CASTRIES (St Lucia), June 9: Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored 108 off 133 balls to carry the West Indies to victory over New Zealand in the second One-day International Saturday.

West Indies reached the target of 248 in 49.1 overs when Brian Lara sealed the game with a cover drive for four.

Scoreboard

NEW ZEALAND:

S.P. Fleming b Gayle 89

N.J. Astle b Dillon 2

C.J. Nevin c Jacobs b Collins 15

C.D. McMillan b Collins 0

C.Z. Harris lbw Collins 0

L. Vincent b R.Hinds 33

S.B. Styris b Dillon 85

D.L. Vettori not out 13

D.R. Tuffey not out 4

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-4) 7

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 248

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-53, 3-55, 4-55, 5-113, 6-203, 7-235.

DID NOT BAT: S.E. Bond, P.A. Hitchcock.

BOWLING: Dillon 10-2-60-2 (1w); Cuffy 7-0-43-0 (1w); Collins 9-1-33-3; Gayle 10-0-48-1 (1w); Hooper 4-0-15-0; R.O. Hinds 10-0-46-1 (1w).

WEST INDIES:

C.H. Gayle c Vettori b Tuffey 30

S. Chanderpaul not out 108

R.R. Sarwan b Hitchcock 44

C.L. Hooper b Hitchcock 47

R.D. Jacobs c Vettori b Hitchcock 3

B.C. Lara not out 9

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-4, NB-4) 9

TOTAL (for four wkts, 49.1 overs) 250

FALL OF WKTS: 1-55, 2-141, 3-225, 4-233.

DID NOT BAT: W.W. Hinds, R.O. Hinds, M. Dillon, P.T. Collins, C.E. Cuffy.

BOWLING: Tuffey 8.1-1-36-1; Bond 9-0-59-0; Hitchcock 10-0-43-3; Vettori 10-0-54-0; Harris 10-1-39-0; Styris 2-0-18-0.—Reuters

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