With numbers of 4 for 43, Matt Henry led the Black Caps, while Kyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy, and Zak Foulkes—who had taken Nathan Smith’s place due to a hamstring injury—shared four. With Romario Shepherd out due to a hamstring ailment, the West Indies’ batting lacked depth as they were bowled with nearly 14 overs remaining in their innings.
At the third ODI at Hamilton, New Zealand’s four-man pace attack used swing, pace, and bounce to destroy the weak batting lineup of the West Indies, dismissing them for 161. With just two home ODI losses since the beginning of 2020, New Zealand is well-positioned to strengthen their grip at home and sweep the West Indies 3-0 after concluding the series.
The only team with more straight bilateral series victories than New Zealand’s 11 at home in men’s ODIs is South Africa (17).
When Matt Henry dismissed Keacy Carty and rookie opener Ackeem Auguste in the fifth over, it was he who initiated the West Indies’ decline in the powerplay. The 22-year-old Auguste wasted yet another opportunity when he flapped a hard-length delivery to mid-on for 17 off 19 balls. In order to have an undecided Carty chop on for a duck, Henry then changed to a Test-match line and length.
Although there wasn’t much swing or seam movement in the Seddon Park conditions, Matt Henry and Kyle Jamieson were still interested.
John Campbell, the other opener, nickered off to slip for 26 off 24 balls after Jamieson circled the wicket and found movement and additional bounce. Roston Chase was the only batter from the West Indies to score more than 25 runs that day, aside from Campbell.
The finest batsman in this West Indies ODI team, Shai Hope, got off to a respectable start, but his innings was cut short on 16 when the keeper caught him down the leg side of an inswinger by Foulkes. At that moment, the West Indies fell to 77 for 4.
West Indies batsmen were discomfited by New Zealand’s quicks, who repeatedly hammered the ball into the pitch until only the early juice vanished. By bowling scrambled-seam deliveries and cross-seamers into the field, Henry, Jamieson and Duffy all displayed their inventiveness.
Shamar Springer, Chase, and Sherfane Rutherford were all knocked out, and at one point, skipper Santner even put Rachin Ravindra in at short leg. It’s possible that Neil Wagner, who was in the commentary box, remembered his own short-ball outbursts.
After Jamieson struck Chase on his glove with a lifter in the 30th over, Chase required medical attention and hand taping. Matt Henry made the incision in the following over after Jamieson had softened Chase up by having him top-edge a catch to extra-cover.
Before Matt Henry came through and put the finishing touches on it, Khary Pierre, who replaced Shepherd in the game, and No. 11 Jayden Seales put up some sort of fight with an 18-run partnership for the final wicket.
Santner had also contributed to the collapse of the West Indies by taking the wickets of Matthew Forde and Justin Greaves in his opening over.
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