NZ vs WI Live Score

10:08 AM IST Right then, after the win in the T20I series, the Kiwis have also sealed the ODI series against West Indies with a game to spare. Yet again, things went down to the wire, but the hosts had enough firepower to get them home. Next up is the 3rd and final ODI, which will be played in Hamilton on Saturday, 22 November. The game will begin at 1 am GMT but you can join us a lot sooner for the build-up. Cheers!

10:06 AM IST Mitchell Santner, the captain of New Zealand, says that there were a few blokes in the team who thought they wouldn't get a game in today but he feels that it is so difficult to defend on a ground like this. Adds that once the ball got older, one could get in and score heavily, just like Shai Hope did and also the likes of Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway. Reckons that West Indies batted well in the second half of their innings but they did well to keep wickets in hand and exploit things at the death.

10:05 AM IST West Indies skipper, Shai Hope is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his sensational ton. Hope says that he always looks at it one way, and even though he scored 109 runs, it wasn't enough, so he isn't pleased with himself. Adds that he was trying to put pressure on the opposition and not allow the bowlers to settle and set up for a big finish. On his record of scoring centuries against all Test-playing nations, Hope says that he is least concerned by that record and he would rather score just 2 or 5 runs and win the match rather than score a ton and lose the game. On the total on the board, Hope says that he felt it was enough but he was proved wrong and they could have done better up top with the bat and also didn't force the batters to hit down the ground on a ground where the boundaries were short square of the wicket. On Romario Shepherd's injury, he says that it was a loss but they had enough quality in the bowling attack to go on and do the job. Adds that they have pushed the home side and have now lost about 4 or so close games in the final over but they need to win such games in the future.

10:04 AM IST The Presentation ceremony...

10:04 AM IST Earlier in the day, the players were welcomed by a steady drizzle, which lasted quite a while and at one point in time, hopes of getting a game in seemed bleak but thankfully, the rain stopped and the ground staff did an immaculate job mopping things up. New Zealand bowled first on a deck that seemed lively to begin with and the likes of Matt Henry and Nathan Smith exploited conditions brilliantly. The Windies were seemingly heading towards a meager total but up stepped their skipper Shai Hope and scored a quikfire century to take his team to a solid total of 247 runs.

9:55 AM IST West Indies will be heartbroken after that loss and one could see how much it meant for Jayden Seales, who gave it his all but one bad ball in the final over and it was all over. Just like with the bat, the Windies didn't start positively with the ball. Even though Matthew Forde bowled a good spell, they failed to get wickets and the change bowlers were being put away with ease. It was Justin Greaves who gave the Windies their first wicket and they did well to quickly build on it as 106/1 quickly became 136/3. They managed to pick up a couple of more wickets at crucial junctures but failed to stop the boundaries at the death.