Mount Maunganui, Nov. 30 -- : The third T20I between New Zealand and West Indies was abandoned due to rain here at the Bay Oval on Monday.
New Zealand won the first T20I in Auckland on November 27 by five wickets in a rain-shortened encounter and then rode on the fastest T20I hundred for a Kiwi player by Glenn Phillips in the second game on Sunday to seal the series.
New Zealand won the toss and opted to bowl first against West Indies in the dead rubber. Mitchell Santner was captaining New Zealand for the first time and the side included Daryl Mitchell, Scott Kuggeleijn, and Hamish Bennett in the playing XI.
West Indies had got off to a good start scoring 12 runs in the first overs but their joy was short-lived as Lockie Ferguson provid...