NAPIER, New Zealand (AP) — A rare century partnership between Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra was the cornerstone Wednesday to New Zealand’s five-wicket win over the West Indies in the second one-day international.
New Zealand holds an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series ahead of the final match on Saturday, it’s 11th consecutive series win at home.
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West Indies’ Shai Hope celebrates making 100 runs against New Zealand during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra bats against the West Indies during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand’s Devon Conway bats against the West Indies during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
West Indies’ Roston Chase walks off after he is bowled by New Zealand’s Nathan Smith during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
West Indies’ Shai Hope bats against New Zealand during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
West Indies’ Shai Hope bats against New Zealand during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
West Indies’ Shai Hope bats against New Zealand during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
Shai Hope made a century from 67 balls and led West Indies to 247-9 as it batted first after losing the toss.
Hope surpassed 6,000 ODI runs early in his innings, and with his first hundred against New Zealand completed a full set of centuries against all test-playing nations. He is the second-fastest West Indies batter to reach 6,000 runs after Viv Richards.
“I always look at it this way, I got 109. It was still not enough,” said Hope whose century was the fifth fastest by a West Indies batter in ODIs.
“I needed to get 120 or 130 for us to win. That’s how I look at it.”
Conway made 90 from 84 balls and Ravindra 56 from 46 deliveries, sharing a partnership of 106 from 100 balls in a match shortened by rain to 34 overs per side. It was the first century partnership by a New Zealand opening pair in 73 matches over five years.
Tom Latham then made 39 from 29 balls and Mitchell Santner 34 from 15 as New Zealand reached 248-5 with three balls remaining.
New Zealand needed 8 runs from the last over and were helped when Jayden Seales conceded a four second ball from a no ball.
Earlier, Hope reached 90 from 62 balls but was stranded for almost three overs on that score as he ran out of partners,
Shamar Springer was out to the first ball of the last over, leaving Hope off strike and the West Indies 235-9. But Seales hurried through for a single and Hope hit the next ball from Kyle Jamieson for six to complete his century, with 13 fours and four sixes.
Rain delayed the start of play by three hours. New Zealand won the toss and the match began in humid conditions in which the ball swung significantly early on. Scoring was difficult when bowlers kept a full length and denied batters width.
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West Indies’ Shai Hope celebrates making 100 runs against New Zealand during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra bats against the West Indies during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
New Zealand’s Devon Conway bats against the West Indies during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
West Indies’ Roston Chase walks off after he is bowled by New Zealand’s Nathan Smith during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
West Indies’ Shai Hope bats against New Zealand during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
West Indies’ Shai Hope bats against New Zealand during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
West Indies’ Shai Hope bats against New Zealand during their One Day International cricket match in Napier, New Zealand, Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025. (Kerry Marshall/Photosport via AP)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister said Wednesday that he will order the closure of the last Russian consulate still operating in the country after authorities said two Ukrainian citizens working for Moscow are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland.
Radek Sikorski said he had repeatedly warned Russia that its diplomatic and consular presence would be reduced further if it didn’t cease hostile actions against Poland, Polish news agency PAP reported.
“In connection with this, though it will not be our full response, I have decided to withdraw consent for the operation of the last Russian consulate in Gdansk,” he said. He added that Russia would be formally notified within hours.
The closure will leave Russia with only its embassy in Warsaw.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has described the weekend explosion on a line linking Poland’s capital, Warsaw, to the border with Ukraine as an “unprecedented act of sabotage.”
On Monday, Tusk told the Polish parliament that the two suspects had been collaborating with the Russian secret services for a long time. He said their identities were known but could not be revealed to the public because of the ongoing investigation, and that the pair had already left Poland, crossing into Belarus.
Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago, according to data collected by The Associated Press. Moscow’s goal, Western officials say, is to undermine support for Ukraine, spark fear and divide European societies.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk, second right, visits site of the rail line Mika, that was damaged by sabotage, near Deblin, Poland, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/KPRM)
Prime Minister Donald Tusk, second right, visits site of the rail line Mika, that was damaged by sabotage, near Deblin, Poland, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/KPRM)
