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West Indies captain Kieron Pollard accused his facet of not performing to worldwide requirements Sunday after New Zealand comprehensively gained the second Twenty20 worldwide by 72 runs on the again of a report century by Glenn Phillips. New Zealand wrapped up the sequence at Mount Maunganui with a recreation to spare, after profitable the opening match on Friday by 5 wickets, as Phillips offered a batting masterclass. Called as much as the Twenty20 facet whereas common skipper Kane Williamson focuses on the upcoming Tests, Phillips plundered eight sixes and 10 fours on his strategy to 108 as New Zealand posted a mammoth 238 for 3 after which restricted the West Indies to 166 for 9.
“You never know when the next opportunity is going to come and I came into this going ‘let’s go in as hard as I possibly can. I know I can do it’,” Phillips stated.
The 23-year-old, who was born in South Africa however moved to New Zealand on the age of 5, took simply 46 deliveries to succeed in his century, the 10th quickest in Twenty20 internationals and one ball sooner than the earlier New Zealand report held by Colin Munro.
Phillips performs within the Caribbean within the New Zealand low season and stated familiarity with the West Indies assault was a giant assist.
“Definitely, that has a lot to do with how I performed out here. You go in with more confidence against guys that you’ve played well against before,” stated Phillips, who additionally took two catches and ran out opener Andre Fletcher in a superb all-round show.
– ‘It’s our mindset’ –
New Zealand stand-in skipper Tim Southee referred to as Phillips’s efficiency “incredible”, including that his two catches, one diving at full-stretch on the boundary, and the sharp run out confirmed “he’s got that X-factor about him”.
But whereas Phillips, together with Devon Conway who produced an unbeaten 85, put the sport firmly in New Zealand’s arms, opposing captain Pollard was left fuming.
After profitable the toss and sending New Zealand into bat below overcast skies, Pollard believed the West Indies had been in management when the Black Caps reached the midway mark at 84 for 2
“But between overs 10 to 15 we sort of lost it there,” Pollard stated.
“In terms of the energy and feel and erraticness in the field, that’s not the standard that we want to set for ourselves, and not the standard anyone wants to see in international cricket.
“I feel it is perspective and I feel it is our mindset.
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“If we had stayed in the contest a bit longer, try to limit the damage to 200, 190 or so, we’d have been for the challenge but we were behind the eight ball after that 10th over and it just went pear-shaped from there.”
Phillips and Conway placed on 184 for New Zealand’s third wicket whereas one of the best West Indies partnership was 34 between Pollard (28) and Shimron Hetmyer (25)
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