Twitter Reactions: New Zealand hand over T20I series defeat to West Indies with clinical show

Team New Zealand handed another comfortable defeat to the home team West Indies after winning the second T20I encounter by a margin of 90 runs played at Sabina Park, Jamaica on August 12 (Friday). Glenn Phillips was simply excellent with the bat and he was adjudged player of the match.

Talking about the match, the Blackcaps won the toss and opted to have a bat first. The Kiwi side had a good start as their openers Martin Guptill and Devon Conway stitched 31 runs in just 3.3 overs before Guptill was scalped by the Obed McCoy. However, Conway went on to score 42 runs.

Skipper Kane Williamson failed to get going as he scored just four runs in two deliveries before getting scalped by McCoy. However, Phillips and Daryl Mitchell absolutely thrashed the Men in Maroon bowlers as the Kiwi side easily crossed the 200-run mark in their allotted 20 overs.

Phillips scored 76 off just 41 balls, while Mitchell smashed 48 runs off just 20 balls including two fours and four maximums. For the home team, McCoy took three wickets but gave away 40 runs in his four overs quota.

New Zealand bamboozled the West Indies batting line-up

Chasing a big total of 200+ runs, West Indies had the worst possible start. Openers Kyle Mayer and Shamarh Brooks could not even cross the double digit-mark with the bat. Similarly, skipper Nicholas Pooran and the wicketkeeper-batter Devon Thomas were also scalped early.

Senior batter Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, and Jason Holder tried to bring their team back to the contest but it was too late. The Kiwi side kept taking wickets at regular intervals as the home team finished on 125/9 in their allotted 20 overs. To note, McCoy was the highest run-scorer for his side after scoring 23 runs off 15 balls.

For New Zealand, spinner Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell scalped three wickets each. Senior pacer Tim Southee and leg-spinner Ish Sodhi also scalped one wicket each for their team.

Meanwhile here are some Twitter reactions:

Yesterday stood out as West Indies worst t20 defeat in recent times: #WIvNZ
-5/215, the highest t20Is total against West Indies in the Carrabean
-23* is what Hayden Walsh jnr, the top score for WI in this match, by a number 11.

— Cong Du Nguyen (@CongDuNguyen1) August 13, 2022

A smashing 76 from phillips well done man !@glenndominic159 #WIvNZ

— Kane williamson (@KIWI22offical) August 13, 2022

Obed McCoy's 23* against NZ is now the highest ever individual score while batting at no.11 in a men's T20I innings (among full-member nations).

Previous highest :-
17* – Chris Mpofu 🇿🇼 v NED, 2019
15* – Josh Little 🇮🇪 v SA, 2021
15 – Mustafizur Rahman 🇧🇩 v AFG, 2019#WIvNZ

— Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@rhitankar8616) August 13, 2022

WIvNZ – 2nd T20I

Phillips, Mitchell cut loose as Kiwis take the series with a huge win

NZ 215/5 (20)
WI 125/9 (20)

— sarangapathirana (@saranga09) August 13, 2022

What a find Michael Bracewell has been for NZ; felt he was a special cricketer on his test debut at Trent Bridge. #WIvNZ pic.twitter.com/E78Ksnbfjq

— Madhurima (@worn_out1) August 13, 2022

– 🇳🇿 won 8 of the last 9 completed H2Hs
– 7 of the last 8 T20I/CPL games in Jamaica produced 170+ first innings scores
– Pooran has not scored 25+ in his last six T20I innings
– Guptill has just one 50+ from 11 inns v 🏝️ #WIvNZ pic.twitter.com/DT5IBznK7p

— Mr_feiz_17 (@Apka_Apna_JEEJU) August 12, 2022

Obed McCoy becomes the first ever No.11 batter to score more than all other others in a men's T20I innings.#WIvNZ

— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) August 12, 2022

Enjoying being back at Sabina Park! 76 from 41 balls and the player of the match, Glenn Phillips 🏏#WIvNZ pic.twitter.com/amL77mQdR7

— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) August 12, 2022

You heard? 🗣🚨 Party Stand this Sunday!! Drinks Inclusive🔥
West Indies 🌴 vs New Zealand https://t.co/fmDCHrjuOM pic.twitter.com/xLmEK9R03U

— Atishai Mansingh (@atishaimansingh) August 13, 2022