Watch the highlights of New Zealand vs West Indies 3rd T20I 2018 - West Indies tour of New Zealand 3-match Twenty20 international series of the 3rd T20I match played between West Indies and New Zealand at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui in 03rd January 2018.
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| Colin Munro soaks in his third T20I hundred © Getty Images |
Colin Munro's record century and Martin Guptill's quick-fire fifty sets up to New Zealand heaviest 119-run victory over West Indies and clinch the three-match series with 2-0 in a one-sided game of the third T20I.
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- New Zealand's 119-run win was their largest victory by terms of runs in T20 internationals and the third biggest victory in T20Is.
- West Indies 119-run defeat was their worst by margin of runs in T20Is.
- Colin Munro became the first batsman to score three centuries in T20 international cricket history.
- Colin Munro hammered a 47-ball joint sixth fastest century in T20 international and the fastest hundred by an New Zealand batsman in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 50-ball hundred held by Brendon McCullum against Australia at Christchurch in 2010.
- 10 : Colin Munro hit the joint most sixes in an innings for New Zealand in T20 international, jointly 10-sixes hit by Corey Anderson against Bangladesh at same in the last year and the most sixes hit by any batsman against West Indies in an innings in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 7-sixes hit by David Warner at Sydney in 2010.
- 223 : Colin Munro hit the most runs in a bilateral T20I series, surpassing the previous record of 222-runs by Hamilton Masakadza 222 against Bangladesh in 2016.
- 17 : New Zealand hit the joint fifth most sixes in an innings in T20 internationals.
- New Zealand's 243 was their highest score ever in T20 international cricket history and the seventh best total in T20Is.
- New Zealand's 243 was their highest score ever in T20 international cricket history and the seventh highest total in T20Is.
- 136 : Martin Guptill and Colin Munro set up the record first-wicket partnership for New Zealand in T20 international, previously held by the 130-run stand between Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum at Hamilton in 2008, it is the New Zealand's second highest opening stand and the joint ninth highest first-wicket stand in T20Is, jointly 136 held by Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag against England at Durban in the inaugural 2007 World Twenty20.
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New Zealand scored mammoth total of 243-5 in 20 overs with top scorer by
Colin Munro 104 - which was his third T20I hundred, Martin Guptill blasted a 63 off 38-balls including 5-fourd & 2-sixes with strike rate of 165.78.
Tom Bruce hit 23 off 14-balls including 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 164.28 and Kane Williamson cracked a 19 off 8-balls included 2-fours & a six with strike-rate of 237.50.
West Indies best bowler by Carlos Brathwaite took two-wickets, Jerome Taylor takes 1-wicket and debutant Rayad Emrit - who took one-wicket on his debut T20I match.
West Indies scored 124 for all-out in 16.3 overs with top scorer by Andre Fletcher struck 46 off 32-balls including 4-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 143.75.
Rovman Powell blasted a 16 off 8-balls including 4-fours with strike rate of 200 and Carlos Brathwaite 15.
Tim Southee picked up 3-wickets for 21-runs in 3.3 overs, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult both took two-wickets and one for Anaru Kitchen.
Colin Munro named player of the match for his sensational batting display of scoring a rapid 104-runs knocked off facing 53-balls including 10-sixes and 3-fours with strike rate of 196.22.
Colin Munro earned player of the series for contributing 223-runs including 2-fifties and 1-century with average of 74.33 in the three-match T20I series.
