Follow UsIt was a barrage of boundaries at Eden Park, Auckland, as Mark Chapman took the West Indies bowlers to the cleaners in the second T20 International (T20I) on November 6 (Thursday). Coming in at four, the southpaw smashed six fours and seven sixes and finished with 78 off just 28 deliveries.
His strike rate of 279 is the highest in an innings for New Zealand, among batters who have faced at least 25 deliveries.
279 - Mark Chapman vs WI, Auckland, 2025
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252 - Martin Guptill vs SL, Auckland, 2016
245 - Finn Allen vs BAN, Auckland, 2021
It was a slow start by Chapman, who in his first 10 deliveries had hit just 12 runs. However, after that, he smashed another 66 runs off just 18 deliveries at an astonishing strike rate of 366.67.
This was Chapman's 10th half-century in T20Is - ninth for the Blackcaps. Riding on his effort, New Zealand got to 207/5 in their 20 overs. They will hope to get over the line in this one after failing to do so in the first T20I of the series at the same venue.