Wellington, March 20:

Stephen Fleming led New Zealand to an emphatic 10-wicket victory over the West Indies on the fourth day of the second Test, to wrap up the series 2-0 with a game to spare.

The West Indies started the day at 118/4 in their second innings and were all out for 215 leaving the New Zealand openers Jamie How and Hamish Marshall to quickly knock off the 36 runs required for the win.

But it was Fleming’s man-of-the-match 97 that formed the basis of the commanding 180-run first innings lead. When the play began an hour late due to rain, Chris Martin struck early, tempting Dwayne Bravo to hook to Nathan Astle, and Daniel Vettori bowled Denesh Ramdin in the last over before lunch to reduce the West Indies to 156/6.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul bravely tried to prolong the resistance but fell soon after lunch to Kyle Mills. Rawl Lewis hit out lustily and reached 40 before becoming the last wicket to fall, caught by Astle off Mills, who finished with 3/29, while Martin, James Franklin and Vettori took two wickets each.