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West Indies beat New Zealand by 7 wkts
CASTRIES, St Lucia: West Indies defeated New Zealand by seven wickets in the third One-day International to go 2-0 up in the five-match series on Saturday.
Set to chase a victory target of 211 by New Zealand, the home side managed to score the required runs for the loss of three wickets. New Zealand had scored 210 for the loss of seven wickets.
June 09, 2002 - 1745 GMT
New Zealand 210-7 in 50 overs
CASTRIES, St Lucia: New Zealand, after winning the toss and electing to bat, were 210 for seven wickets in their 50 overs against West Indies in the third one-day international on Sunday.
June 09, 2002 - 1740 GMT
NZ restricted to 210 against West Indies
CASTRIES, St Lucia: West Indies' seam and spin bowling attack strangled New Zealands batting on Sunday, limiting them to 210 for seven on a flat batting wicket in this third one-day international.
Trying desperately to claw their way back into the five-match series, New Zealand lost three top batsmen for five runs after captain Stephen Fleming, with 34, and Chris Nevin, with 20, had given the tourists a healthy start.
But they plunged from 69 for one to 74 for four. The first match in Jamaica was abandoned because of rain after New Zealand had scored 176 in 50 overs and the West Indies won Saturdays second match in St Lucia by six wickets, overhauling New Zealands 248 for seven.
Veteran campaigner Chris Harris, playing his 212th one day international, scored his 15th one-day 50 in a 90-run partnership with Test opener Lou Vincent, who ended as top scorer with 60 in 87 balls.
Harris 50 took 78 balls while Vincents took 75 as the West Indies employed a wily mix of spin and seam against the fragile-looking New Zealand batting line-up. Captain Carl Hooper rested paceman Cameron Cuffy in favour of fast-medium seamer Corey Collymore, who posted figures of two for 38 while strike bowler Merv Dillon took two for 40 from his 10 overs, a distinct improvement on Saturdays two for 60. Opener Chris Gayle, bowling innocuous off-breaks, grabbed Flemings wicket leg before and was the home sides most economic bowler, taking two for 34.
Nathan Astle, renowned as a big-hitter, failed for the third consecutive innings when he was given out leg before wicket by West Indies umpire Billy Doctrove for 12 to a Dillon delivery that hit him high on the pad and looked as though it was drifting down the leg side.
Fleming again batted fluently after top-scoring on Saturday with 89, but was also the victim of a dubious leg before decision, this time by Sri Lankan umpire Asoka de Silva, when he had scored 34 and was just getting into his rhythm.
Nevins leg before decision was spot on and the West Indies tightened their grip by restricting Harris and Vincent to 90 from 23 overs before Harris was caught by Sarwan Ramnaresh the ball after posting his 50 at deep midwicket.
Fleming won the toss and decided to bat, resting pace bowler Shane Bond, who is struggling to find his rhythm, and spinner Daniel Vettori in favour of another spinner Matthew Hart, playing for his country for the first time since 1999, and seamer Ian Butler.
June 09, 2002 - GMT
New Zealand struggling against West Indies
CASTRIES, St Lucia: New Zealand's batsmen are struggling after 30 overs against the West Indies in the third one-day international on Sunday.
The Black Caps, who won the toss and chose to bat, were 105 for four with Chris Harris on 15 while Lou Vincent was 13 not out.
Harris and Vincent had put on a 30-run partnership after the Kiwis initially struggled against the pace bowling of Mervyn Dillon and Corey Collymore.
Nathan Astle, who is yet to find his form, was the first to go to a questionable lbw call from a Dillon delivery that seemed to be high and heading down the leg side for 12 in the seventh over.
Called up to replace the rested Cameron Cuffy, pace bowler Collymore bowled a good line and length before
he dismissed Chris Nevin, also lbw, for 20 to leave the tourists at 69 for two on 17 overs.
Off-spinner Chris Gayle then trapped captain Stephen Fleming for lbw in the next over for 34 to leave the Kiwis in dire straits at 69 for three.
The tourists slumped even further when Craig McMillan lofted a Gayle delivery to Collins, who took an easy catch in the deep, for five runs with New Zealand 74 for four after 20 overs.
June 09, 2002 - 1355 GMT
New Zealand elect to bat v West Indies
CASTRIES, St Lucia: New Zealand won the toss and chose
to bat in the third of five one-day internationals
against the West Indies on Sunday at Beausejour Cricket Ground. New Zealand trail 1-0 in the series.
Pace bowler Shane Bond and spinner Daniel Vettori were
dropped and replaced by fast-medium bowler Ian Butler
and left arm spinner Matthew Hart after Saturdays six-wicket defeat at the same ground.
The West Indies rested paceman Cameron Cuffy, replacing him with Barbados seamer Corey Collymore.
West Indies: Carl Hooper (captain)l, Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpau, Ryan Hinds, Ridley Jacobs, Pedro Collins, Merv Dillon, Corey Collymore.
New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (captain), Nathan Astle, Chris Nevin, Craig McMillan, Lou Vincent, Chris Harris, Scott Styris, Daniel Vettori, Paul Hitchcock, Matthew Hart, Daryl Tuffey.
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Billy Doctrove (West Indies).
Third umpire: Eddie Nicholls (West
Indies).
Match referee: Wasim Raja (Pakistan).
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