Jacob Duffy Breaks Richard Headlee’s 40 Years Old Record: The last match of the 3-match Test series between West Indies and New Zealand was played at Mount Maunganui. In the fourth innings of this match, New Zealand’s fast bowler Jacob Duffy took five wickets for 42 runs, giving New Zealand a big win by 323 runs on the fifth day of the third Test. With this, New Zealand won the three-match series 2-0. West Indies had a huge target of 462 runs to win. On the morning of the fifth day, the Caribbean team progressed its second innings by 43 runs without losing any wicket, but the entire team was reduced to 138 runs.
Jacob Duffy breaks Richard Hadley’s record
Jacob Duffy broke Richard Hadlee’s record by taking 80 wickets for New Zealand in a calendar year. In this series, he took a total of 23 wickets at an average of 15.4 and took five or more wickets in an innings thrice. Duffy made his Test debut for New Zealand against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo on 7 August 2025 and has taken 25 wickets in just four Test matches in 2025.
What did Duffy say after breaking Hadley’s record?
Jacob Duffy said, ‘At lunch time I saw the list in which the names of many great players were there. It is very special to be included in this list. Duffy was voted the best player of the series because he performed brilliantly despite injuries to some important fast bowlers and played a big role in New Zealand’s victory. The first Test between the two teams was a draw while New Zealand won the second Test by nine wickets.
Record of 1439 runs made in a test match
In the third Test against West Indies, New Zealand had declared at 575 runs for eight wickets in the first innings, in response to which West Indies were able to score 420 runs. New Zealand declared the second innings after scoring 306 runs for two wickets. Captain Tom Latham and Devon Conway scored centuries in both the innings of this match. After West Indies were all out for 138 runs in their second innings, a total of 1439 runs were scored in four innings, which is also the best score in any Test match between the two teams.
