34 overs West Indies 247 for 9 (Hope 109*, Smith 4-42, Jamieson 3-44) vs New Zealand
On a surface that provided oodles of pace and movement, West Indies captain Shai Hope showed his class as he smashed an unbeaten 109 off just 69 balls to propel his team to 247 for 9 in a rain-reduced 34-overs-a-side game against New Zealand in Napier.
The total seemed like a long stretch at one stage, with the ball doing all sorts under murky skies and West Indies reduced to 130 for 6 in the 24th over. But Hope flipped the script in style as West Indies smoked 117 runs in the last ten overs, finishing with a run rate of 7.26.
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