New Zealand vs West Indies, 2nd Test at Wellington, NZ vs WI, Dec 10 2025 - Match Result

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 disappointing] but he had a massive presence in the first innings. Obviously gutted for him. We probably weren't where we wanted to 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"

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!

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

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.

Neil: "The original statement was NEW ZEALAND hadn't won at the basin in three days. We've lost several inside 3, but not won any" Alright, alright. I made a mistake. It happens. Jeez.