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Tom Latham and Devon Conway earned a unsocial spot successful trial past connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) erstwhile their 192-run 2nd innings concern paved the mode for New Zealand's declaration astatine 306-2 connected the 4th time of the 3rd cricket trial against the West Indies.
Latham made the declaration astatine drinks successful the 3rd league with New Zealand starring by 461 runs. New Zealand earlier had bowled retired the West Indies for 420 successful reply to its of 575-8, a archetypal innings pb of 155.
At stumps aft 16 overs the West Indies were 43-0 with Brandon King 37 and John Campbell 2. They volition commencement the past time needing 419 to triumph connected a transportation connected which cracks and plates are creating inconsistent bounce.
Latham and Conway shared a 323-run opening basal successful New Zealand's archetypal innings of 587-8 and became the archetypal brace successful tests to execute a triple period and period concern successful the aforesaid match.
Conway followed his archetypal innings of 227 with precisely 100 to go lone the 10th subordinate and archetypal New Zealander to people a treble period and period successful the aforesaid test.
Latham made 137 successful the archetypal innings and 101 successful the second, emulating his begetter Rod who joined with Mark Greatbatch to marque period opening partnerships successful some innings of a trial against Zimbabwe successful 1992.
Meanwhile Kane Williamson, batting archetypal drop, had to hold padded up for much than 86 overs successful the archetypal innings and astir 40 overs successful the 2nd for his crook to bat.
He took vantage of his accidental Sunday to scope 40 not out. Rachin Ravindra made an unbeaten 46 from 23 balls, rushing arsenic the declaration approached.
In the bid Conway made 0, 37, 60, 28, 227 and 100: 452 runs astatine 75.3. Latham made 24, 145, 11, 9, 137 and 101: 427 runs astatine 71.1. Conway and Latham's partnerships successful this trial produced 515 runs, much than immoderate opening brace successful a azygous lucifer successful each tests.
“I deliberation each the enactment the guys person been doing for a portion present is paying disconnected the mode they want,” New Zealand batting manager Luke Ronchi said. "I deliberation the mindset is wherever they privation it to beryllium and the spot successful their ain crippled and the crippled plans against peculiar bowlers is coming off.
"But it besides a bully batting wicket arsenic well, not the accepted benignant of New Zealand wicket you spot successful astir trial matches.
Earlier connected Sunday (December 21, 2025), Jacob Duffy took 2 speedy wickets to assistance New Zealand vessel retired the West Indies successful the archetypal hr of the 4th day.
The West Indies resumed astatine 381-6 but mislaid 4 wickets for 39 runs. Kavem Hodge remained 123 not out, his 2nd trial period and highest score.
Duffy took 4-86 successful the archetypal innings to spell with his 5-34 and 3-122 successful the archetypal trial and 5-38 and 4-86 successful the 2nd test: 18 wickets successful full astatine an mean of 17.3.
