New Zealand 141 for 5 (Latham 37*) beat West Indies 138 (Campbell 43, Lennox 5-19) by five wickets
After Henry Nicholls and Will Young knocked off a decent chunk of the chase with a 35-run opening stand, New Zealand lost 3 for 17 including the run out of Mark Chapman for a second-ball duck when Vitel Lawes produced a sharp piece of fielding at cover. Young had been lbw to Alzarri Joseph and Nicholls top-edged a sweep.
Everything had looked much different early in West Indies’ innings before the spinners took hold as John Campbell and Ackeem Auguste added 63 for the first wicket, increasing the tempo late in the powerplay with 22 runs coming off the ninth and tenth overs. But Bracewell broke through and things quickly started to unravel with the ball gripping, although there was also some questionable shot selection.
Lennox’s first came when he beat Shai Hope’s drive to take leg stump and he continued to hit the stumps with regularity. Sherfane Rutherford could only watch as his defensive shot bobbled back to dislodge the bails. Motie was beaten on the back foot and Matthew Forde had a wild swipe across the line. Lennox claimed his fifth when he wrapped up the innings by earning a borderline lbw against Lawes.
Outside of Campbell’s 43, Amir Jangoo was the only other West Indies batter to reach 20 before being lbw on the sweep to Bracewell as he ran out of partners.
The series continues with one more match in Guyana on Thursday before the final two are staged in Barbados. The first of those on Sunday has been changed to a day game.
