Third test, Mount Maunganui (day five of five)
New Zealand 575-8 December: Conway 227, Latham 137f 306-2 December: Latham 101, Conway 100
West Indies 420 all: Hodge 123 f 138 out of everything Duffy 5-42
New Zealand won by 323 runs
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New Zealand bowled out the West Indies for 138 to win the third Test by 323 runs and complete a 2-0 series victory.
West Indies cruised to a 43-0 victory at Mount Maunganui, needing an unexpected record total of 462 for victory, but slumped 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 very decisive performance,” New Zealand captain Tom Latham said.
“Winning the toss, batting first, being able to get close to 600 runs – it’s the perfect plan.
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“And then obviously we did what we did with the ball. Obviously the guys that played that way were really fun.”
The win moves New Zealand to second place behind Australia in the World Test Championship standings.
New Zealand led by 155 runs after declaring their first innings 575-8 and then West Indies set the record chase when declaring 306-2 in their second innings.
Latham and fellow opener Devon Conway became the first opening team in the history of Test cricket to score centuries in both innings as they put their team in a commanding position.
Conway, who scored 227 and 100, became the 10th batsman in Test history to score a hundred and a hundred in the same match, while Duffy took 23 wickets in the three-match series.
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West Indies captain Ruston Chase made just two fives in the third Test to complete a difficult series in which he scored just 42 runs and took three wickets.
“I think I had a tough streak, and it was way below my standards,” Chase said. “I wasn’t really leading from the front of the field.
“Leading in terms of words and encouraging and inspiring the team, that was all well and good, but in terms of going out there and producing for the team, I thought I let myself down and I let the team down as well.”