WI BEAT NZ IST T20

We head way down south now, but the West Indies fortunes kept going north.

As they held on to win the opening T20I today by seven runs against host New Zealand in Aukland.

Shai Hope led the charge with the bat while Jayden Seales and Roston chase snapped up six wickets.

However, it was a steady final over from Romario Shepherd that denied Mitchell Santner, to defend 164 at Eden Park