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ODI Cricket: West Indies destroy New Zealand
Dinesh Ramdin (r) of the West Indies moves to run out Cory Anderson (l) during a match beween the West Indies and New Zealand on January 8, 2014. PHOTO/Getty Images
Kirk Edwards hit his maiden One Day international (ODI) hundred and Dwayne Bravo his second as West Indies crushed New Zealand by 203 runs in the fifth and final ODI to draw the series two games each.
Edwards was undefeated on 123 while Bravo scored 106 highlighting a superior all round performance by the Caribbean side to climax the series on a high at Seddon Park in Hamilton, New Zealand on Wednesday.
Opener Kieran Powell set the West Indies off to a flying start by racing to a 44 ball 73, and setting the tone for their total of 363 for 4, their highest ODI total but the Black Caps had no answer to an outfit on fire and imploded for 160 in 29.5 overs.
Powell hit 12 fours and 2 sixes to dominate an opening stand of 95 with Johnson Charles in 12 overs.
His knock included a 6 which was caught by a fan, who won NZ$100,000 (US$ 83,000) offered by a beer company for a one-handed catch.
Edwards and Bravo came together at 143-3 to consolidate then accelerate after Powell fell leg-before to spinner Nathan McCullum and the run rate slowed after his departure.
They added 211 for the fourth wicket, West Indies’ third-highest stand in one-day internationals, surpassing the previous best of 360 set against Sri Lanka in 1987.
