West Indies oust NZ in dramatic T20

2 Oct 2012, 7:17 am   -   Source: AAP
The West Indies knocked New Zealand out of the World T20 with a dramatic Super Over win in Kandy. (AAP)

The West Indies knocked New Zealand out of the World T20 with a dramatic Super Over win in Kandy. (AAP)

The West Indies have beaten NZ in the World T20 tournament, the Kiwis crashing out of the competition.

West Indies knocked New Zealand out of the World Twenty20 in a dramatic Super Over on Monday after their group one match finished in a tie.

Both teams were locked at 139 after 40 overs at Pallekele stadium, sending the match to the tense Super Over decider. New Zealand scored a challenging 17 off their six balls with Ross Taylor hitting a six off Marlon Samuels.

But West Indies reached the target with a ball to spare as Samuels smashed the winning six off Tim Southee to keep his team in contention for a semi-final place.

West Indies, who have two wins in three matches, now wait for the result of Sri Lanka's game against England later on Monday, which will decide which two teams from the group progress to the semi-finals.

The breathless finish came after Southee (3-21) and Doug Bracewell (3-31) restricted the West Indian innings to 139 in 19.3 overs, before Taylor's unbeaten 62 kept New Zealand in with a chance for an upset win.

With New Zealand needing 14 off the last over, Taylor hit a six off the fourth delivery bowled by Samuels but managed a single on the penultimate ball as New Zealand needed two off the last.

Doug Bracewell hit the final delivery but was run out while taking a second run, as the West Indian players celebrated jubilantly.

Sunil Narine took 3-20 off his four overs to keep New Zealand in check. Taylor hit three sixes and as many fours off 40 balls.

Earlier, Southee and Bracewell rocked the West Indian batting after Darren Sammy won the toss and batted.

Chris Gayle top-scored with a fluent 30 while Kieron Pollard (28) and Samuels (24) also chipped in with useful contributions, but none of the batsmen could capitalise on their good starts.

Bracewell provided New Zealand with a double breakthrough by dismissing Johnson Charles (eight) and Andre Russell (six) in his first two overs, leaving the West Indies in a difficult situation.

Southee, who came as first change, removed Gayle in the seventh over to deepen the West Indies' plight. Gayle hit three boundaries and two sixes off just 14 deliveries.

Off-spinner Nathan McCullum finished with 2-19, dismissing Samuels and Darren Bravo (16) as the West Indies lost three wickets in the space of just 15 runs.

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