Black Caps bowlers Mark Craig, Tim Southee, Jimmy Neesham, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell and Neil Wagner are joined by wicketkeeper BJ Watling (second left) for a cigar and wine on atop Wellington's Mt Victoria after their victory over Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve.

Cigars, Champagne and a limousine ride awaited a select few as the Black Caps celebrated another test win in Wellington.

History dictates that the New Zealand bowlers and wicketkeeper take a limo ride to the top of Mt Victoria to celebrate, and they did just that yesterday as New Zealand completed a 193-run victory over Sri Lanka in the second test to win the series 2-0.



Well, almost all of them.



As former Black Caps bowler Iain O'Brien noted when he tweeted out the accompanying photo: "Congrats boys! Great work. Where's Ruds? He bowled."



O'Brien was right. Opening batsman Hamish Rutherford bowled one over in Sri Lanka's second-innings collapse. And man of the match Kane Williamson squeezed in two overs as well.



But they did not feature in the photo that shows Mark Craig, BJ Watling, Tim Southee, Jimmy Neesham, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell and 12th man Neil Wagner enjoying the spoils of victory.



Williamson, who scored 69 and an unbeaten 242, had a bit of explaining to do when he unexpectedly fronted America's ESPN Sportcenter show as its top "play of the day" for his athletic, juggling slips catch.

Asked what honours the man of the match award brought, Williamson said: "The tradition here is the bowlers get taken out, so there is no tradition for me. That's fine; they did a hell of a job."

ESPN Kane Williamson's catch made it to number one on ESPN's top 10 plays of the day.

The bemused American host wanted further explanation. Williamson likened the bowlers to baseball pitchers.

"We have about five of them that play at one time. They go out and rule the roost," he said.