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With Shai Hope unable to bat after injuring his shoulder earlier, the dismissal of Samuel Badree signals the end of West Indies innings as they are bowled out for 124 to suffer a 119-run loss. Southee finishes with a three-wicket haul while Boult and Sodhi bag two each. Here's a look at the

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Guptill falls after fifty:

The opening stand finally comes to an end as Guptill falls for 63 off 38, edging to the 'keeper off Emrit. But the tempo remains the same as Munro continues to make merry, scoring two sixes off Badree in the 13th over. New Zealand are 157 for 1.

Welcome to T20I cricket:

Debutant Emrit is welcomed into the attack with a huge six by Munro over long leg. The batsman brings up his third successive half-century in T20Is in the process and celebrates it with another six. The century stand comes up in the 10th over

Half-century stand:

Ashley Nurse is not spared either as he's welcomed into the attack with two successive fours by Munro which brings up the half-century stand in the 5th over. Badree too ends up conceding two boundaries. At the end of the powerplay, New Zealand are 63 for 0 with both openers looking to do more damage.

Aggressive batting:

A one-handed catch was missed but not on the field. It was at the grassbanks after Munro dispatched Taylor for the second six of the innings. Guptill then just about managed to clear the fielder between cover and point for a four off Badree and finishes the over with another boundary. New Zealand are racing away in the powerplay, having reached 42 for 0 after 4 overs.

Positive start:

Two boundaries straightaway for Guptill off Taylor in the opening over. One was a full delivery driven past cover while the other was strayed down the leg and was easy pickings for the right-handed opener. Munro, who got off the mark with a single in the opening over, got into the act by smashing a Samuel Badree delivery over square leg for a maximum. He mistimed the next shot but the ball landed clear of the fielders. New Zealand move to 22 for 0 after 2 overs.

Toss and Teams:

New Zealand have won the toss and decided to bat. One change for the hosts as Trent Boult replaces Seth Rance. Windies have made a couple of changes, bringing in Rayad Emrit and Jerome Taylor for Kesrick Williams and Sheldon Cottrell.

Teams:

New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson(c), Glenn Phillips(w), Tom Bruce, Anaru Kitchen, Mitchell Santner, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult

Windies (Playing XI): Chadwick Walton(w), Chris Gayle, Andre Fletcher, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Carlos Brathwaite(c), Rovman Powell, Ashley Nurse, Rayad Emrit, Jerome Taylor, Samuel Badree

Prelude:

It's been nine matches across formats so far for Windies on this New Zealand tour and they have been without a single win. They drew one three-day practice game, which was followed by a 2-0 loss in the Test series. They went down to a New Zealand XI side in a one-day practice game followed by a 3-0 loss in the ODI series. New Zealand won the first T20I comfortably before rain intervened and washed out the second T20I. Can Windies salvage some pride by levelling the series in the final T20I or will they return home winless? Check out our preview, here.