Overview
- West Indies reached 98-6 at lunch on day three, holding a 25-run lead after New Zealand surged with four morning wickets at the Basin Reserve.
- Blair Tickner, who took a career-best 4-32 on day one, was stretchered off with a dislocated shoulder and will not bowl or field again in the match.
- New Zealand posted 278 for a 73-run first-innings lead, led by debutant Mitchell Hay’s 61 and Devon Conway’s 60.
- Michael Rae impressed on debut with 3-67 in the first innings, combining with Tickner to bowl West Indies out for 205.
- Key second-innings moments included Brandon King’s run-out by substitute Michael Bracewell, Jacob Duffy removing Shai Hope and Roston Chase, and Zak Foulkes forcing a catch that dismissed Kavem Hodge, with the series level after a draw in Christchurch and the finale set for Dec. 18 at Bay Oval.