Photo: Getty ImagesNew Zealand trounced the West Indies by 66 runs in the final one-day international to keep alive their unbeaten record across eight matches in the format at Hagley Oval. The West Indies were out of the contest within 3.5 of the 23 available overs when their top order crumbled to nine for five. Mitchell Santner followed their lead, chipping out three for 15 as the West Indies stumbled to 99 for nine. The match needed an injection of such bowling energy after apathy lurched into the reckoning with the threat of rain. Once he had gauged the characteristics of the same pitch used in the previous match, he continued the form which had plundered the West Indies all series.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 26, 2017 06:45 UTC