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Match 2 | WI vs NZ ODI Series 2026 | Providence Stadium, Guyana | 13 July 2026
Keacy Carty and Shai Hope are the two batters who matter most in this series, after their 131-run stand won West Indies the first match by seven wickets. Carty fell five runs short of a fifth ODI century, but the platform he and Hope built exposed how quickly New Zealand’s middle order can unravel once early wickets go. Daryl Mitchell offers New Zealand their best individual threat, but the tourists need more than one batter firing if they’re going to level this series at Providence.
Carty made 95 off 112 balls, falling five short of a century when caught at deep midwicket off Michael Bracewell, an innings that still earned him Player of the Match. He added 64 with Auguste for the second wicket before a defining 131-run stand with Hope for the third, compiled in 25.4 overs.
Hope finished unbeaten on 87 off 92 balls, surviving a DRS review that went his way at the 44.3-over mark. Together they turned a chase of 268 into one of only two occasions a 250-plus target has been chased at Providence, a venue where teams batting first still win just over half the matches.
Carty’s numbers back the innings: 50 ODIs, 1,715 runs, average 43.97, strike rate 77.30, with four centuries and six fifties banked. Hope’s resume is longer still, 150 matches and 6,169 runs at an average near 51, including 19 centuries, giving West Indies genuine top-order depth rather than one match-winner alone.
Daryl Mitchell is New Zealand’s clearest counter, averaging above 58 with a strike rate close to 96, numbers above every other player named in either squad. Nicholls and Young form the platform in front of him, though their opening stand of 80 still ended with New Zealand losing their last six wickets for just 33 runs.
| Batter | Team | ODI Average | Strike Rate |
| Keacy Carty | West Indies | 42.88 | 77.29 |
| Shai Hope | West Indies | 50.56 | 80.03 |
| Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand | 58.61 | 95.56 |
| Will Young | New Zealand | 35.61 | 84.86 |
| Henry Nicholls | New Zealand | 33.77 | 79.62 |
New Zealand’s top order did its job at first. Nicholls and Young put on 80 before Nicholls fell to a long hop from Vitel Lawes, and Young’s 49 ended without controversy. Latham added 25 before he was trapped lbw by Khary Pierre in the 33rd over, keeping New Zealand within reach of a total.
Mitchell’s 65 kept the innings together, and his stand of 65 with Bracewell threatened to push New Zealand past 280. Bracewell fell top-edging a sweep off Lawes to short third, triggering a collapse from 234 for 4 in the 44th over to 267 all out with one ball left, six wickets defining the gap between a defendable score and a beaten one.
Providence Stadium has hosted 13 ODIs, with first-innings totals averaging around 215 and second-innings totals closer to 192, numbers tilted toward the chasing side. The highest score here remains 309 for 6 by West Indies, and teams batting first still win 53 percent of matches across all formats, a split tighter than the ODI numbers suggest.
West Indies’ chase of 268 was only the second time a target above 250 has been run down at Providence, underlining how rare Carty and Hope’s stand was. That history puts pressure on whichever top order bats first here, since falling behind the rate has historically been hard to claw back.
West Indies arrive on five straight losses before the series began, a run snapped by their opening win, while New Zealand had won three of their previous five before losing 2-1 to Bangladesh in April. New Zealand also lost 3-0 to West Indies at home in November 2025, so this series carries history beyond the opening game.
Neither side has announced lineup changes for the second match, with West Indies naming Khary Pierre as injury cover for Roston Chase and New Zealand naming Lister as a replacement for the injured Ben Sears among their squad depth. With identical squads expected again, the same West Indies vs New Zealand ODI 2026 batters who decided the opener look set to carry the same weight in Guyana a second time.
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When is the West Indies vs New Zealand 2nd ODI?
The match is on Monday, July 13, 2026, at Providence Stadium in Guyana. It starts at 2:30 pm local time, which is 7 pm in India and 1:30 pm GMT.
Who won the 1st ODI between West Indies and New Zealand?
West Indies won the series opener by seven wickets. They chased down 268 with seven balls to spare, built on a 131-run stand between Carty and Hope.
How many runs did Keacy Carty score in the 1st ODI?
Carty scored 95 off 112 balls. He fell five runs short of what would have been his fifth ODI century, and still won Player of the Match.
Where is the West Indies vs New Zealand 2nd ODI being played?
The match is at Providence Stadium, also known as the Guyana National Stadium. The venue has hosted 13 ODIs, with totals batting first averaging around 215.
Who is New Zealand’s top run-scorer this series?
Daryl Mitchell leads New Zealand’s batting with 65 runs so far. That came in the only completed match of the series, anchoring an innings that still ended in defeat.
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