Player of the Match
Player of the Match
TEST CAREER
CRR:
5.7
BATSMENRB4s6sSRThis BowlerLast 10 ovsmatrunshsave
Kane Williamson*KS Williamson*(rhb)161240133.3316(12b)16(12b)1079390 25154.59
Devon ConwayDP Conway(lhb)282260127.270(0b)28(22b)312206 20039.39
BOWLERSOMRWEcon0s4s6sThis Spellmatwktsbbiave
Anderson PhillipA Phillip(rfm)201718.58402.0-0-17-158 3/7056
Ojay ShieldsO Shields(rfm)2018098402.0-0-18-025 2/3435.2
Current Partnership :
P'SHIP :
31 runs, 2.5 overs, RR: 10.94 (Kane Williamson 16, Devon Conway 12)
Last Bat :
L'BAT :
Tom Latham c Hodge b Phillip 9 (33m 28b 1X4 0X6) SR: 32.14
FoW :
FoW :
26/1 (7.1 ov)
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Match Centre

Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Alagappan Muthu

Statistics

Current Batsmen

KS Williamson
KS Williamson
16(12) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %83%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 8 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 4 0 0 4 0 0 8
DP Conway
28(22) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 8 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 4 0 8 8 0 0 8

Current bowlers

A Phillip
A Phillip
O2
M0
R17
W1
Eco8.5
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
O Shields
O2
M0
R18
W0
Eco9
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

PARTNERSHIPS

26
DP Conway16 (16)
TWM Latham9 (28)
31*
KS Williamson16 (12)
DP Conway12 (6)

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

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 really important but he had a massive presence in the first innings. Obviously gutted for him. We probably weren't where we wanted ot 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
9.1
0
Phillip to Williamson, no run, cuts the shortish ball outside off to short cover

Brett Rider: "Ok, Ok, logically following through with this full contact cricket theme would mean logically that if the bowler tackles the batter after the batter hits the ball, can the batter therefore use the bat to free themselves from the tackle to afford the opportunity for them to complete a run and therefore can they use that same bat to protect from other tackles from other fielders whilst trying to complete said run???!!!" So clearly the game out there is of no interest to anyone if we're giving this this much thought!

END OF OVER:
9 | 14 Runs | NZ: 44/1

  • Devon Conway28 (22b)
  • Kane Williamson4 (5b)
  • Ojay Shields2-0-18-0
  • Anderson Phillip1-0-4-1
8.6
4
Shields to Conway, FOUR, pulls it away through square leg, on one leg which is often described as West Indian flair but loads of people do it. It's just physics. Balance, the body going into the shot, not just the hands.
8.6
1w
Shields to Conway, 1 wide, well wide outside off
8.5
4
Shields to Conway, FOUR, oooh, that's some fun cricket. Shields goes slower ball and it sticks in the pitch so well. Doesn't come on the way Conway thinks it will, but he's alert enough to delay the bat swing, and when he makes contact, he rolls his wrists on top of it to pick a gap in the slips cordon and it scurries away for four
8.4
0
Shields to Conway, no run, back of a length and on middle stump, Conway is forced off his feet, one hand coming off the bat as he defends
8.3
4
Shields to Conway, FOUR, hammers it away to the midwicket boundary. Too short. Too slow. Too easy. Hitting that far in front of square is a sign of just how much of a comfortable put-away that was
8.2
0
Shields to Conway, no run, short and at the body, Conway deflects it into the leg side, mostly off his thigh pad
8.1
0
Shields to Conway, no run, wanders down leg this time. Shields is not the type to die wondering
8.1
1w
Shields to Conway, 1 wide, short and wide and called as such by the umpire after Conway lets it go

Andrew: "Full Contact Cricket...finally a way to crack the American market!"

END OF OVER:
8 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 30/1

  • Kane Williamson4 (5b)
  • Devon Conway16 (16b)
  • Anderson Phillip1-0-4-1
  • Ojay Shields1-0-4-0

Erin: "New cricket fan here! Just a question, why does the bowler not try and tackle the batters when they run? Wouldn't that be a good way to stop them scoring runs?" Law makers, please take note.

7.6
0
Phillip to Williamson, no run, gets up off his toes to punch a back of a length ball down to cover
7.5
0
Phillip to Williamson, no run, good length, outside off, no shot
7.4
4
Phillip to Williamson, FOUR, inside edge as he looks to cut and the ball dribbles away to the deep fine boundary

West Indies 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st24JD CampbellBA King
2nd1BA KingA Phillip
3rd7KAR HodgeBA King