Won the series by defeating West Indies (Photo: PTI)
New Zealand vs West Indies: New Zealand has won the third test against West Indies by a huge margin of 323 runs. With this he has also won the 3 test series. New Zealand won 2 matches in the series, while one match was a draw. That New Zealand player played a big role with the ball in winning the 3-Test series. We are talking about Jacob Duffy, whose love is an example. Duffy has performed brilliantly not only in the third Test against West Indies but also in the entire series.
Talking about the third Test, New Zealand had given a target of 462 runs to West Indies to win. In reply, West Indies' second innings was limited to 138 runs only. In this way West Indies had to face defeat by 323 runs. Tom Latham, Devon Conway and Jacob Duffy played a big role with the ball in this victory of New Zealand. Devon Conway was chosen player of the match after scoring 327 runs with a double century in the third test. Whereas Jacob Duffy was elected Player of the Series.
31-year-old Jacob Duffy is a right-arm medium pacer and has taken 23 wickets for New Zealand in the Test series played against West Indies. Out of these, he took 9 wickets in the third test alone. Jacob Duffy took 5 wickets in the second innings after taking 4 wickets in the first innings of the third test. Earlier, he had taken 6 wickets in the second test of the series, whereas he had taken 8 wickets in the first test. Jacob Duffy has achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets in a Test innings for the third time in his career, out of which he took it twice in this series.
Jacob Duffy's love story has also been amazing, which started when he was growing up. Jacob Duffy's wife's name is Natasha, even though Duffy has become a successful cricketer today. But Natasha has been supporting him since he was nothing. Natasha takes good care of everything of Duffy. Wherever he is playing cricket in the world, Natasha is always seen with him. Both of them got married in April 2023.
Along with taking 23 wickets in the Test series against West Indies, Jacob Duffy has also broken some historical records. He has broken the record of taking most international wickets in a year for New Zealand. The earlier record in this matter was in the name of Richard Hadlee, which he made in the year 1979 by taking 79 wickets. Jacob Duffy ended his cricket journey in the year 2025 with 81 international wickets. Apart from 25 Test wickets, this includes 21 ODI wickets and 35 T20 wickets.
