New Zealand beat the West Indies by 2 wickets in the second quarterfinal of the Under-19 World Cup. At the same time, on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, in the second quarterfinal match of the tournament played in Benoni, New Zealand won with two balls remaining in the exciting match. Where New Zealand managed to reach the semi-finals by defeating West Indies on the basis of all-round performances by Fiddle and Clarke. After a tremendous performance in bowling, the two players made an unbeaten 86-run partnership for the ninth wicket in batting and won the team in the losing match.
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In the match, West Indies won the toss and decided to bat first and thanks to Kirk McKenzie's 99 runs, he scored 238 runs in 47.5 overs and the entire team was all out. For New Zealand, Clarke dropped the most four wickets for 25 runs in 7.5 overs with two maidens.
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In response, the New Zealand team started to bat and started wickets continuously without any big partnership. At one point in the team, eight players had returned to the pavilion for 153 runs. But for the ninth wicket, Joe Fiddle and Christian Clarke teamed together to win the match of 86 runs and remained unbeaten, leading the team to the semi-finals. While Fiddle scored 38 runs in 58 balls, Clarke scored 46 runs in 42 balls.
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