The celebrations in the Windies camp at the fall of Tim Southee's wicket showed as to how much the series win meant for Darren Sammy and his boys. This was Sammy's first ODI series win since taking over as the West Indies captain and his nation's first success since April, 2008. With the series in their bag, the hosts can afford some experimentation while the visitors will look to redeem some pride by winning the final ODI.
West Indies: The hosts have smelt the sweet success of victory and will look to end the series in an emphatic fashion. Saturday's win was more creditable considering the fact that Chris Gayle, their star batsmen failed and yet the team managed to get a decent score on the board. The hosts have found new heroes with the bat in almost every match but it is the all-round efforts that must please the team management. Andre Russell has batted as low as No. 9 and might be considered for a promotion in the batting order.
The bowling has remained consistent right throughout the series. Tino Best made a winning return in the 4th ODI while Sunil Narine has been difficult to get away with. Throw in the all-rounders, West Indies boasts of a wonderful varied attack suitable for all conditions.
New Zealand: The visitors will know that they lost a superb opportunity to draw level when they allowed West Indies to recover from a shaky start and then failed to support their skipper, Ross Taylor in the batting department. Rob Nicol has looked in fine nick before throwing it away while Martin Guptill has failed to get going. The top-order failures have put a lot of pressure on the batsmen to follow and that has resulted in the couple of close losses.
The bowling has been patchy with only Tim Southee and Jacob Oram managing to keep the hosts under leash. With the series gone, John Wright will hope that the team can pull itself up ahead of the 2-match Test series.
Team News: With the series in bag, West Indies might go for some experimentation in both the team as well as the batting order. Lendl Simmons might get a go ahead of Chris Gayle.
Tarun Nethula might get a go for the visitors.
Quotes:
We talked a lot about partnerships and we didn't get that. There were a couple of soft dismissals - Ross Taylor dissects the mistakes that led to the loss on Saturday.
"Normally, when I go onto the field I look at the scoreboard and see what is required of me - Sunil Narine is humble about his bowling performances.
West Indies: The hosts have smelt the sweet success of victory and will look to end the series in an emphatic fashion. Saturday's win was more creditable considering the fact that Chris Gayle, their star batsmen failed and yet the team managed to get a decent score on the board. The hosts have found new heroes with the bat in almost every match but it is the all-round efforts that must please the team management. Andre Russell has batted as low as No. 9 and might be considered for a promotion in the batting order.
The bowling has remained consistent right throughout the series. Tino Best made a winning return in the 4th ODI while Sunil Narine has been difficult to get away with. Throw in the all-rounders, West Indies boasts of a wonderful varied attack suitable for all conditions.
New Zealand: The visitors will know that they lost a superb opportunity to draw level when they allowed West Indies to recover from a shaky start and then failed to support their skipper, Ross Taylor in the batting department. Rob Nicol has looked in fine nick before throwing it away while Martin Guptill has failed to get going. The top-order failures have put a lot of pressure on the batsmen to follow and that has resulted in the couple of close losses.
The bowling has been patchy with only Tim Southee and Jacob Oram managing to keep the hosts under leash. With the series gone, John Wright will hope that the team can pull itself up ahead of the 2-match Test series.
Team News: With the series in bag, West Indies might go for some experimentation in both the team as well as the batting order. Lendl Simmons might get a go ahead of Chris Gayle.
Tarun Nethula might get a go for the visitors.
Quotes:
We talked a lot about partnerships and we didn't get that. There were a couple of soft dismissals - Ross Taylor dissects the mistakes that led to the loss on Saturday.
"Normally, when I go onto the field I look at the scoreboard and see what is required of me - Sunil Narine is humble about his bowling performances.
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