Overview
- New Zealand crushed West Indies by 323 runs in the third Test at Bay Oval to clinch the three-match series 2-0.
- Jacob Duffy’s five-wicket haul (5/42) sealed the finale and pushed his 2025 tally to 81 wickets, surpassing Sir Richard Hadlee’s New Zealand record of 79 set in 1985.
- Across the series, Duffy took 23 wickets and was named Player of the Series.
- Openers Devon Conway and Tom Latham each scored twin centuries in the match, with Conway posting 227 and 100 to complete a rare double.
- The result lifted New Zealand to second in the 2025–27 World Test Championship on 28 points with a 77.77% points percentage, while West Indies were dismissed for 138 chasing 462.