Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

MJ Hay
61(93) 9x4 - 1x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 19 runs
  • 3x4 - 1x6
4 9 9 7 13 2 4 13
DP Conway
60(108) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 10 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
14 0 18 6 4 3 3 12

Best performances - Bowlers

JA Duffy
JA Duffy
O17.2
M4
R38
W5
Eco2.19
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
BM Tickner
O16
M3
R32
W4
Eco2
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

New Zealand led the 3-match series 1-0

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

10,11,12 December 2025 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

New Zealand 12, West Indies 0

Scorecard Summary

WEST INDIES 205(75 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

NEW ZEALAND 278/9d(74.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

WEST INDIES 128(46.2 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

NEW ZEALAND 57/1(10 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Alagappan Muthu

END OF OVER:
10 | 13 Runs | NZ: 57/1

  • Kane Williamson16 (12b)
  • Devon Conway28 (22b)
  • Anderson Phillip2-0-17-1
  • Ojay Shields2-0-18-0

That's all we have for you from ball-by-ball commentary for this Test match. Thank you so much for joining us.

Tom Latham, NZ captain: NZ got better and better. We took a little bit to get into the game, morning of day one, potentially some heavy legs. But we adjusted things and we bowled better and better in the second innings. And obviously Duff on the back of that [getting five-for] and some of our subs coming on and getting on the board. Mitch Hay played beautifully in the first innings coming under pressure. The way he played was pretty much the way he plays for Canterbury and tats what we asked of him. And Michael Rae picked up some really important wickets on day one, trucked into the wind all week. All of those efforts don't go unnoticed. You look at the group, you go back 12 months, there were a lot of new faces. Those guys are stepping up and that's good for us/ To see Ticks go down in the first innings [was disappointing] but he had a massive presence in the first innings. Obviously gutted for him. We probably weren't where we wanted to be with the bat but we can look into that over the rest of this week.

Roston Chase, WI captain: Batting is a bit of a concern, after coming from the first Test, that beautiful second innings. But we came here and our batters never really capitalised. Initially WI thought the pitch would be similar to Christchurch. But this pitch was a lot easier for batting. The scores didn't reflect that. There is still one Test match left and we can still level the series. That can help motivate the guys further

Jacob Duffy is Player of the Match and he says the first innings bowling was a big tick and praises the way everybody bowled today as well. He adds that nobody wants to see bowlers going down to injury but says it was good to wrap things up today and get two days off. Feeling comfortable at Test level is important, Duffy says about his early success, and knowing what his best ball is, whether it's pitching it up or bowling nasty. Good friend of mine, he says of Michael Rae, and adds that he was brilliant bowling into the wind.

3.30pm New Zealand take a 1-0 lead with one game to play in this Test series. Jacob Duffy set them on the road to success, picking up his second five-for in just his third game. Once again he was facing a handicap, with his team going a bowler down with Blair Tickner's injury, but he just kept on running in bowling 140 clicks.

West Indies meanwhile have had a very forgettable day. Eight wickets in under 20 overs. Then their bowlers were knocked about for 10 or so in what resembled a club game than international cricket. After the high of those last two days at Christchurch, this was a cruel come down to earth.

Andrew K: "Kane was just getting started there! Can we credit the Windies with another 100 runs so that we can have a full day of cricket?"

Matt Maynard: "MoM conversation. Duffy for his 5fa, Conway for scoring almost 100 runs in a low scorer or Hay for a great debut? Even Rae has had a good debut but I couldn't quite justify him for PoM"

9.6
4
Phillip to Williamson, FOUR, and there's the win. Williamson brings it up with a big old pull shot, drawing warm applause from the crowd dotting the grass banks at the Basin.
9.5
4
Phillip to Williamson, FOUR, shoooot! So quickly onto that back foot, with the hands rolling over the top of the ball to pull it to the midwicket boundary. Imperious
9.4
0
Phillip to Williamson, no run, checks his flick shot because the ball, though a half-volley on leg stump, wasn't exactly coming onto the bat. Nearly a catch at midwicket, moving to his left
9.4
1nb
Phillip to Williamson, 1 no ball, defends a pitched up delivery on off stump
9.3
4
Phillip to Williamson, FOUR, nails the gap between cover and point. Like Conway earlier, needing a couple of tries to get used to the pace and bounce on a third-day pitch, Williamson finds his timing now after a couple of icky cut shots
9.2
0
Phillip to Williamson, no run, full and outside off, no shot