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In the third and final Test, New Zealand dominated in every department. Big runs were scored in the first innings. The bowlers kept West Indies under pressure. The target became difficult after fast batting in the second innings. In the end the visiting team was completely defeated cheaply.
Delhi: New Zealand showed complete dominance in the third and final Test against West Indies and registered a big win by 323 runs. With this, the Kiwi team won the three-match Test series 2-0 and also scored important points in the World Test Championship.
New Zealand made a strong hold from the beginning
At the beginning of the match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. In the first innings, the team scored a huge score of 575 runs for 8 wickets. Captain Tom Latham played an important inning of 137 runs. At the same time, Devon Conway decided the direction of the match by scoring a brilliant 227 runs. Rachin Ravindra also contributed unbeaten 72 runs.
In reply, West Indies’ first innings was reduced to 420 runs. Kavem Hodge played an excellent inning of 123 runs on behalf of the team. Despite this, West Indies remained behind by 155 runs. For New Zealand, Jacob Duffy bowled effectively by taking 4 wickets and Ajaz Patel took 3 wickets.
Conway scored centuries in both innings
In the second innings, New Zealand batted aggressively and declared the innings after scoring 306 runs for 2 wickets in 54 overs. Once again Latham played a quick inning of 101 runs and Conway played a quick inning of 100 runs. He scored a total of 327 runs in both innings of this match. After this, West Indies got a difficult target of 462 runs to win.
On the fifth day, the pitch started getting uneven bounce and West Indies’ batting completely disintegrated. The team was all out for just 138 runs in 80 overs. Brandon King showed some fight by scoring 67 runs but the rest of the batsmen could not survive. Duffy finished the match with 5 wickets while Ajaz Patel bowled economically.
With this victory, New Zealand proved its dominance in home conditions. The team looked completely dominant in both batting and bowling. West Indies will need to take lessons from this tour and perform better in the future.
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