Overview
- New Zealand beat West Indies by five wickets in Napier to take an unassailable 2-0 lead with one match remaining.
- Persistent rain delayed the start by roughly three hours and the contest was reduced to 34 overs per side.
- West Indies posted 247/9 as captain Shai Hope scored an unbeaten 109 for his 19th ODI hundred and crossed 6,000 career runs, earning Player of the Match.
- Devon Conway top-scored for the hosts with 90 and Rachin Ravindra added 56 in a 106-run opening stand that laid the platform for the chase.
- Tom Latham (39*) and captain Mitchell Santner (34*) finished the job with three balls left after Nathan Smith’s 4/42 and Kyle Jamieson’s 3/44 limited the visitors.