12 July 2004	Monday	23 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425

LONDON, July 11: Spinner Daniel Vettori took five wickets to inspire New Zealand to a 107-run victory over West Indies in the triangular series final at Lord's on Saturday (partly reported in Sunday's edition).

Vettori, who finished with figures of five for 30, was also responsible for two run outs while Chris Harris became the first New Zealander to take 200 wickets and score 4,000 runs in one-dayers as West Indies were dismissed for 159 in 41.2 overs.

"It was one of those days. You could bowl like that all the time and not get results," a modest Vettori said. "I have enjoyed the tour. It was frustrating losing the Test series (against England) but capping it off like this makes the Test series a distant memory."

Captain Stephen Fleming had earlier smashed 67 from 66 balls to help New Zealand to 266. "Everything pretty much went to plan," said Fleming. "The fact we thought we were 20 runs short was a big facet in our fielding."

West Indies made a slow start to their chase, scoring 54 for two in their first 15 overs compared with New Zealand's 83 without loss. Vettori trapped Brian Lara lbw for a cautious 30 and he also dismissed Dwayne Bravo for four, Scott Styris juggling a close catch on the leg side.

The spinner had earlier ran out Devon Smith (44) with a direct hit from some distance. Harris reacted quickly at point to run out Ramnaresh Sarwan for 19, hurling the ball to bowler Styris who nipped off the bails.

Vettori and Harris, who had Ridley Jacobs (1) caught on the boundary by Chris Cairns for his 200th wicket, then wrapped up the victory with 8.4 overs to spare in the late evening gloom.

The players left the field three times as showers and bad light threatened to spill the game over into Sunday. New Zealand, playing in their first one-day match at Lord's, were bowled out in 49.2 overs. They had looked set for over 300 before losing their last seven wickets for 49 runs.

Openers Fleming and Nathan Astle shared a 120-run stand with Fleming striking nine fours before playing a loose cut straight to Chris Gayle off the bowling of Bravo.

Astle (57) played more conservatively and was out in the same manner, clearly annoyed with his choice of shot. Sarwan, with one-day best figures of three for 31, and Dwayne Smith, one for 27, helped limit New Zealand after Tino Best in particular had been costly in the first 15 overs.

West Indies were poor in the field and Shivnarine Chanderpaul even collided with Ian Bradshaw in the deep when taking a catch off Best to dismiss Craig McMillan for a steady 52.

New Zealand became the first team in the series to win batting first after being sent in by Lara. They won all four of their completed games in the series and will return to England in September for the ICC Champions Trophy in confident mood.

"They played really well and deserved to win the tournament," West Indies captain Brian Lara said. "They came into the game as favourites and played like that."

Scoreboard

NEW ZEALAND:

S.P. Fleming c Gayle b Bravo 67

N.J. Astle c Gayle b Bravo 57

H.J.H. Marshall c Sarwan b Gayle 44

S.B. Styris c Powell b D.R. Smith 1

C.D. McMillan c Chanderpaul b Best 52

C.L. Cairns st Jacobs b Sarwan 5

J.D.P. Oram c Jacobs b Best 15

C.Z. Harris c and b Sarwan 1

D.L. Vettori c D.R. Smith b Sarwan 6

G.J. Hopkins run out 0

I.G. Butler not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-8, W-9, NB-1) 18

TOTAL (all out, 49.2 overs) 266

FALL OF WKTS: 1-120, 2-143, 3-146, 4-217, 5-233, 6-249, 7-252, 8-265, 9-266.

BOWLING: Best 7.2-0-57-2 (1nb, 2w); Bradshaw 6-1-28-0 (1w); D.R. Smith 10-1-27-1; Bravo 10-0-67-2 (3w); Gayle 10-0-48-1; Sarwan 6-0-31-3 (3w).

WEST INDIES:

C.H. Gayle c Styris b Oram 4

D.S. Smith run out 44

R.R. Sarwan run out 19

B.C. Lara lbw b Vettori 30

D.J.J. Bravo c Styris b Vettori 4

S. Chanderpaul c McMillan b Vettori 31

R.L. Powell c Marshall b Vettori 18

D.R. Smith lbw b Vettori 2

R.D. Jacobs c Cairns b Harris 1

I.D.R. Bradshaw run out 0

T.L. Best not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-3) 5

TOTAL (all out, 41.2 overs) 159

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-45, 3-98, 4-105, 5-106, 6-144, 7-149, 8-150, 9-150.

BOWLING: Oram 8-2-26-1 (1nb); Butler 6-0-25-0 (2nb); Styris 5-0-22-0; Harris 10-0-45-1; Vettori 9.2-1-30-5; McMillan 3-0-9-0.

RESULT: New Zealand won by 107 runs.

UMPIRES: D.R. Shepherd (England) and R.E. Koertzen (South Africa).

TV UMPIRE: J.W. Lloyds (England).

MATCH REFEREE: G.R. Viswanath (India).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Daniel Vettori.

MAN-OF-THE-SERIES: Stephen Fleming. -Reuters