New Zealand vs West Indies, 5th T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Neesham to Jayden Seales, out Caught by Mitchell!! That will be it from the West Indies. Seam-up full delivery outside off, Seales looks to loft it down the ground and slices it off the thick outside half to the right of cover. Mitchell completes the catch with supreme ease. Jayden Seales c Mitchell b Neesham 0(2)

Jacob Duffy to Shepherd, out Caught by Neesham!! No dropping this time around. Touch fuller and wider of off stump. Shepherd looks to thrash it down the ground and gets plenty of height on it. Off the cue end of the bat as Neesham settles under it comfortably at long-on. Shepherd c Neesham b Jacob Duffy 36(22) [4s-3 6s-3]

Jacob Duffy to Shepherd, 2 runs, dropped. Shepherd slices the short ball to sweeper cover and Robinson, despite getting both hands, drops it. He was diving forward and as soon as the elbows hit the ground, the ball popped out of his grasp...

Jacob Duffy to Shepherd, SIX, the cleanest of the lot. A proper stare down from Romario Shepherd. A juicy length delivery in the slot outside off and Shepherd has picked the bones out of that one. Clears his front leg and deposits it for the biggest maximum of the game

Jacob Duffy to Shepherd, SIX, Shepherd had no clue where that had gone! 134ks dug in short outside off, Shepherd pulls and the top-edge travels all the way behind square on the leg-side for a 70-metre maximum

Santner to Shepherd, SIX, smoked into the grass banks. Pitched short and sliding in with the bowling arm, Shepherd rocks back and swats it away for a maximum over mid-wicket

Neesham to Shepherd, FOUR, gets inside the line of the short ball and gloves the pull past the leaping keeper to his left. Neesham has a wry smile and he feels Shepherd got away with one there...

Ish Sodhi to Shepherd, no run, Shepherd was rooted to the crease against this quicker slider, missed the bat and was struck in front of leg stump on the front pad. Sodhi was keen on the review and it proved to be a decent one in the end...

Ish Sodhi to Shepherd, FOUR, full and wide of off stump, Shepherd throws the kitchen sink and gets a thick top-edge that sails over the man at short third. Quick outfield does the rest...

Ish Sodhi to Shepherd, FOUR, plenty of width on this legbreak, Shepherd gets on top of it and smacks the cut past the diving left hand of backward point

Santner to Forde, out Caught by Neesham!! Quicker on the stumps. The length was short and that lured Forde to go for the big hit. Went deep inside the crease and miscued the pull towards long-on. Neesham runs forward and accepts it gleefully. Forde c Neesham b Santner 0(3)

Ish Sodhi to Holder, out Caught by Neesham!! Both set batters depart in quick succesion. That is a body blow for the West Indies. Short and spinning away wide of off, Holder cuts and doesn't bother it keep it along the ground. Slices in the air and picks out the man at backward point. Holder c Neesham b Ish Sodhi 20(19) [4s-1 6s-1]

Neesham to Roston Chase, out Caught by Conway!! Short and wide. There is extra bounce on offer too. Chase slashes and gets a thick outside edge to the right of the keeper. Neesham went wide of the crease and got the ball to angle back in which kinda cramped Chase for a little bit of room in the channel outside off. Roston Chase c Conway b Neesham 38(32) [4s-3 6s-1]

Michael Bracewell to Holder, SIX, full and in the slot for Holder to get his long levers going. Tonked back over the bowler's head for a 76-metre maxiimum

Ish Sodhi to Holder, FOUR, late spin for Duffy at backward point as he fumbles. Cut away to his left and the late spin defeats him before racing away to the fence...

Ish Sodhi to Roston Chase, no run, a direct hit at the bowling end would have been curtains for Holder. Pushed to cover and Holder wanted a quick single. Chase, though, was never interested and the throw from Rachin went wide of the sticks. If Sodhi had been back at the stumps, that would have been enough as well. Not to be...

Ish Sodhi to Roston Chase, SIX, fraction short and Roston Chase is onto it in a flash. Chase uses the depth of the crease and gets enough power behind the pull to clear the roeps wide of long-on

Ish Sodhi to Roston Chase, FOUR, Chase welcomes Ish Sodhi with a boundary. It was a juicy full toss on the stumps and Chase accepts the gift with a biff drive back over the bowler's head

Michael Bracewell to Roston Chase, 1 run, fuller on the stumps, Chase chips it down the ground off the toe end to the right of long-on

Michael Bracewell to Powell, out Caught by Chapman!! A catch for Chapman in his 100th T20I. Powell advances looking for a big hit, but he was nowhere near the pitch of the delivery. Had to throws his hands at the last minute and ended up slicing it high into the air on the off-side. Chapman runs in from sweeper cover and completes the catch with ease. Powell c Chapman b Michael Bracewell 11(8) [4s-1 6s-1]

Neesham to Powell, SIX, six to start the powerplay and six to end the powerplay. Neesham searches for movement and goes a bit too full on this occasion, Powell plays the whippy loft and the wind takes it over the ropes at wide long-on

Neesham to Roston Chase, FOUR, shows full face of the bat and lifts it down the ground does Roston Chase. Jamieson runs back from mid-on and puts in a valiant dive near the ropes, but unfortunately for New Zealand - his left hand made contact with the ropes as he tried to haul the ball back with his right hand...

Jacob Duffy to Powell, FOUR, 136ks full ball in the channel outside off, Powell looks to loft down the ground and ends up slicing it over cover. Enough power and pace to travel to the boundary ropes...

Jamieson to Roston Chase, FOUR, 128ks good length angled in towards the right-hander, Chase lofts and gets enough power and timing to beat the fielder at mid-on

Jacob Duffy to Rutherford, out Caught by Conway!! Rutherford's poor run of form continues. He has played a shot that would make the caoch really upset. Lost 2 wickets in the over already and the ball is doing all sorts for Jacob Duffy, so what does Rutherford do? Run down the pitch and throw his hands at an ambitious slap on the off-side at a full away swinger. Thick outside edge and the keeper completes the formalities. "Reckless" is the word from Ian Bishop on air. Rutherford c Conway b Jacob Duffy 0(2)

Jacob Duffy to Ackeem Auguste, out Bowled!! That is a proper bonzer from the local boy. The kind you see in Test match cricket. Full and wobbling in late into the left-hander. Ackeem Auguste wanted to flick and left enough bat-pad gap for the ball to sneak through and hit the leg peg. Ackeem Auguste b Jacob Duffy 8(5) [4s-2]

Jacob Duffy to Shai Hope, out Caught by Conway!! Shai Hope is livid. As soon as the ball left the bat, he lets out a loud scream. It's the second time in the series Shai Hope got out to the pull shot informs Ian Bishop on air. Pacy short ball just outside off, Hope got a thick top-edge on the pull and the keeper runs forward to complete the catch with a dive. Shai Hope c Conway b Jacob Duffy 11(5) [4s-1 6s-1]

Jamieson to Ackeem Auguste, FOUR, that was inviting and Auguste obliges. 127ks sits up on a length outside off, Auguste jumps on the back foot and punches sweetly in the gap between backward point and cover

Jamieson to Ackeem Auguste, FOUR, 126ks short at the hip, Auguste swivels and powers the pull over mid-wicket. Off the mark with a boundary...

Jamieson to Athanaze, out Caught&Bowled!! Gee, that is a fine catch. Jamieson is a tall lad and he has used every inch of his frame to pluck this out of thin air. Touch fuller than the previous delivery and the extra bounce does the trick. Athanaze wanted to push down the ground and ended up chipping it back off the splice of the bat. Jamieson, in his followthrough, leaps and grabs a one-handed stunner to provide the first breakthrough for New Zealand. Athanaze c and b Jamieson 1(4)

Jacob Duffy to Shai Hope, FOUR, the bottom hand comes off the blade, but Shai Hope has got enough on that. Full and seaming in towards middle and off, Hope looks to loft and skews it off the thick outside half that trickles away wide of long-off for the second boundary of the over

Jacob Duffy to Shai Hope, SIX, a 60-metre maximum to get things going. Short and wide of off stump, Shai Hope throws his hands on the cut and manages to slice it off the top-edge past the leaping fielder at third man to his left. Wind helping the ball sail over the ropes there...