Player of the Match
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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

DP Conway
227(367) 31x4 - 0x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 54 runs
  • 8x4 - 0x6
7 14 54 20 33 20 16 63
TWM Latham
TWM Latham
137(246) 15x4 - 1x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 36 runs
  • 7x4 - 0x6
16 12 41 22 14 3 6 23

Best performances - Bowlers

JA Duffy
JA Duffy
O22.3
M10
R42
W5
Eco1.86
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
JA Duffy
JA Duffy
O35
M8
R86
W4
Eco2.45
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

New Zealand won the 3-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

11.00 start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00

Match days

18,19,20,21,22 December 2025 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

New Zealand 12, West Indies 0

Scorecard Summary

NEW ZEALAND 575/8d(155 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

WEST INDIES 420(128.2 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NEW ZEALAND 306/2d(54 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

WEST INDIES 138(80.3 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Abhimanyu Bose

4.40pm Raff: "Abhi, thanks to you, your colleagues, and all of my fellow commenters for a great (if abbreviated) summer of New Zealand test cricket! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and most importantly, Happy Boxing Day, everyone." -- Thank you, and it's been our pleasure! This was a fun series, and now it's come to an end. These teams will go off on a festive break now, with lots to reflect on. For now, that's all from us. On behalf of Alagappan, Ranjith and everyone else at ESPNcricinfo, bye folks!

4.32pm Time for the presentation ceremony.

Tom Latham: "You go back to Day 1, we were a little unsure about the team we wanted in terms of the balance. But throughout these five days, we were clinical. For us it was about trying to stay in there for long periods of time. if you can get one wicket, you can create more opportunities as it's a hard pitch to start on with the variable bounce. And we got rewards in clumps and we saw that later on today as well. I think any time you face adversity through injuries, you look at the personnel we have got and guys making debuts, guys playing their first games at home and different guys, you see it's a collective effort and not just a few guys. Obviously really pleasing. The more experience we can build into different guys it's good news for New Zealand cricket. Obviously it's a good marker for how we want to operate. This surface was different from what we usually play on so to be able to adapt is good."

Roston Chase: "Tough series. We played good in patches but not in long enough periods and it showed in the results. Two of the first pitches were similar but I thought this one was drastically different from the last two. Having to adapt quick is something we can take away from this tour. Having Kemar back in the side, all the guys were very happy to have him back. Lots of experience and lots of wickets. Having him was a big plus and he led from the front on and off the pitch so guys were happy to have him. I think we need to firstly know when moments are up for grabs and then nail those moments. That's one area we can improve on and we could have had different results in all three games."

POTS, Jacob Duffy: "[On going past Hadlee] To be up there, it's pretty special. It's been a cool year, been good fun. [On bowling as much as he did] You can't say no to the skipper. He keeps asking me to bowl and you can't say no. It's also a privilege that he trusts me. [On picking so many wickets] I think when you bowl so many overs you get them eventually. It's just about playing simple cricket. Good quality time off now, looking forward to not bowling for a while."

POTM Devon Conway: "I don't think it's set in yet. Will take some time to register what happened in this game. Thankfully we got the better of the conditions, batting on Day 1. I always talk about my mindset, keeping a positive approach and just trying to do my job for the team. If I get some time to go play other leagues that's great for me, but always keep myself available for New Zealand."

4.25pm Three five-fors in three Tests for Jacob Duffy this series, and New Zealand end up with a comprehensive 323-run victory. West Indies, in periods, showed fight on this tour, but in the end, their visit ends on a whimper. They made 87 runs without losing a wicket in this innings. Then lost all 10 for 51. But still, some of the batting displays on this tour will give them some joy. For New Zealand, it's a home summer wrapped up in style, despite injuries to their fast bowling department.

Here is Sampath with a post-game stat attack: Only Richard Hadlee (33 vs AUS in 1985) and Bruce Taylor (27 vs WI in 1972) took more wickets in a Test series for New Zealand than Jacob Duffy's 23.

Vishal S: "Jacob duffy is man of the series for sure, 23 wickets without henry o' Rourke and others is definitely superhuman"

80.3
W
Duffy to Seales, OUT, And Duffy wraps it up, completing his fifer and sealing a 2-0 series win for New Zealand. Doesn't take him more than three balls with the new ball to prise the final wicket. Lovely inswinger that comes in from a length outside off to go through the big gap between bat and pad and crashes into off stump. No one deserved to take the final wicket more than Duffy did, who has plugged away relentlessly!

JNT Seales b Duffy 0 (7m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

80.2
0
Duffy to Seales, no run, Raps him on the pad, but this full ball was sliding down leg
80.1
0
Duffy to Seales, no run, Beats the edge first up with a length ball outside off that seamed away off the pitch

Second new ball available now. And they take it immediately. Duffy returns to the attack, with just one wicket needed for a deserved five-for

END OF OVER:
80 | (maiden) | WI: 138/9

  • Tevin Imlach15 (90b)
  • Jayden Seales0 (2b)
  • Ajaz Patel32-21-23-3
  • Rachin Ravindra2-2-0-1
79.6
0
Patel to Imlach, no run, Lunges forward to block a full ball on leg
79.5
0
Patel to Imlach, no run, Looks to tuck this back of length ball to the leg side but misses and it drops to his right
79.4
0
Patel to Imlach, no run, Tossed up full around leg, Imlach tries a reverse-sweep and misses

West Indies 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st87JD CampbellBA King
2nd0JD CampbellKAR Hodge
3rd1KAR HodgeSD Hope
4th3SD HopeA Athanaze
5th7JP GreavesSD Hope
6th6RL ChaseSD Hope
7th3SD HopeTA Imlach
8th5KAJ RoachTA Imlach
9th26A PhillipTA Imlach
10th0TA ImlachJNT Seales