JOHANNESBURG, South Africa:

Fast bowler Daren Powell, who bowled an incredible once-in-a-lifetime spell - 4-0-4-3 - to lead the West Indies to a comprehensive victory over New Zealand yesterday afternoon at Willowmoore Park in Benoni, said it was a dream performance for him.

"I've been saying that in Twenty20 cricket, even though it is a batsman's game, a bowler can go out there and put on a spectacular show, but never in your dreams you can think of bowling a dream spell like that," an elated Powell said from his room at the team hotel in Johannesburg.

"Basically, I went out there to bowl line and length and pick up wickets, the pitch was assisting me with the areas I was bowling but what I also tried to do was vary my length which helped me in not being too predictable and much more effective in carrying out the game plan," explained the right arm quick who is consistently bowling with greater pace often touching the 90mph mark.

Early wickets

"As a bowling unit we needed early wickets, Fidel started well getting (Brendon) McCullum with the first ball of the innings and after he and Ravi shared the new ball five overs later I came into the attack and I wanted to maintain the pressure and I got wickets as well, and once I had it in my hands I just took it from there," said Powell who made a mockery of the New Zealand batsmen, beating them with pace and swing at will.

"I have to thank the fielders who were tremendous and really backed me up and especially Fidel (Edwards) who took that sensational running and diving catch on the boundary (to dismiss Lou Vincent) which started out my spell," Powell said.

"Even though 150 was not a big score, whatever score the batters make we, as the bowling unit, have to defend that and if we want to reach the final in this tournament we have to take opportunities like these and show where we are as a unit and what we are capable of," Powell reasoned.

"Even though we bowled out New Zealand for 115 there is still room for improvement, we have to limit our extras and dictate the pace of the game some more so that we can also pick up more wickets in the middle overs," Powell explained.