Captaincy change with eye on World Cup - Hesson
Mike Hesson, the New Zealand coach, has said that the decision to make Kane Williamson captain in the second Twenty20 international against West Indies was done with an eye on next year's World Cup
Change in conditions helped us - Sammy
Darren Sammy, West Indies' T20 captain, said the change in the conditions made the difference for his team as they squared the T20 series 1-1 on Sunday after losing the opening game. On Saturday, his bowlers had to deal with a wet ball, due to a persistent drizzle during New Zealand's chase as they failed to defend 106 from 15 overs. The following match was played under sunshine as West Indies defended 165 by bundling out New Zealand for 126.
"There was no rain today and no wet ball to deal with. [Andre] Fletcher said the pitch was a bit two-paced but it wasn't so difficult that he couldn't play through the line of the ball, so I thought 160 was a good enough score and we showed in the end that it was enough," Sammy said.
Fletcher, who picked up the Man of the Series Award for his back-to-back fifties said he was pleased with his form and hope to be a permanent fixture in the limited-overs teams. "Mentally I have improved a lot, and also where strike rotation is concerned," Fletcher said. "I need to continue with this form going into the CPL."