The West Indies bowlers must be sick of the sight of Ross Taylor.
Three Tests. Four innings. Three centuries. And a staggering 493 runs.
Lucky for them chances are slim that he’ll have one more innings against them.
New Zealand will begin day four of the Hamilton Test needing 116 to win with all their wickets intact.
It means Taylor may not get the opportunity to score the eight more runs he needs to overhaul John F Reid as the country’s top run-scorer in a calendar year.
As it stands he has 864 runs at an average of 72.
For the 29-year-old his year of runs comes after a tumultuous 2012 which ended in him being dumped as skipper in a messy changing of the guard.
A more disciplined approach to his batting, with the input of mentor Martin Crowe, has led to him putting his favoured slog-sweep to one side for the Tests, but he hasn’t completely abandoned it.
“It’s definitely intentional. Have I put it away? I’m not sure my Twenty20 coaches will be happy if I said I’d put it away,” Taylor said.
“I can’t remember who said it, but Test cricket is sometimes not about the shots you play, but the shots you put away and that’s definitely been a mindset of mine.
“In saying that, I’m probably going to try and slog-sweep tomorrow if I get a bat.”
With three tons under his belt he is now averaging 47.49 in Tests, more than any other New Zealander with more than 10 Tests to his name, but is only too aware of the fickle nature of the sport.
“I’m not taking it for granted because this is a cruel game at times, sometimes the luck’s with you and sometimes it’s against you.
“Obviously the rub of the green is going my way and I’m feeling pretty good about things, but you’ve got to ride it as long as possible.”
His two-year daughter Mackenzie and wife Victoria saw him make his 131 at Seddon Park which he rated the pick of his three tons this series after an unbeaten 217 in Dunedin and 129 in Wellington.
“Today was definitely the hardest one. It’s hard to go past the 200, but today was the most challenging of the three,” he said after overcoming the challenge of mystery spinner Sunil Narine and lethargy after batting for more than 20 hours in the series.