Jayden Lennox grabbed the third-best figures by a New Zealand spinner in men’s ODIs as the Kiwis levelled the series with a five-wicket victory on a strip at the Providence stadium offering turn.
West Indies lost ten wickets for 75 as they crumbled to 138, with Lennox taking 5 for 19, ESPN said. Tom Latham then guided New Zealand to an ultimately comfortable win.
Lennox, who had not taken more than two wickets in his previous six ODIs, ripped through West Indies’ middle order with the first four of his successes being bowled.
After Henry Nicholls and Will Young set off 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, ESPN said.
Latham and Daryl Mitchell steadied the response before Khary Pierre struck. Mitchell ran past one against the left-arm spinner and Dean Foxcroft got too far across when he missed a sweep to leave New Zealand 96 for 5. But Latham and Michael Bracewell went about the remainder of the task with calmness, ESPN said.
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 before the batting crumbled.
New Zealand 141 for 5 (Latham 37*) beat West Indies 138 (Campbell 43, Lennox 5-19) by five wickets
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