Chapman stars as New Zealand holds out West Indies by 3 runs in 2nd T20

Mark Chapman blasted 78 from 28 balls including a half-century from lone 19 deliveries arsenic New Zealand bushed the West Indies by 3 runs and leveled the bid astatine 1-1 connected Thursday.

Chapman's battle saw New Zealand adhd 100 runs from the ninth to the 16th overs connected the mode to 207-5 aft being sent in.

The West Indies struggled astatine archetypal against New Zealand's three-pronged rotation onslaught and was 94-6 aft 13 overs.

But outstanding hitting by Rovman Powell, who made 45 from 16 balls, Romario Shepherd with 34 from 16 and Matthew Forde with an unbeaten 29 from 13 saw the West Indies scope the past implicit needing 16 runs with 3 wickets successful hand.

Entrusted with the last over, Kyle Jamieson conceded fours from the archetypal and 3rd balls, the 2nd of which was a nary ball. Powell was retired to the 4th ball, caught by Chapman who took 3 catches successful the innings to implicit a player-of-the-match performance.

The West Indies needed six from the past 2 balls but managed lone 3 runs and finished 204-8.

“The West Indies boys, they're truthful beardown they're ne'er truly retired of the game,” Chapman said. “It was astonishing that the boys held their nervus astatine the end.”

Chapman went from 12 disconnected 10 balls to 65 disconnected 22 balls. He deed 24 runs including 3 sixes successful the 13th over, bowled by Shepherd, past 4 fours and a six successful the 15th implicit bowled by Jayden Seales.

New Zealand went from 83-2 aft 12 overs to 140-3 aft 15 and astatine the extremity of the 16th implicit was 163-3.

The West Indies bowlers sent down 11 wides, galore of them trying to enactment the shot retired of Chapman's reach. It was reminiscent of the Toronto Blue Jays walking Shohei Otani during the World Series.

Chapman was yet retired successful the 17th over, caught by Jason Holder disconnected his ain bowling aft hitting six boundaries and 7 sixes.

After Chapman, Daryl Mitchell made an unbeaten 28 from 14 balls and Mitchell Santner 18 not retired from 8 balls. Tim Robinson made 39 astatine the apical of the order.

Seales' 4 overs outgo 61 runs.

The teams conscionable successful back-to-back matches successful Nelson connected Sunday and Monday.