What's the story

After winning the opener, West Indies lost a final-ball thriller to New Zealand in the 2nd T20I at Eden Park. Chasing 208, the Windies slumped to 93/6 before Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde, and Rovman Powell played blinders to nearly seal the thriller. However, WI fell three runs short. WI hammered 18 sixes, the joint-most for a full-member side in a T20I run-chase.

Match summary

How the match panned out

Being invited to bat first, NZ compiled 207/5 on the back of Mark Chapman 's blistering 78 (28). Daryl Mitchell (28*) and Mitchell Santner (18*) later added the finishing touch for the Kiwis. Despite a positive start, the Windies lost regular wickets and were down to 93/6. However, Shepherd and Powell added a 24-ball 62. Forde took WI close, but they lost by t

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