the team crosses the line,\u201d Hetmyer said. \u201cEvery time a new batter came out I was just like \u2018make sure you\u2019re there at the end.\u2019 I\u2019m just happy that I could be there to make sure we crossed the line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand appeared to be heading for a much bigger total when it was 181-3 in the 35th over and 230-5 with five overs to go. Will Young made 56, Tom Latham made 69 and Nick Kelly scored 64 to drive the innings. But the finish was missing against tight bowling, especially from Alzarri Joseph, who took 2-38 from his 10 overs.<\/p>\n<p>West Indies\u2019 innings began at more than eight runs per over through the first five overs.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in a double setback, it lost openers Ackeem Auguste and Justin Greaves in the space of five deliveries. Still, the home team was scoring at more seven runs per over after 10 overs as Hope and Carty kept up the pace.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand began to apply pressure through the spinners, Carty faced a series of dot balls and after reaching 118-2, both he and Hope fell inside three overs.<\/p>\n<p>Hope fell to a poor ball from Lennox which he tried to hoist over the leg side field but pulled to Kristian Clarke coming off the fence at midwicket.<\/p>\n<p>Keacy was frustrated to be pinned down and finally slashed across the line at a straight ball from Lennox which hit middle stump.<\/p>\n<p>Rutherford stepped up first to revive the innings and found a like-minded partner in Hetmyer, who was determined to be in at the finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 22, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/west-indies-beats-new-zealand-5th-odi-score-result-match-report\/article71252051.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shimron Hetmyer held his nerve late in the run chase to make an unbeaten 69 and steer West Indies to a two-wicket win over New Zealand Tuesday in the fifth and final one-day cricket international. New Zealand took the series 3-2, clinching it in Game 4 after winning Game 2 by five wickets and Game&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP_C2TV7WN.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":194048,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194048","url_meta":{"origin":195359,"position":0},"title":"New Zealand vs West Indies 3rd ODI: Jayden Lennox powers NZ to six-wicket win, takes 2-1 series lead","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"New Zealand claimed a comfortable six-wicket victory over West Indies in the third ODI at Providence Stadium, Guyana, on Thursday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. 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