Twitter Reactions: New Zealand upset West Indies in series decider to record historic ODI series triumph

Team New Zealand scripted history as they defeated West Indies in the third and final ODI of the three-match series and marked their first ever series win on Caribbean soil. The hosts won the first game to take an early lead in the series, but the visitors bounced back stronger and registered two back-to-back wins to win the series 2-1 at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. Winning the toss in the decider, New Zealand put the hosts to bat first. The West Indies openers struggled to get off to a good start as Tim Southee and Trent Boult, with their brilliant line and length, kept the ball moving. West Indies openers Shai Hope and Kyle Mayers played very sensibly and held their wicket on the ground but could manage to score just 24 runs in the first powerplay, that is, the first 10 overs. They picked up pace when Lockie Ferguson, Michael Bracewell, and James Neesham started with their respective spells. Boundaries started flowing in as Hope and Mayers kept the scoreboard ticking. The game became even more exciting as the Kiwi bowlers then struggled to pick wickets, and the Windies openers went on to share a 173-run opening partnership, with Mayers doing the major firework. Boult struck in the 35th over to dismiss Shai Hope after his 100-ball 51-run knock, and Ferguson struck in the very next over to dismiss the destructive Mayers, who had claimed his second ODI hundred in the previous over. West Indies could not channel the momentum that Mayers had left behind, and as a result, Brandon King and Shamarh Brooks walked back to the pavilion, courtesy of Mitchell Santner. While Keacy Karty struggled to score, skipper Nicholas Pooran went berserk and punished literally every Kiwi bowler that he faced and neared a magnificent ODI ton before losing his wicket to Boult in the 49th over. Thus, he fell short of nine runs to get his century, but his knock surely put the visitors in trouble. Thanks to Alzarri Joseph’s power-hitting in the final stages, West Indies posted a target of 302 runs for the visitors to chase. New Zealand’s powerplay was far better than their opponent’s as having lost just one early wicket that of Finn Allen, the top-order batters managed to amass 61 runs in the first 10 overs. Martin Guptill fell prey to Joseph and lost his wicket after scoring a well-composed half-century. Devon Conway’s time on the field came to an end when Yannic Cariah worked his magic with the ball. It was the fourth-wicket stand between Daryl Mitchell and Tom Latham that anchored New Zealand’s innings as the duo added 120 runs on board, completing their respective half-centuries before the former lost his wicket to Cariah and Latham walked back soon after. Neesham walked into the game with great confidence and displayed his skills with the bat from the word go. He aimed only towards the fences and kept rotating the strike with Bracewell regularly. In the 11 deliveries that Neesham faced, he managed to score 34 runs off it, which included one four and four massive sixes. His unbeaten knock helped New Zealand finish off an early chase, and his humongous six to get the winning runs helped his side win the game with 17 balls to spare as the visitors finished off with 307/5 while chasing 302. Here’s how Twitter reacted to New Zealand’s triumph: A big fight to the end. Congratulations to @BLACKCAPS on the series win. #WIvNZ pic.twitter.com/qoA8WHugMY — Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) August 22, 2022 Ten #CWCSL points in the bank and a series win away from home! New Zealand were too good for the West Indies in Barbados 👏#WIvNZ scorecard: https://t.co/7vOIL1b1Lz pic.twitter.com/LWBOyjyvUL — ICC (@ICC) August 22, 2022 New Zealand completes their first ODI series win ever in the Caribbean islands, thanks to Trent Boult's 3-fer, Santner's tidy spell and everyone in the batting department chipped in. And this match could well be Trent Boult's last ODI ever. 💔#WIvNZ pic.twitter.com/lJSAiBNifN — Madhurima (@worn_out1) August 22, 2022 Congratulations @BLACKCAPS for winning their 1st odi series in WI 🔥#WIvNZ — Thisumi 💙💛 (@Thisumi101) August 22, 2022 1985 -> New Zealand first played an ODI series in West Indies2022 -> New Zealand win their first-ever ODI series in West Indies#WIvNZ — Mr_feiz_17 (@Apka_Apna_JEEJU) August 22, 2022 ✅ First-ever ODI Series win for @BLACKCAPS Team on West Indies Soil.Congrats @MitchellSantner Player of the Series.#WIvNZ @ndcricket — JaayShaan (Shankar) (@JaayShaan) August 22, 2022 Speechless……Congrats To New Zealand Though Yet Another Series Win 👏#WIvNZ — Val 🐇 (@shinavy_14) August 22, 2022 Brilliant chase from NZ in the decider.. heartbreak for WI, thought they had enough… The bowling didn't come good today, negated Akeal very well!! The wait for a series win continues for the WI #WIvNZ — Rahul Kumar (@rahulk_1019) August 22, 2022 The @BLACKCAPS win the series!! @windiescricket have a lot of work to do!! Several defeats at home!! Can they comeback strong in the @cricketworldcup in a couple of months? #WIvNZ #WIvsNZ #ODI #Cricket — Shakir Mohaseen (@ShakirMohaseen) August 22, 2022 Neesham finishes it in style, NZ win by 5 wkts and take their first ever series win in West Indies 2-1 #WIvNZ pic.twitter.com/WrqXHMXICb — #BackTheBLACKCAPS 🇳🇿 (@KW_Fans) August 22, 2022 What a chase. So well done from start to finish! @BLACKCAPS #WIvNZ — Make It All Stahp (@pinkstephness) August 22, 2022 Unleash the Neesh! #WIvNZ — Just Joshin' (@_OUA_) August 22, 2022 Jimmy Neesham doing Jimmy Neesham things!! #WIvNZ — Rob Bruce (@robert_t_bruce) August 22, 2022

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