Munro's third T20 hundred gives New Zealand series
January 3, 2018 | SportsGuff Team 1.5K Reads
New Zealand defeated West Indies by 119 runs in the third T20 to win the series. Colin Munro smasheda 53 ball 104 to become the only batsman to score three T20 hundreds. Brendon McCullum, Rohit Sharma,Evin Williams and Chirs Gayle have 2 T20 hundred to their name.
New Zealand finished their first innings on 243/5 with Munro's century and Martin Guptill's 38 ball 63. Carlos Brathwaite was the pick of the bowlers for West Indies as he finished with the figures of 2-50 from his 4 overs. Jerome Taylor and Rayad Emrit shared a wicket each for West Indies.
West Indies in reply were allout for 124 runs. Andre Fletcher was the top scorer for West Indies with 46 runs while no significant contribution from other batsmen meant that West Indies fell short of the target by 119 runs. Tim Southee picked up 3 wickets while Trent Boult and Ish Sodhi shared 2 wickets each for the Kiwis.
Match Summary:
New Zealand 243 for 5 (Munro 104, Guptill 63)
beat
West Indies 124 (Fletcher 46, Southee 3-21, Sodhi 2-25, Boult 2-29)
by 119 runs
