Jacob Duffy claims three fifers in NZ-WI Test series: Stats
What's the story
New Zealand clinched the third Test against West Indies by a massive 323 runs in Mount Maunganui, thanks to Jacob Duffy's stellar performance. The victory gave them a 2-0 series win. Duffy took his career-best match figures of 9/128, including a five-wicket haul in the second innings (5/42). Notably, he took one fifer each in the first two games of the series. His stellar run earned him the Player of the Series award. Here are his stats.
Match details
West Indies struggle in final innings
Chasing an improbable target of 462 runs, West Indies were bowled out for just 138 runs in their second innings. The West Indies started their final innings on a positive note, with openers Brandon King and John Campbell (16) taking the score to 87/10. However, Duffy's short ball caught King off guard at 67. This breakthrough ignited a collapse as WI lost five wickets in just 11 runs.
Final blow
Duffy's 2nd spell seals the match
Alick Athanaze, Justin Greaves, and Roston Chase were the pacer's other victims in the innings. Duffy sealed the game for NZ by trapping Jayden Seales for a duck. As mentioned, he claimed a four-fer in the first innings of the game as well. Earlier in the game, Devon Conway and Tom Latham had made history by becoming the only opening pair to score centuries in both innings of a Test match.
Stats
Three fifers in the series for Duffy
Duffy recorded figures worth 4/86 and 5/42 in the game - resulting in his best match figures in Tests (9/128). The in-form pacer, who claimed fifers in each of the first two Tests, finished the series with 23 wickets at 15.43, as per ESPNcricinfo. Overall in Tests, he now boasts 25 wickets from four Tests at 16.28.
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Duffy surpasses Hadlee's 1985 record
With his latest spell, Duffy also broke Richard Hadlee's long-standing record of most international wickets by a NZ bowler in a calendar year. The pacer has taken his tally to an impressive 81 wickets for the Black Caps this year at 17.11. Duffy's achievement comes after he surpassed Hadlee's record of 79 wickets in 23 matches for New Zealand in 1985.