New Zealand thrash West Indies to seal series win
Third test, Mount Maunganui (day five of five)
New Zealand 575 – December 8: Conway 227, Latham 137 and 306-2 December: Latham 101, Conway 100
Antilles 420 all the way: Hodge 123 and 138 all out Duffy 5-42
New Zealand win by 323 points
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New Zealand bowled out the West Indies for 138 to win the third Test by 323 runs and claim a 2–0 series victory.
West Indies rallied from 43-0 down at Mount Maunganui, needing an improbable record total of 462 for victory, but fell from 87-0 to 112-8 either side of lunch.
New Zealand fast bowler Jacon Duffy took 5-42 and spinner Ajaz Patel 3-23 as the visitors lost 10 wickets for 51 runs, with the Test ending just after tea.
“It was a pretty clinical performance,” New Zealand captain Tom Latham said.
“Winning the toss, batting first, being able to get close to 600 – that’s the perfect model.
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“And then obviously doing what we did with the ball. The guys playing the way they did were obviously very nice.”
The victory moves New Zealand into second place behind Australia in the World Test Championship standings.
New Zealand led by 155 runs after their first innings of 575-8 was declared, then set West Indies the runs record by declaring 306-2 in their second innings.
Latham and compatriot Devon Conway became the first openers in Test cricket history to score centuries in both innings as they put their team in a dominant position.
Conway, who scored 227 and 100, became the 10th batter in Test history to score a double hundred in the same match, while Duffy took 23 wickets in the three-match series.
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West Indies captain Roston Chase made just two and five in the third Test to end a difficult series in which he scored just 42 runs and took three wickets.
“I think I had a rough series, way below my standards,” Chase said. “I didn’t really lead in front on the field.
“Leading in terms of words, encouraging and inspiring the team was great, but in terms of output and producing for the team, I thought I let myself down and so did the team.”
