New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming was flattered but could not be tempted into agreeing that Monday's historic nine-wicket over South Africa was the Black Caps' most complete Test cricket win.
Fleming hit the winning runs with a towering six to bring up his 20th win from 57 Tests and seal New Zealand's first victory over South Africa at home since their rivalry began in 1931-32, and just their fourth in 29 Tests against the Proteas overall.
The outstanding list of achievements — Chris Martin's man of the match 11-wicket haul, Scott Styris' 170, Chris Cairns' 158 and 200th Test wicket, plus big innings from Craig McMillan and Jacob Oram — moved veteran cricket writer D.J. Cameron.
"It's the best all-round performance I've seen by a New Zealand side winning a Test match, because there were so many top-quality performances.
"Everybody chipped in," said Cameron, who has witnessed most of New Zealand's 54 Test wins as correspondent for the New Zealand Herald.
But Fleming was not sure if he agreed.
{{/usCountry}}But Fleming was not sure if he agreed.
{{/usCountry}}"It is pretty big but I'm not sure where it fits, and I'm not sure if I want to rank it," he said.
"Each time we do something special it has its own characteristics, certainly beating England (in 1999) was great.
"We haven't done this at home against South Africa, that's testament to the quality of team we're playing and how good they've been for some time.
"To knock them over at home for the first time, it's certainly very high."
New Zealand's greatest Test win is commonly regarded as the 1985 Test against Australia in Brisbane, where Sir Richard Hadlee's haul of 15 for 123 and centuries from Martin Crowe and John F Reid led to an innings and 41-run win.