{"id":650616,"date":"2025-12-23T15:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/650616\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T15:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:31:19","slug":"in-form-nz-seamer-aims-bigger-in-wtc-push-icc-world-test-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/650616\/","title":{"rendered":"In-form NZ seamer aims bigger in WTC push | ICC World Test Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>His impact has been reflected in the numbers too. Duffy has taken 81 wickets across formats in the calendar year, the most by a New Zealand player, surpassing Richard Hadlee\u2019s long-standing mark of 79 set in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his swing and accuracy, Duffy adapted seamlessly to the demands of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/tournaments\/world-test-championship\/matches\/262781\/new-zealand-vs-west-indies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">day-five Bay Oval surface<\/a>, extracting steep bounce off a hard length to dismantle a West Indies side that had only recently pulled off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/news\/record-west-indies-performance-denies-new-zealand-in-christchurch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarkable draw in Christchurch.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just enjoying my career, I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t look at things too holistically I guess,\u201d Duffy said after the series-clinching win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been an awesome ride; it\u2019s been testing with all the bowlers going down and obviously the workload is pretty high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I guess the fact that Tommy [Tom Latham] keeps asking me to bowl the ball, I\u2019d like to view that as a bit of a privilege. You just get to trust you to keep bowling and doing the good stuff, so that\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to do,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy finished the three-match Test series with 23 wickets at an average of 15.43, a haul that set a new New Zealand record for most wickets in a single home Test series, surpassing Trent Boult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"His impact has been reflected in the numbers too. 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