Fittingly, James Anderson brought the curtain down on England's 10th win out of 11 under Ben Stokes' captaincy to come full circle in New Zealand.
Incredibly England had not won a Test match in the land of the long white cloud for 15 years before this whopping 267-run victory built on the shoulders of their two long standing bowling kings. While Stuart Broad opened the door on the evening of day three, it was Anderson who closed it on the Kiwis within a session on day four with a quartet of wickets to complete the victory.
Anderson’s 4-18 surpassed Broad’s second innings 4-49, but with 12 wickets between them in the match as they became the most successful bowling partnership in Test history with 1009 scalps, there is no question just how influential the pair remain since playing their part in that last win back in 2008.
