<p class="bodytext">The third and final Twenty20 International between New Zealand and the West Indies was rained off on Monday, giving the Black Caps a 2-0 series win.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Only 2.2 overs were bowled at Mount Maunganui before a downpour forced players from the field with the West Indies on 25 for one after losing the toss and being asked to bat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The umpires finally called off the fixture two hours later with no sign of a break in the weather.</p>.<p class="bodytext">New Zealand won the first T20 by five wickets and the second by 72 runs against a West Indies outfit that only emerged from its Covid-19 quarantine on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Paceman Lockie Ferguson was named man of the series after taking five for 21 in the opening fixture, plus one wicket apiece in the second and third matches.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first of two Tests between the sides begins in Hamilton on Thursday.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The third and final Twenty20 International between New Zealand and the West Indies was rained off on Monday, giving the Black Caps a 2-0 series win.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Only 2.2 overs were bowled at Mount Maunganui before a downpour forced players from the field with the West Indies on 25 for one after losing the toss and being asked to bat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The umpires finally called off the fixture two hours later with no sign of a break in the weather.</p>.<p class="bodytext">New Zealand won the first T20 by five wickets and the second by 72 runs against a West Indies outfit that only emerged from its Covid-19 quarantine on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Paceman Lockie Ferguson was named man of the series after taking five for 21 in the opening fixture, plus one wicket apiece in the second and third matches.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The first of two Tests between the sides begins in Hamilton on Thursday.</p>