JOIN USAndre Fletcher hit 62 off 49 deliveries while Sheldon Cottrell and Sunil Narine starred with the ball as West Indies beat New Zealand by 39 runs in their second and final Twenty20 match to draw the series 1-1.
Fletcher’s top score, spiced with three fours and three sixes, led the home team to 165-6 off 20 overs at Windsor Park. Lendl Simmons contributed 36.
New Zealand’s pursuit got a spirited start through Kane Williamson (37) and Brendon McCullum (21) but the visitors were eventually bowled out for 126 off 19.1 overs.
Only Ross Taylor (21) offered some resistance as the tourists lost their last six wickets for 13 runs with Cottrell and Narine to the fore.
Left-arm pacer Cottrell took 3-28 while off-spinner Narine grabbed 2-19 from four miserly overs.
Simmons and Fletcher, who notched his second straight half-century, set up West Indies’ competitive total after they were sent in. The right-handed pair shared a second wicket stand of 66 in 52 balls.
There were aggressive contributions in the lower order as well as the West Indies smashed 56 runs off the last five overs.