Cricket: Captain Sophie Devine stands tall to deliver White Ferns series win over West Indies with Super Over heroics

The White Ferns have sealed victory in their Twenty20 International series against the West Indies, winning in a Super Over to take an unassailable 3-1 lead.

After both sides scored exactly 111 runs each at Antigua, a deciding Super Over was needed to split the teams, as White Ferns captain Sophie Devine held her nerve to take victory.

Needing four off the final ball in chasing 15, Devine sent rival captain Hayley Matthews over the ropes at long-on for six, as the White Ferns claimed the series.

The two sides will play a fifth and final match, now a dead rubber, at the same ground on Friday.

Losing the toss and asked to bat first, New Zealand were circumspect in their innings, with batters struggling to score at better than a run a ball.

Amelia Kerr was the best of the White Ferns, with an unbeaten 49 runs from 47 balls, with just three boundaries.

After Kerr, though, the next best score for the White Ferns was a mere 17 from 21 to Lauren Down.

And like New Zealand, the White Ferns batters also struggled to get in on a difficult batting wicket.

Devine proved the White Ferns' hero with the ball, taking 3/29 from her four overs, including the West Indies' top three.

The skipper found valuable support from Jess Kerr (2/13) and Hayley Jensen (2/18) with the ball, as the White Ferns restricted their hosts to 111/9 with the ball, and sent the match into a deciding Super Over.

Chedean Nation was the West Indies' best with the bat, scoring 23 from 28 balls before she was bowled by Jensen.

Batting first, the West Indies' cause was aided by Jensen, who sent her first delivery for five wides. A boundary to Natasha McLean took the West Indies' score into double figures, as the hosts posted 15 from their Super Over.

Chasing 16 to take the series, Devine began with a bang to send Matthews over the ropes, but couldn't repeat the dose until the final ball, hitting the second six of the Super Over to complete the win.

The series win is the White Ferns' second on this tour of the Caribbean, after also taking out the ODI leg of the tour last month.

New Zealand 111/4 (A.Kerr 49 not out; Fletcher 2/16) West Indies 111/9 (Nation 23; Devine 3/29, J. Kerr 2/13, Jensen 2/18)

Super Over: West Indies 15, New Zealand 18