West Indies vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I at Kingston, WI v NZ, Aug 12 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary

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Kane Williamson, the New Zealand captain: [On NZ's recent success] It was a fantastic performance. We know how strong this WI team is and the fire power they certainly have. Today to go out and execute our plans, there were some outstanding contributions there and to back that up with the ball and the field again, it was an improved performance. [On including the additional spinner] Look, from the outset we knew the schedule was going to be tough so we do have to manage our players but being on the same surface, we also felt that Michael would add to the side and he did in a big way. The way the guys stuck together, it was a really good all-round performance. [Factors behind the team's success] We know that T20 cricket can be very fickle in its nature. We are just trying to improve and bring guys into the side and give them clear roles. It's not trying too hard just to try and make contributions to your team and the style of cricket that we are trying to play. Just trying to keep things nice and simple. The personnel keeps changing, so for a side like us, we are sort of just working towards it, but it is nice to see a couple of good performances. We got another one in a couple of days' time and a few more after that as well. It is just about taking the small steps forward.

Nicholas Pooran, the West Indies captain: We just didn't show up today. New Zealand scored a big total as well. They batted us out of the game. Losing two wickets in the second over, we just couldn't build a partnership from there. [On having just one spinner] In hindsight, yes. We just have two spinners. Akeal [Hosein] is resting as well, so it is kind of difficult to play both of them at the same time. Ideally, we would love to play both of them. It is what it is, we accept the consequences. We didn't bowl well, we should have pitched up a bit more. We were indisciplined. We keep chatting about the same thing over and over in meetings and whenever we come out on the cricket field, we just seem to let ourselves down. We were not able to execute our plans. [Message shared before the chase] We felt that we had to stay in the game, but it just didn't start well for us. We are struggling, we were out-played but this is life. At the moment things are not going our way. It is getting more and more difficult but the more cricket we play, our performance will grow. This is just something we need to accept, stay in it, and fight, we are a new group. We are going to be frustrated, we are going to be disappointed in ourselves, but it is what it is. We can't come everyday and perform the way everyone wants us to perform. We can't come and win every single game. But these are the times we have to stick together as a group. It is difficult, and everyone is going to say that we are losing cricket games, but we are playing cricket games every two days, and it is not that easy on the guys, as well. I am happy the guys are actually fighting it out. It is not that easy to just come on a cricket field, show up and win in cricket every single time, especially when you don't have a pool of players. It is just 15 players, and four players are injured, so I am proud of the boys.

Glenn Phillips is the Player of the Match: [On his knock] Coming back to Sabina Park, it's absolutely amazing. I have great memories here, so to be able to get a fifty for my country over here in front of a crowd, I absolutely love, was special. [Challenges at the start of the innings] Credit to the West Indies boys up front, the way they bowled with the new ball was actually really really good in terms of taking the pace off the ball, especially when it was newer and harder, it did grip into the surface a little bit. As it got older, the pitcher became a little nicer to bat on. The way Daryl [Mitchell] and Neesh [James Neesham] finished it in the end, just showed how much it was at the end. [Similarities to the first T2I] The pitch was very similar to the first T20I, but the way we went about our game plans was a little bit better and all we can ask is to improve one game at a time. [On Ramnaresh Sarwan - Jamaica Tallawahs assistant coach] A lot of credit goes to him on how I play in the Caribbean. He was a massive influence on me. In terms of upskilling, coming to different areas, coming to different areas of the world, we have to upskill ourselves all the time.

Time for presentation.

4.54pm What a clinical performance from New Zealand. Four away series wins for them in T20Is. They follow-up their European tour with another crushing win. West Indies go down by 90 runs, their second-heaviest defeat in terms of runs against New Zealand in T20Is. A 216-run chase was always going to be very tough and losing five wickets with only 28 runs on the board, meant they were never in it. For the visitors, Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell starred with the ball, picking three wickets apiece. As far as West Indies go, it is never a nice scorecard, when the No.11 finishes as the highest run-scorer.

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