Roseau, Dominica: Andre Fletcher hit 62 off 49 balls while Sheldon Cottrell & Sunil Narine shined with the ball as West Indies beat New Zealand by 39 runs on Sunday in their second & final Twenty20 match to draw the series 1-1.

Fletcher's top score, including 3 fours and 3 sixes, took the score to 165 for 6 off 20 overs at Windsor Park. Lendl Simmons added 36 and Trent Boult led the Kiwi bowlers with 2-22 in 4 overs.

New Zealand's chase got a spirited start through Kane Williamson (37) and Brendon McCullum (21) but they were eventually bowled out for 126 off 19.1 overs.

Only Ross Taylor (21) offered much resistance as the tourists lost their last 6 wickets for 13 runs with Cottrell and Narine to the fore.

Left-arm fast bowler Cottrell took 3-28 while off-spinner Narine grabbed 2-19 from 4 miserly overs.

Simmons and Fletcher, who notched his second straight half century, set up West Indies' competitive total after they were sent in to bat. The right-handed pair shared a 2nd wicket stand of 66 in 52 balls.

There were aggressive contributions in the lower order as well as the West Indies smashed 56 runs off the last 5 overs.

Captain Darren Sammy hit 10 off 3 balls and Andre Russell ended at 14*(7)..

New Zealand lost Jimmy Neesham (7) at 8 for 1 when he slashed Cottrell to backward point. But Williamson, captain for the day, shared successive stands with McCullum and Taylor to boost the Black Caps' score.

New Zealand were still in with a chance at 82 for 2 in the 12th over before a late collapse took place. Samuel Badree claimed McCullum while Narine bowled Taylor to start the rot.

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