When Australia started the day at 77–4 after an hour's delay due to rain, Rachin Ravindra dropped Marsh for 28 in the second over. Travis was headed out on Southee's next ball. New Zealand were excited, knowing that Marsh and Carey were struggling for form, with Marsh consistently coming in at zero. Carey had scored […]
Three balls later, New Zealand faced more trouble when Ravindra was caught by Lyon at point. Daryl Mitchell managed to score 11 runs before being caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey off the bowling of Cummins. Young dismissed Mitchell Marsh with the next ball, after which Carey again left New Zealand struggling at 29–5, before Blundell […]
“It's been an emotional week,” said Wagner, the flamboyant, left-arm swing bowler and fan favorite. “It's not easy to walk away from something that you've given so much to and that you've gained so much from, but now it's time for other people to step up and take this team forward. “To the New Zealand […]
The 37-year-old, who retired from Test cricket in January, is expecting more barracks from Black Caps fans during the series, who will be in Auckland for the second and third matches on Friday and Sunday. “Honestly, the hard truth here is that we are neighbors and we love to beat each other at sports,” Warner […]
South Africa were all out for 235 in their second innings on Thursday, leaving New Zealand a target of 267 to win the second Test in Hamilton. David Bedingham scored 110 for the Proteas while New Zealand fast bowler Will O’Rourke, on debut, took 5-34. New Zealand is leading 1-0 in the two-match series.
The experiment of opening the batting with wicketkeeper Clyde Fortuin again failed when, after struggling to score three runs in 24 balls, he was LBW to spinner Rachin Ravindra. Left-arm fast bowler O’Rourke took four wickets in South Africa’s first innings of 242 runs, before New Zealand were all out for 211 at the end […]
South African captain Brand was bowled for three runs on an inswinger from his New Zealand counterpart Tim Southee. Moore was out for zero after covering the ball from Matt Henry. A tenacious 63-run stand for the third wicket was broken by Jamieson, who trapped Renard van Tonder at first slip on 31, before gently […]
Rachin Ravindra scored a brilliant double century before South Africa’s top order collapsed on Monday, giving New Zealand control of the first Test at Mount Maunganui. Ravindra scored a career-best 240 as the home side were all out for 511, before the tourists’ inexperience was exposed as they collapsed to 80–4 at stumps on the […]
Seamer de Swardt was once again unlucky when Duane Oliver dropped Ravindra’s catch at deep square leg on the score of 80. Williamson scored his fifth century in his last six Test matches, taking his career average above 55 and cementing his position as the ICC’s top-rated Test batsman. Left-handed Ravindra’s innings came a week […]
Earlier, it appeared that the home team had done enough to pull off a clean sweep as they stifled Pakistan’s batsmen with another disciplined bowling performance. Spinner Ish Sodhi along with fast bowlers Tim Southee, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson all took two wickets each. Southee (2-19), the highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket, dismissed debutant […]
Big-hitting all-rounder Mitchell said the first priority is to remove the immediate threat from Afridi before the pair set themselves a target. “The way Shaheen moved it up front made it challenging, so we had to get it as deep as possible,” Mitchell said. “It’s about wasting your time and building partnerships till the score […]
He said he’s working on trying to spend more time down the middle while still being explosive. “It’s a part of both, you know, picking my moments when to go and also picking the bowlers. For me, playing the ball on its merits and hitting it where it’s supposed to go, that’s something That’s what […]
When play was stopped due to heavy rain, the Black Caps were comfortably ahead by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern target, thanks to all-rounder Neesham’s unbeaten 28 runs. The result deprived Bangladesh of its first series win in any format on New Zealand soil, having lost the previous ODI series 2–1. After Bangladesh were asked to bat first […]
The second of three Twenty20 Internationals between hosts New Zealand and Bangladesh was abandoned on Friday due to heavy rain, with the home side at 72-2 after 11 overs. Bangladesh lead the series 1-0 after their bowlers misfired in the opening match last Wednesday, en route to a five-wicket win in Napier.
New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (captain), Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi and Ben Sears. Bangladesh: Soumya Sarkar, Ronnie Talukdar, Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Shamim Hossain, Tauheed Hridoy, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain and Tanzeem Hasan Saqib.