Mitchell, who also won the Redpath Cup for men's first-class batting, was recognised for a stand-out year across the board but particularly at the Test level.
The triumph helped New Zealand jump from eighth to sixth on the World Test Championship standings, with Pakistan (7th) and West Indies (8th) each dropping a place following the final Test of the period
New Zealand bowlers dominated Sri Lankan batters on Day-3. Michael Bracewell and Matt Henry picked up three wickets each in the first innings. Sri Lanka lost all their wickets for a score of 164. New Zealand decided to impose follow on. Sri Lanka ended up losing two wickets in their second
Mathews scored a valuable 47 on the opening day at Basin Reserve, with Sri Lanka reaching 305/6 at stumps to keep their slim hopes alive of reaching June's ICC World Test Championship final against Australia.
The Black Caps sent England tumbling to just their second Test loss under the watchful eye of new coach Brendon McCullum when they registered an exciting one-run triumph in Wellington last week, and the Kiwis now turn their attention to the visiting Sri Lanka.
Tim Southee will be at the helm of the side which is coming off the high of being the only third team in sports' history to win after following on, winning the second Test against England by one run to level the series after a 267-run loss in the first Test.
Brook had a fantastic series in New Zealand. Across four innings in two matches, he scored 329 runs at an average of 82.25, ending up as the leading run-scorer in the series. This included a century and two half-centuries. His best score in the series was 186 in the second Test. He also pick
Cricket community expressed their emotions after New Zealand pulled off a historic victory against England on the final day of the second Test match. Ravichandran Ashwin, Virender Sehwag, Wasim Jaffer and many more shared their views on Twitter.
Tim Southee heaped praise on his team after their sensational comeback against England in the second test match. He pointed out his team's collective efforts as well as Neil Wagner's sensational spell in the final moments of the game.
New Zealand completed a big turnaround on the Day-5 of the second test match. Neil Wagner picked up 4 wickets to shift the momentum towards New Zealand in the game's final hours. He broke the crucial partnership between Joe Root and Ben Stokes by picking up the wicket of Ben Stokes.
Pacer Neil Wagner (4/62) was the hero for the Kiwis as he had James Anderson caught behind down the leg side to clinch a famous victory for New Zealand at Basin Reserve.
Tim Southee has now surpassed great Indian batters like Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma to become a player who has hit more sixes in test cricket.