Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Day 4

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No need to panic - Jason Holder

Despite the twin collapses in Wellington, the West Indies captain backed his batsmen to bounce back in the second Test in Hamilton

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Williamson pleased with bowlers' adaptability

On a track that wasn't offering as much assistance as expected, the New Zealand captain praised his bowlers' strategy to break West Indies' second-innings resistance

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New Zealand in command after Wagner's seven-for

Neil Wagner ripped through West Indies with a career-best 7 for 39, the second-best figures for New Zealand against West Indies, to topple the visitors over for 134 on the first day in Wellington

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Wagner's skiddy bouncers are off-putting - Law

West Indies coach Stuart Law admitted that the peculiar nature of Neil Wagner's short ball shook up West Indies, but refused to use that as an excuse after their batting collapse

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Wagner's stellar run since 2016

Neil Wagner picked the fourth-best figures by a New Zealand bowler in Tests with his 7 for 39 against West Indies

Others

NZ ahead

14-13

The Head-to-head record between NZ and WI after this Test. This is the first time NZ have moved ahead of WI in terms of wins in their bilateral history.

Superb seven

12.5

Neil Wagner's strike rate in his figures of 7 for 39, is the second-best in 17 seven-wkt hauls by NZ bowlers in Tests. Only better is Hadlee's 7/23 in 8.3 overs v India in Wellington in 1976.

Middle-order low for WI

22

Runs added by West Indies for their 3rd to 7th wickets in this inns - the third least they have added for these wickets in any Test inns overall and their least in the last 30 years.