Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi finished with seven wickets in the match as New Zealand wrapped up a 254-run victory over Zimbabwe in the second Test on Wednesday to sweep the series 2-0.

Although Zimbabwe showed some fight early on day five when nightwatchman Donald Tiripano and first-innings centurion Craig Ervine stood firm for the better part of 90 minutes, once they had fallen to some contentious umpiring decisions the hosts folded quickly.

Sodhi claimed three of the last four wickets to go down as Zimbabwe were bowled out for 132 in their second innings, to finish with match figures of 7 for 79.

SCORES IN BRIEF

NEW ZEALAND: First innings 582/4 decl

ZIMBABWE: First innings: 362

NEW ZEALAND: Second innings 166/2 decl

ZIMBABWE: Second innings 132 all out (Mawoyo 35, Chibhabha 21, Tiripano 22, Ervine 27; Sodhi 3-19, Guptill 3-11)

Result: New Zealand won by 254 runs and clinched the two-match series 2-0.