New Zealand vs West Indies 3rd Test: Conway, Latham, and Duffy shine as New Zealand wins the third test and seals the series 2-0
New Zealand vs West Indies 3rd Test: In the third and final Test match, New Zealand beat the West Indies by 323 runs on Monday at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. They finished the last day of the three-match series with a 2-0 victory after bowling the West Indies out for only 138 runs in their second innings.
New Zealand won this Test series for the third time in a row. New Zealand chose to bat first and finished their first innings with an enormous score of 575/8 in 155 overs before declaring. Devon Conway scored an incredible double century, putting on a batting masterpiece. With the aid of 31 fours, he scored an incredible 227 runs, while captain Tom Latham (137) also scored a remarkable century.
The visitors put up a valiant fight in response, scoring 420 runs before being bowled out in 128.2 overs. With a perfect score of 123 runs, Kavem Hodge was his team’s leading scorer. Ajaz Patel claimed three scalps for the Blackcaps, while Jacob Duffy was the best bowler with four. New Zealand once again produced an outstanding effort with the goal of eliminating the West Indies from the game entirely. Before declaring, they reached 306/2 in 54 overs during their second innings.
Once again, Conway and Latham both broke a century. As the first New Zealand player to score a hundred and a double century in a single Test match, Conway broke many records.
With ten wickets remaining on the last day of the game, the visitors needed to take advantage of the situation and simply bat out to win. Nevertheless, they were bowled out in 80.3 overs after a lackluster performance. With 67 runs, Brandon King was the leading run scorer; no other hitter even reached the 20-run threshold.
Patel collected three wickets, but Duffy, who was once again outstanding with the ball, ended up capturing the game-winning five wickets.
“It was fantastic. It hasn’t sunk in yet, in my opinion. I’m incredibly happy that we won this Test match, but it will take some time for me to comprehend what transpired. Fortunately, we had the best of the circumstances, despite the surface being varied. It batted a little bit on day one, but it didn’t perform quite as well as it did on day five. I’m quite appreciative that I was able to get the ideal circumstances. (Has he done anything specific in the last 18 months or so?)After winning Player of the Match, Conway said, “No, nothing in particular,” at the post-match presentation.