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New Zealand Rout West Indies by 323 Runs to Clinch Series 2-0

Record-breaking opening stands propelled a 323-run win to move New Zealand to second in the World Test Championship.

Overview

  • Jacob Duffy took 5-42 as the West Indies collapsed from 87 without loss to 138 all out on day five, earning Player of the Series with 23 wickets.
  • Devon Conway (227 and 100) and Tom Latham (137 and 101) became the first opening pair to score centuries in both innings of a Test, combining for a record 515 runs.
  • New Zealand set a target of 462 after declaring at 306-2, building on a first-innings 575-8 declared anchored by Conway’s double hundred and Latham’s 137.
  • Kavem Hodge carried the West Indies’ first-innings reply with an unbeaten 123 as they reached 420, before a fifth-day slide ended any chance of a draw.
  • The result lifted New Zealand to second in the World Test Championship standings, with the West Indies remaining at the bottom after a 2-0 series defeat.