New Zealand beat West Indies by five wickets at Providence Stadium in Guyana to level their five-match one-day international series at 1-1, with spinner Jayden Lennox tearing through the hosts’ middle order for a maiden five-wicket haul.
According to a fresh match report from ESPNcricinfo, Lennox finished with figures of 5 for 19 from eight overs as West Indies were bowled out for 138, having been reduced from a bright start to losing their last ten wickets cheaply. John Campbell had set the tone with a brisk 43 at the top of the order before Lennox, playing just his seventh ODI after a tour that had already forced New Zealand into a late pace reset, ran through the middle order to leave the hosts well short of a competitive total.
Michael Bracewell And Tom Latham Steady The Chase After A Mid-Innings Wobble
New Zealand’s reply was not without alarm. Radio New Zealand reported the tourists slipping to 96 for 5 on a sharply turning surface before Michael Bracewell and Tom Latham came together, Bracewell finishing unbeaten on 24 and Latham 37 not out as the pair added an unbroken 45 to seal victory with more than 17 overs in hand.
Lennox’s return was the third-best bowling analysis by a New Zealand spinner in ODI history, behind only Ish Sodhi’s 6 for 39 and Daniel Vettori’s 5 for 7. West Indies, who won the first ODI of the series by seven wickets behind a stunning teenage debut from Vitel Lawes, will have home advantage again when the third match returns to Providence before the series shifts to Kensington Oval in Barbados for the final two games, with the tie now finely poised at 1-1.
