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Williamson & Taylor steer New Zealand to inaugural World Test C'ship title

Southampton, Jun 23 (UNI) A brilliant performance by pacers and a composed run chase by Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor led New Zealand to historic inaugural World Test Championship title after beating India by 8 wickets on the sixth and final day of the marquee final, here on Wednesday.
New Zealand entered the reserve day of the Final in Southampton eyeing victory and their bowlers delivered in style to bowl India out for 170 before Williamson (52*) and Taylor (47*) steered a successful chase of 139 to secure a memorable win.
With India starting the day at 64 for two in their second innings, a lead of 32, all four results were still possible but the Black Caps’ pace quartet of Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson and Neil Wagner combined to take the final eight wickets for the concession of just 106 more runs.
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