Overview
- Chasing 248 in a 34-overs-per-side match, New Zealand reached 248-5 in 33.3 overs to win by five wickets with three balls remaining.
- Devon Conway struck 90 and Rachin Ravindra 56 in a 106-run opening stand, New Zealand’s first ODI century opening partnership in 73 matches.
- Tom Latham (39*) and captain Mitchell Santner (34*) closed out the chase, with eight needed off the final over after a no-ball four from Jayden Seales.
- Shai Hope’s unbeaten 109 off 69 balls was his 19th ODI hundred, equalling Brian Lara for West Indies, and he passed 6,000 ODI runs as their second-fastest to the mark.
- Nathan Smith took a career-best 4-42 and Kyle Jamieson 3-44; Daryl Mitchell is sidelined with a minor groin tear with Henry Nicholls replacing him, and the third ODI is set for Nov. 22 in Hamilton.