Bond was miserly to put the Windies under pressure early on

Daniel Vettori's unbeaten 53 guided New Zealand to a three-wicket win over West Indies in the second one-dayer.

The Kiwis were 49-5 as they chased 201 but Peter Fulton (49) and Brendan McCullum (45) put on 71 to steady them.

Vettori then received valuable support from James Franklin to seal victory and a 2-0 lead in the five-game series with eight overs left in Queenstown.

Earlier, Wavell Hinds (76) was the mainstay of the tourists' 200-9 on a slow pitch favouring the bowlers.

But none of the other batsmen really came to terms with the surface and overhead conditions which helped create swing movement.

Shane Bond conceded only two runs in six overs during which he bowled Chris Gayle round his legs, while partner Daren Ganga was caught behind off Mason to leave the visitors on a desperate 10-2 in the 11th over.

We should have lost that game, there's no doubt about it Stephen Fleming

Ramnaresh Sarwan and captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul also fell cheaply before Hinds hit six fours and a six to revive the innings with Runako Morton, who made a stubborn 39 off 93 balls.

Bond returned to dismiss Hinds, and finished with figures of 2-23, while Dwayne Smith provided some swagger for the Windies at the end with two sixes in his 11-ball 19.

Michael Mason also took two wickets apiece, while James Franklin and Daniel Vettori were economical too.

But after Jamie How was trapped lbw with Fidel Edwards' second delivery, the Windies total suddenly looked more than adequate.

Edwards and Ian Bradshaw ripped through the home side's top order to leave the Kiwis reeling on 13-4 and it got worse when Scott Styris also fell cheaply.

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But Fulton steadied the ship with a patient 77-ball knock which featured six fours, while McCullum blasted five boundaries and a towering six at the other end in his 44-ball innings.

When the duo were dismissed, 60 runs were still needed but man of the match Vettori held his nerve.

He cracked Gayle to the long-off fence to bring up his fifty and consign West Indies to a 15th defeat in 17 limited-overs games.

Partner McCullum's run out was the sole negative for Daniel Vettori, who said: "Overall that would be one of my more memorable innings to actually win a game for New Zealand."

Captain Stephen Fleming admitted: "We should have lost that game, there's no doubt about it.