- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.2 gone! Huge wicket. Short of a length and in to the body but angled away slightly. Gayle is not sure whether to play or not and gets caught in the middle catching a thin edge high off the bat and in to McCullum's gloves 42/211.3 chasing away a wider ball that comes in before nicking the ball on to his own wickiet 42/128.2 goes to cut at the wide one and catches the finest of bottom edges which McCullum takes a wheels away in celebration without waiting for the umpire to give the decision 102/331.3 gone! Straight ball does the trick and Nash plays the shot too late and the ball takes apart his middle stump. Another wicket for the Kiwis 117/433.1 he's got caught fishing at a wide one as he struggles to reach for it and gets a nick of the top edge through to McCullum 123/5Extras6 (w 6)TOTAL129/5 (35.4 Overs, RR: 3.61)Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Sewnarine Chattergoon, 11.3 ov), 2-42 (Chris Gayle, 12.2 ov), 3-102 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 28.2 ov), 4-117 (Brendan Nash, 31.3 ov), 5-123 (Kieron Pollard, 33.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KD Mills 7 0 23 1 3.28 0 0 MR Gillespie 7 1 31 1 4.42 3 0 TG Southee 7.4 0 33 2 4.3 1 0 JDP Oram 6 0 16 0 2.66 1 0 DL Vettori 8 0 26 1 3.25 0 0 New Zealand Team Brendon McCullum † Wicketkeeper Jesse Ryder Allrounder Jamie How Ross Taylor Daniel Flynn Grant Elliott Allrounder Jacob Oram Allrounder Daniel Vettori (c) Allrounder Kyle Mills Bowler Tim Southee Bowler Mark Gillespie Bowler
30/12No result
1st ODI, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Queenstown, Dec 31 2008
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30/12No result
1st ODI, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Queenstown, Dec 31 2008
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
129/5 (35.4/50 ov) -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to field first
Series result
5-match series level 0-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
12.00 start, First Session 12.00-15.30 Interval 15.30-16.15, Second Session 16.15-19.45
Match days
31 December 2008 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- 12th men: JS Patel (NZ) & SE Findlay (WI)
- Rain: 1/0 in 1.0 overs (CH Gayle 1, S Chattergoon 0)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Rain: 49/2 in 13.3 overs (RR Sarwan 2, XM Marshall 5)
- 50 runs in 13.5 overs, 62 mins (83 balls), Extras 3
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls, 53 mins (RR Sarwan 32, XM Marshall 16, Ex 3)
- 100 runs in 27.2 overs, 112 mins (164 balls), Extras 6
- Rain: 129/5 in 35.4 overs (XM Marshall 29, D Ramdin 2)
West Indies tour of New Zealand 2008-09 News
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Andy Moles, the New Zealand coach, has expressed his wish to join the selection panel, after initially turning down the role at the time of taking over in December
Chanderpaul, Gayle, and little else
West Indies have struggled though two of their batsmen have been the best in the world over the last 18 months
Mental preparation key to success - Gayle
Chris Gayle, who played a crucial role in ensuring West Indies remained competitive against New Zealand, has said that mental preparation was the key to his recent success
Moles wants team to be more consistent
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