NatWest Series final, Lord's: West Indies 159 all out (41.2 overs) lost to New Zealand 266 by 107 runs The West Indies were comprehensively beaten by New Zealand in the final of the NatWest One Day Series at Lords on Saturday. It was the first time in the triangular series, which also featured England, that a match had been won by the team batting first. New Zealand posted 266 despite losing their last seven wickets for 49 runs after openers Stephen Fleming (67) and Nathan Astle (50) put on 120 together. But after the West Indies exciting win over England on Tuesday where they successfully chased a total of 285, New Zealand's total seemed perilous until their bowlers applied a stranglehold. Spinner Daniel Vettori claimed a career-best 5-30 and was responsible for two run outs as West Indies were dismissed for 159 in a rain-hit match. And Chris Harris took his 200th one-day wicket with victory in sight. Wickets fell at key times to thwart the West Indies' plan of forming a platform to build on later. Just before the fourth and final break for rain, Vettori was involved in three dismissals in the space of five overs, which effectively finished the contest. His direct throw from point beat Devon Smith to the non-striker's end after the opener had made a career-best, if overly-cautious, 44. He then trapped Brian Lara lbw for 30 and had Dwayne Bravo snagged at midwicket to leave the Caribbean side five wickets down, still needing 161 with 21 overs left. Despite being asked to bat first, New Zealand had their eyes set on 300 on a pitch being used for the second time in a week. First slip Chris Gayle should have snared Fleming on seven, when he edged Tino Best, and the Kiwi skipper had put on a further 60 before Gayle made amends. Fleming pushed Bravo to gully and Astle followed in similar fashion six overs later and the West Indies promptly fought back. Brian Lara, playing in a national record 239th one-day international, utilised his part-time bowlers well to prevent the expected acceleration late in the innings. And the final six wickets fell in eight overs for the addition of 33. Medium-pacer Dwayne Smith bowled his 10 overs in two spells in the middle of the innings, conceding just 27. Ramnaresh Sarwan claimed a one-day international best three for 31, from six overs, the most significant and most fortunate of which was the scalp of Chris Cairns. Hamish Marshall and Craig McMillan then pushed the rate to around six per over, but the Caribbean side were apparently happy simply to block the boundaries and wait. Marshall, on 44, got a leading edge to cover off Gayle when he tried to get down the wicket to the spinner. After a delay for rain McMillan lofted a catch to deep extra cover after a well-paced 52, and Shivnarine Chanderpaul took the catch despite a team-mate running into him. The dismissal exposed a lower order packed with batting pedigree but unable to adjust to the slow-bowling fare. But where West Indies were content to keep the runs at a trickle, New Zealand were meticulous, their bowling more accurate and their fielding tighter. In the 42nd over, McMillan took the catch at long on to dismiss Chanderpaul for 30 and the celebrations began. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand:: Stephen Fleming (capt), Nathan Astle, Hamish Marshall, Scott Styris, Craig McMillan, Jacob Oram, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Gareth Hopkins (wkt), Daniel Vettori, Ian Butler. West Indies: Chris Gayle, Devon Smith, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Brian Lara (capt), Ricardo Powell, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Ridley Jacobs (wkt), Ian Bradshaw, Tino Best. SOURCE: BBCCARIBBEAN.COM