New Zealand have thrashed West Indies by 323 runs in Mount Maunganui, sealing the series 2-0 and capping a historic Test dominated by Jacob Duffy’s record-breaking bowling and Devon Conway–Tom Latham’s run glut.

Duffy breaks Hadlee’s 40-year record

Jacob Duffy took 5 for 42 in the fourth innings as West Indies were bundled out for 138 on a deteriorating fifth‑day surface, giving New Zealand victory by 323 runs.

In the process, he surpassed Sir Richard Hadlee’s long‑standing New Zealand record of most Test wickets in a calendar year, going past 80 wickets and finishing 2025 with a new national benchmark.

Across the three‑Test series, Duffy claimed 23 wickets at 15.4, with three five‑wicket hauls and more than 154 overs as the workhorse spearhead of an injury‑hit attack.

With Matt Henry, Will O’Rourke, Ben Sears, Kyle Jamieson, Nathan Smith and Blair Tickner all sidelined at various points, Duffy effectively carried the pace unit and was deservedly named Player of the Series.

Conway and Latham’s historic run mountain

This Test was a statistical goldmine, driven by New Zealand’s openers:

First innings: Devon Conway scored 227 (367 balls, 31 fours) and Tom Latham 137 (246 balls, 15 fours, 1 six) in a 323‑run opening stand as NZ piled up 575/8 declared.

Second innings: Conway then struck 100 (139 balls, 8 fours, 3 sixes) and Latham 101 in a 192‑run partnership, with New Zealand declaring at 306/2 and setting West Indies 462 to win.

Conway became:

The first New Zealand batter, and only the 10th player in Test history, to score a double century and a century in the same match.

Part of the first opening pair ever to score centuries in both innings of a Test.

Latham and Conway’s aggregate of 515 runs across the two innings is a record total for a Test opening pair.

Latham also followed his father Rod Latham in featuring in opening partnerships of 100+ in both innings of a Test.

Conway admitted after the match that the scale of the achievement “hasn’t sunk in yet” and said he was just happy it contributed to a win.

How the final day unfolded

Chasing 462, West Indies had given themselves a sliver of hope:

John Campbell and Brandon King put on an unbroken 43 by stumps on day four, then batted through the first hour of day five.

King reached a brisk 67 (off 63 balls), Campbell a dogged 16 from 105 deliveries, frustrating New Zealand as the pitch began to misbehave.

But everything changed in a five‑ball burst:

Both openers fell in quick succession, sparking a collapse that saw five wickets go down before lunch, three of them to Duffy with deliveries that kicked nastily from a length.

After the break, Duffy produced another vicious lifter to remove Roston Chase, with Glenn Phillips taking his third catch of the innings.

Shai Hope endured 78 balls for just 3 before bizarrely kicking away a full toss from Ajaz Patel and being given lbw, handing Patel his third wicket and first ever Test wicket in New Zealand.

Kemar Roach, batting with a hamstring injury, was bowled by Phillips as the part‑time off‑spinner found sharp turn to take the inside edge.

Anderson Phillip and Tevin Imlach resisted for 14 overs before Phillip fell lbw to Rachin Ravindra. Duffy then returned to bowl Jayden Seales and complete his five‑for, ending the innings at 138 and the match inside 81 overs.

Series story: West Indies fight, New Zealand dominate

Despite the lopsided margin in the final Test, West Indies were competitive in large stretches of the series:

1st Test (draw):

Set 531 to win, West Indies batted 163.3 overs to reach 457/6, the highest fourth‑innings total since Tests were restricted to five days.

Justin Greaves batted 564 minutes for a monumental 202, while Kemar Roach occupied almost five hours for 58.

Earlier, Latham (145) and Rachin Ravindra (176) led New Zealand to 466/8 declared in the second innings.

2nd Test (NZ won by 9 wickets):

A low‑scoring contest in which Mitch Hay’s 61 on debut was the highest score of the match.

West Indies managed 205 and 128; New Zealand replied with 278/9 and 57/1, chasing a target of just 55.

Duffy took 5/38 in the Windies’ second innings (after 5/34 in the first Test), underlining his dominance.

The 3-0 scoreline might have flattered New Zealand slightly given the resistance West Indies showed in the first Test and early in the third, but Duffy’s relentlessness with the ball and the Conway–Latham axis with the bat ultimately proved decisive.

Records from the series at a glance

Jacob Duffy:

Breaks Richard Hadlee’s 40‑year‑old record for most Test wickets by a New Zealander in a calendar year.

Takes 23 wickets at 15.4 in the series, with three five‑fors.

Devon Conway:

227 and 100 in the same Test—first New Zealander, 10th player overall, to score a double ton and a ton in one match.

Tom Latham & Devon Conway:

First opening pair to score centuries in both innings of a Test.

Record 515 aggregate runs as a Test opening combination.

323 and 192 stands in the same match, with Latham also joining his father in the rare 100+ opening stands in both innings club.

West Indies:

457/6 in the 4th innings of the first Test is the highest fourth‑innings total in a drawn five‑day Test.

New Zealand leave the series with a dominant 2-0 win, a stack of records, and a new pace talisman in Jacob Duffy to sit alongside the batting renaissance led by Devon Conway and Tom Latham.