Jacob Duffy shines with four-fer, completes 50 T20I wickets: Stats
What's the story
New Zealand clinched a comfortable eight-wicket win over West Indies in the 5th and final T20I at Dunedin on Thursday. The win gave them a 3-1 series victory. Jacob Duffy was the star of the match with his impressive bowling figures of 4/35, including three wickets in one over. He ran riot as the Windies were restricted to 140/9, and New Zealand chased down with ease in the 16th over. Duffy also completed 50 T20I wickets.
Match highlights
How did the match pan out?
Duffy's early wickets included captain Shai Hope, Ackeem Auguste, and Sherfane Rutherford in the third over. His sharp delivery to Auguste knocked off his leg stump. With Rovman Powell's dismissal two balls after the first powerplay, West Indies were reeling at 48/5. Duffy later dismissed Romario Shepherd to complete his four-fer. He conceded 35 runs in four overs.
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Duffy gets to 50 T20I wickets
Dismissing Hope, Duffy raced to 50 wickets in T20I cricket. He became the third-fastest Kiwi player to reach this milestone in terms of matches (38), only behind Trent Boult and Lockie Ferguson. In terms of innings, Duffy is the joint-fastest NZ player to 50 T20I wickets with Boult (36 innings). Duffy now has 53 T20I wickets at an average of 17.05. His tally includes 5 five-wicket hauls.
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Player of the Series
Duffy, who took 10 wickets in the series, was named Player of the Series. He said, "I guess in Twenty20 a huge asset of mine is that swing up top and taking wickets in the power play is always pretty important."