West Indies won by 13 runs, ending New Zealand's journey in the tournament

West Indies won by 13 runs, ending New Zealand's journey in the tournament

The host West Indies defeated New Zealand by 13 runs in the 26th game of the ongoing ICCT20 World Cup between America and the West Indies. This victory advanced the West Indies to the Super Eight round.

In the game played in Trinidad on Thursday, New Zealand scored 136 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the allocated 20 overs, chasing down the 150 runs that the West Indies had set as their objective.

Glenn Phillips scored forty, Finn Allen scored twenty-six, and Mitchell Santner scored twenty-one for New Zealand.
Alzari Joseph took four wickets for the West Indies, Gudakish Moti took three, and Aqeel Hussain took one.
West Indies scored 149 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 9 wickets after New Zealand had won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Aqeel Hussain scored 15 runs, Nicholas Pooran scored 17, and Sharafeen Rutherford scored 68 runs for the West Indies.
Trent Boult claimed three wickets for New Zealand, while Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson both claimed two wickets

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Following their loss in this game, New Zealand's T20 World Cup journey has become exceedingly challenging.

In Group C, New Zealand has zero points, placing them fifth and last, and their net run rate is negative 2.425.
For New Zealand to advance to the Super Eight stage, they must win their final two games by significant margins.

In a similar vein, Kiwi supporters will have to hope and pray that Afghanistan loses its final two games by enormous margins.

It should be mentioned that Afghanistan will face Papua New Guinea on Friday in their next game, and if Afghanistan prevails, New Zealand would be eliminated from the competition.