New Zealand v Windies, 2017-18: T20I Series – Statistical Highlights

Windies failed to win even one game of their tour of New Zealand in fact never came close to getting better of the home team. After winning the Test series 2-0 and ODI series 3-0, Kiwis defeated the Windies in the 3-match T20I series by a 2-0 margin to regain their No.1 ranking in the ICC T20I team rankings. New Zealand might have completed a whitewash across all the three formats if not for a rain-affected 2nd T20I.

All the cricket stats and numbers that were created during New Zealand’s dominant home series win:

1 – Colin Munro became the first player to score three T20I hundreds and also the first to score multiple T20I hundreds at the same venue (Mount Maunganui).

List of records Colin Munro created with his 3rd T20I hundred

4 – With the four dismissals in the first T20I of the series, Glenn Phillips became the first New Zealand wicketkeeper to effect four dismissals in a T20I inning. Phillips took three catches and affected a stumping in the game.

6 – In the 3rd T20I, Shai Hope became the 6th player to be “absent hurt” in the T20I cricket. The last one to be absent hurt in a T20I was Angelo Mathews during the Indore T20I against India last month.

12 – Chris Gayle and Chadwick Walton bagging ducks in the 3rd T20I is the 12th occasion in the T20I format where openers fell for ducks in the same innings. This was the first such instance for the Windies in this format.

18 – Colin Munro’s 18-ball fifty in the 2nd T20I is the 2nd fastest T20I fifty for New Zealand. The fastest fifty for NZ in this format came off 14 balls also by Munro in 2016 against Sri Lanka. Thus, Munro became the 3rd player after David Warner and Glenn Maxwell to score multiple fifties in the T20I format in less than 20 balls.

54 – Number of wickets for Tim Southee in the T20I format. He became the 2nd New Zealand bowler after Nathan McCullum (58) to bag 50 wickets in this format.

119 – New Zealand’s 119-run win in the 3rd T20I is the 3rd biggest win for any team in the T20I format and also the biggest win and biggest defeat for New Zealand and Windies respectively. Sri Lanka defeated Kenya by 172 runs in 2007 WT20 while South Africa won by 130 runs against Scotland in 2009. New Zealand’s previous biggest win in terms of runs was the 95-run win against Pakistan in 2016.

243/5 – New Zealand’s total of 243/5 in the 3rd T20I is their highest total in this format. Their previous highest total was 214/6 against Australia in 2010 in Christchurch.

243/5 – The total of 243/5 is the highest conceded by any team while using only five different bowlers. New Zealand conceded 214/5 with five bowlers against Australia in the first ever T20I.

2010 – Chris Gayle’s duck in this game is his 3rd duck in the T20I format and his first in 31 innings. His last duck in this format was in the home T20I series against South Africa in 2010.