West Indies v New Zealand, Wellington

West Indies 205/10 & 128/10

New Zealand 278/9 & 57/1

New Zealand won by 9 wickets

New Zealand v West Indies 2025 · 2nd Test Basin Reserve, Wellington, Wellington 10–12 Dec 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — West Indies had it far tougher than New Zealand.

West Indies

0.95× -5%

New Zealand

1.12× +12%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, New Zealand led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

MJ Hay New Zealand

61 +100

DP Conway New Zealand

88 +93

JD Campbell West Indies

58 +63

BA King West Indies

55 +58

SD Hope West Indies

52 +58

Best bowling

Top match figures

JA Duffy5/38

BM Tickner4/32

MD Rae3/45

MD Rae3/66

Top score

MJ Hay · New Zealand

Biggest stand

5th wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–15

3 wkts for 15 · West Indies

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultNew Zealand won by 9 wickets

Length3 days

West Indies

205 /10 (75.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JD Campbell	c DJ Mitchell b MD Rae	44	87	6	0	50.57
BA King	lbw b BM Tickner	33	55	5	1	60.00
KAR Hodge	lbw b BM Tickner	0	8	0	0	0.00
SD Hope	c Kane Williamson b BM Tickner	47	80	8	0	58.75
RL Chase	b BM Tickner	29	69	2	0	42.03
JP Greaves	c MJ Hay b MD Rae	13	52	1	0	25.00
TA Imlach	b GD Phillips	16	31	2	0	51.61
KAJ Roach	lbw b MD Rae	0	2	0	0	0.00
A Phillip	run out (DP Conway)	5	50	0	0	10.00
JNT Seales*	not out	0	13	0	0	0.00
O Shields	c Kane Williamson b JA Duffy	0	6	0	0	0.00

Extras 18 (b 2, lb 12, w 1, nb 3)

Total 205/10 (75.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Duffy	19.0	5	33	1	1.74
ZGF Foulkes	15.0	3	41	0	2.73
MD Rae	18.0	4	66	3	3.67
BM Tickner	16.0	3	32	4	2.00
GD Phillips	7.0	1	19	1	2.71

Fall of wickets

1-66 (BA King, 16.4)·2-66 (KAR Hodge, 18.6)·3-93 (JD Campbell, 28.3)·4-153 (SD Hope, 45.3)·5-176 (RL Chase, 55.4)·6-182 (JP Greaves, 58.6)·7-184 (KAJ Roach, 60.3)·8-199 (TA Imlach, 68.4)·9-204 (A Phillip, 73.5)·10-205 (O Shields, 74.6)

New Zealand

278 /9 (74.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	b KAJ Roach	11	42	1	0	26.19
DP Conway	c TA Imlach b JP Greaves	60	108	8	0	55.56
Kane Williamson	b A Phillip	37	46	7	0	80.43
R Ravindra	c TA Imlach b KAJ Roach	5	13	1	0	38.46
DJ Mitchell	c TA Imlach b A Phillip	25	52	1	1	48.08
MJ Hay	c KAJ Roach b O Shields	61	93	9	1	65.59
GD Phillips	c A Phillip b RL Chase	18	27	0	1	66.67
ZGF Foulkes*	not out	23	43	3	0	53.49
JA Duffy	c KAJ Roach b A Phillip	11	13	2	0	84.62
MD Rae	b JNT Seales	13	11	1	0	118.18

Extras 14 (b 4, lb 2, w 8)

Total 278/9 (74.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	16.0	6	43	2	2.69
JNT Seales	17.4	3	72	1	4.08
O Shields	14.0	1	50	1	3.57
A Phillip	13.0	0	70	3	5.38
JP Greaves	12.0	4	28	1	2.33
RL Chase	2.0	0	9	1	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-36 (TWM Latham, 13.2)·2-103 (Kane Williamson, 30.6)·3-117 (R Ravindra, 34.4)·4-117 (DP Conway, 35.1)·5-190 (DJ Mitchell, 54.6)·6-213 (MJ Hay, 60.4)·7-233 (GD Phillips, 66.4)·8-257 (JA Duffy, 70.3)·9-278 (MD Rae, 74.4)

West Indies

128 /10 (46.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
JD Campbell	b MD Rae	14	27	3	51.85
BA King	run out (MG Bracewell)	22	47	4	46.81
A Phillip	lbw b JA Duffy	0	3	0	0.00
KAR Hodge	c WA Young b ZGF Foulkes	35	75	5	46.67
SD Hope	c & b MD Rae	5	3	1	166.67
RL Chase	c MJ Hay b JA Duffy	2	10	0	20.00
JP Greaves	lbw b JA Duffy	25	57	3	43.86
TA Imlach	c TWM Latham b JA Duffy	5	39	0	12.82
KAJ Roach*	not out	5	8	1	62.50
JNT Seales	c MJ Hay b MD Rae	0	6	0	0.00
O Shields	c MD Rae b JA Duffy	9	4	2	225.00

Extras 6 (lb 2, w 3, nb 1)

Total 128/10 (46.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Duffy	17.2	4	38	5	2.19
ZGF Foulkes	12.0	2	39	1	3.25
MD Rae	12.0	3	45	3	3.75
DJ Mitchell	5.0	1	4	0	0.80

Fall of wickets

1-24 (JD Campbell, 6.5)·2-25 (A Phillip, 7.4)·3-50 (BA King, 17.1)·4-58 (SD Hope, 17.6)·5-70 (RL Chase, 22.1)·6-88 (KAR Hodge, 30.4)·7-113 (JP Greaves, 42.6)·8-114 (TA Imlach, 44.1)·9-119 (JNT Seales, 45.4)·10-128 (O Shields, 46.2)

New Zealand

57 /1 (10.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
TWM Latham	c KAR Hodge b A Phillip	9	28	1	32.14
DP Conway*	not out	28	22	6	127.27
Kane Williamson*	not out	16	12	4	133.33

Extras 4 (w 2, nb 2)

Total 57/1 (10.0 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	3.0	8	0	2.67
JNT Seales	3.0	14	0	4.67
O Shields	2.0	18	0	9.00
A Phillip	2.0	17	1	8.50

Fall of wickets

1-26 (TWM Latham, 7.1)