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Pierre believes Windies should have ‘batted a little more responsibly’

Tue, Jul 14, '26 at 10:59 AM

New Zealand 141 for 5 (Latham 37, Young 28; Pierre 2-33) beat West Indies 138 all out (Campbell 43, Jangoo 24; Lennox 5-19) by 5 wickets 


The West Indies were bowled out for 138 in 36 overs, batting first in the second One-Day International against New Zealand in Providence, Guyana, on Monday. It was their lowest total against the Black Caps on home soil. 


After a cautious start, openers John Campbell and Ackeem Auguste picked up the tempo towards the end of the powerplay, sharing in a 63-run partnership for the first wicket. 


From there, however, the West Indies added just 75 runs for all 10 wickets as the Kiwi spinners took charge. According to Windies' own spinner Khary Pierre, it was incumbent on the Caribbean batsmen to weather the storm and bat through the allotted overs. 


“I think we left some runs out there,” Pierre began. “[We] got bowled out in 36 overs, with 14 overs to go. I think we could have batted a little more responsibly, rotated the strike a little more, and probably got to 230.”



Khary Pierre (AFP/Getty Images)
                                     Khary Pierre (AFP/Getty Images)

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Tue, Jul 14, '26 at 11:29 AM

Yes, they should have batted at least longer, the lower order came in and just swung for the fence