Hamilton: New Zealand's Corey Anderson slugged five sixes for his 44 runs off 17 balls to lead the hosts to 271-7 against India in the second ODI of five game one-day series, with the contest reduced to 42 overs per side due to rain.
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Kane Williamson made 77 and Ross Taylor made 57 joining Anderson in a late onslaught in which they added 74 runs in 4.4 overs.
New Zealand's innings was twice interupted by rain: for only 10 minutes on the first occasion then for almost two hours from the 34th over when they were 170-2. They showed little effect from the interruption, returning to score 101 runs in the last 8.4 overs.
They looked set for a formidable total, but lost four wickets for four runs, stemming the flow.
Shami was the most successful bowler taking three wickets for 55 in his 7 overs.
Earlier put into bat, New Zealand scored steadily with in-form batsman Kane Williamson (76 batting) scoring his second successive half century while Martin Guptill (44) and skipper Ross Taylor (26 batting) also made useful contributions.
