Pallekele, Oct 1: West Indies win Super Over, to stay afloat in the tournament, as New Zealand crash out after the scores were levelled, and a one-over eliminator decided the winner during a Super Eights clash at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Monday.
Here are the highlights of the Super Eights clash between West Indies and New Zealand at Pallekele
# For the time, New Zealand played a match against West Indies in World T20
# Overall in five matches, West Indies has won two, New Zealand have registered a win, with two ties
# Daniel Vettori missed the World T20 match against West Indies due to soreness of his left Achilles, as he made way for Ronnie Hira
# West Indies have won 18, lost 23 with a match yielding no result in T20 Internationals
# Chris Gayle hits a six, every 9.1 balls in T20 Internationals
# Chris Gayle recorded 300 sixes in T20 cricket
# West Indies scored 60 runs in the mandatory power play and lost 2 wickets
# This was the highest powerplay score recorded by West Indies in this tournament
# Ross Taylor's World T20 captaincy record: Won 6, Lost 5
# New Zealand in T20 Internationals: Won 28, Lost 29
# New Zealand in the last 5 T20Is: L L L W W
# Sri Lanka's 198/3 against Australia is the highest score at Pallekele in T20 Internationals
# Team batting first have won 6 times out of 10 internatioanls played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium so far
# Ross Taylor holds the record for the most catches in T20 internationals with 31 off 46 matches with a maximum of 3 in an innings
# West Indies reached 100 in 13 overs
# Tim Southee is just one short of 100 wickets in his T20 career
# West Indies slipped from 87/3 to 102/6
# New Zealand's lowest powerplay score has been 34/1 Vs Bangladesh in World T20
# New Zealand's average powerplay score this tournament is 41/1# Last 6 super eight matches have been won by team batting second
# This is the first time NZ have dismissed WI for 139 in T20 Internationals
# Last 6 super eight matches have been won by team batting second
# Ross Taylor scored his 4th fifty in T20 Internationals
# It was the second Super Over in World T20 2012, also involving New Zealand, as the Kiwis have involved in 5 instances so far in T20 internationals but have been successful only once
# Tim Southee bowled the Super Over, conceded 17 runs off 5 balls as that over included a no-ball six off the first ball, followed by 1,2,wd1, 6 off the next four balls to give Windies a chance to fancy their chances for a semi-final berth
# Sunil Narine's 3/20 off 4 overs earned him the man of the match award
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