West Indies make it 2-0

Kingston: West Indies secured an impressive 2-0 Test series victory over New Zealand on Sunday with Shivnarine Chanderpaul guiding them to a five-wicket win in the second Test at Sabina Park, Jamaica.

Needing just 71 runs to win, Chanderpaul, who finished unbeaten on 43, ensured there was no late scare for the Caribbean side.

Chanderpaul received good support from night-watchman Kemar Roach, who made 41 before he slashed a wide ball from Kane Williamson to Tim Southee at backward point.

Narsingh Deonarine, whose bowling spell of 4/37 turned the game to West Indies favour as New Zealand managed just 154 in their second innings, joined Chanderpaul to help Darren Sammy's team to reach the target.

The Test series defeat was a disappointing end to New Zealand's Caribbean tour. The tour included two Twenty20 games, five one-day Internationals as well as the two Tests. And New Zealand could manage only one win in the one-day series.

"It has been a disappointing tour all round," said skipper Ross Taylor. "We had our chances in this match, like we had chances in a lot of the matches but winning is a habit and we were beaten by a better team at the end of the day.

"Our batting needs to a take a good hard look at ourselves." A tour of India later this month ensures that the young New Zealand team will have little time for contemplation and they will need to handle spin far better than they did on this tour.

For West Indies, whose next assignment is the Twenty20 World Cup, the victory was reward for coach Ottis Gibson and skipper Darren Sammy who have worked hard to re-establish the Caribbean team through a new generation of players.

(Reuters)

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