It ebbed and flowed, no one really had the upper hand for six days, and I'm happy we're on the right side of it. We know how strong the Indian side is, in all conditions. We don't always have all the stars, and we saw that in this match. It's the first time we have come away with a world title, and the 22 players who played a big part in getting across the line deserve all the appreciation. The heart that our team showed was commendable. I'd like to thank Virat and the Indian team. Kane Williamson | New Zealand (winning) captain: It's a special feeling. Long live Test cricket - undisputedly the game's greatest format.

It's been an honour to bring you the coverage over the six days, and over the course of the entire Test Championship. On that note, a content Rishi Roy bids you goodbye alongside Sagar Chawla, Vineet Anantharaman, Ramakrishnan MS and Mukesh Gowda. Test cricket has won against all odds, and so have New Zealand, in this battle of grit and determination. It was a converging culmination of a test for humanity and a test for the format. And yet Test cricket has prevailed, and provided us with a fitting spectacle for the ages - not in one of the coliseums of world cricket, but in the understated Hampshire bowl - a fitting metaphor for the quiet but immovable, unbreakable spirit of Test cricket. And most recently, the rain has tested us. The ICC's tested us with two cancelled events (20). When the nice guys came first: This Test, one with the highest stakes in history, has been a culmination of a two-year period in cricket that has seen countless obstacles, particularly beyond the boundary.

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