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PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Feb 13 (Reuters) - New Zealand kept their nerve to beat West Indies by 20 runs in their World Cup Group B match on Thursday and keep alive their hopes of progressing in the tournament.

The Kiwis, who made 241 for seven, looked to be heading for a comfortable victory when West Indies collapsed to 80 for six, but a seventh-wicket partnership of 98 between Ramnaresh Sarwan and Ridley Jacobs gave them hope.

Daniel Vettori then bowled Sarwan for 75 and Jacobs was superbly caught by Jacob Oram for 50, effectively ending West Indian hopes of a second straight win in the tournament and they were eventually bowled out for 221 in the last over. New Zealand, beaten by Sri Lanka in their opening match, struggled for most of their innings, Nathan Astle top-scoring with 46 and Chris Cairns making 37.

But Andre Adams (35 not out) and Brendon McCullum (36 not out) shared a sparkling unbroken eighth-wicket partnership of 53 to provide a late flurry of runs.

Cairns conceded 21 runs in his solitary over, his first in one-day internationals for nearly a year, but he struck a vital blow in the field when his direct hit ran out Brian Lara for two.

Adams picked up three wickets and Oram two before Sarwan and Jacobs led the West Indies recovery.

Hooper's side surprisingly beat hosts South Africa in the tournament's opening match.

          New Zealand:

      S. Fleming c and b Dillon                25
      D. Vettori b Drakes                      13
      N. Astle c Jacobs b Hinds                46
      S. Styris c Powell b Drakes               5
      C. Cairns c Dillon b Hinds               37
      L. Vincent c Hooper b Hinds               9
      C. Harris b Gayle                        19
      B. McCullum not out                      36
      A. Adams not out                         35
      
      Extras: (lb10, w4, nb2)                  16
      Total: (for seven wickets) 	      241
      Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-58, 3-66, 4-130, 
      5-141, 6-147, 7-188
      Bowling: Dillon 10-1-30-1, McLean 6-0-38-0, 
      Drakes 10-1-49-2, Hinds 10-0-35-3, Hooper 
      9-0-42-0, Gayle 5-0-37-1
      Overs: 				      50

          West Indies: 

      C. Gayle c Fleming b Adams               22
      W. Hinds c Styris b Adams                14
      B. Lara run out                           2
      S. Chanderpaul lbw b Oram                 2
      C. Hooper c Bond b Adams                  3
      R. Sarwan b Vettori                      75
      R. Powell b Oram                         14
      R. Jacobs c Oram b Styris                50
      V. Drakes not out                        16
      N. McLean run out                         5
      M. Dillon b Adams                         8
      
      Extras: (b1, lb3, w5, nb1) 	       10
      Total      			      221
      Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-36, 3-42, 4-46, 
      5-46, 6-80, 7-178, 8-191, 9-200
      Bowling: Bond 10-0-43-0, Adams 9.4-1-44-4, 
      Oram 10-2-26-2, Cairns 1-0-21-0, Vettori 
      10-0-38-1, Astle 4-0-14-0, Styris 5-0-31-1

        Overs: 49.4
        
        New Zealand won by 20 runs
        Toss: West Indies
          Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (Rsa) and Darrell Hair (Aus)
        Third umpire: Srinivas Venkatraghavan (Ind)
          Match referee: Mike Procter (Rsa)
        Cricket-WC2003-Nzl-WIs
        AFP February 13, 2003 22:00

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