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Toss Pakistan opt to bowl vs New Zealand Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and opted to bowl in the first ODI against New Zealand in Karachi. Legspinner Usama Mir was handed a debut for Pakistan while New Zealand opted to unleash fast bowler Henry Shipley, handing him his maiden international cap. Mir was

Big picture: Pakistan, NZ build for ODI World Cup Very little seems to ride on the ODI series these days, something especially true for this three-match rubber between Pakistan and New Zealand. Both sides have qualified for the World Cup later this year, and hosting the limited-overs matches as the dessert rather than hors d’oeuvre

New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry has been sidelined from the upcoming ODIs in Pakistan and India with an abdominal strain. He will return home with the other members of the Test squad who are not in the white-ball mix. New Zealand are yet to name a replacement for Henry. Henry’s absence could potentially open

Mitchell Santner, the New Zealand spinner, has signed for Worcestershire to play in next summer’s Vitality T20 Blast. Santner, 30, previously represented the club in 2016 and 2017. He will join fellow New Zealand international Michael Bracewell as Worcestershire’s overseas signings for the Blast. Santner is his country’s third-leading wicket-taker in T20Is and has experience

There was but one member of this New Zealand squad on tour in Pakistan to have ever played cricket in the country, and that was their batting coach. Even so, they were “one ball away from series victory” and the captain Tim Southee took a lot of heart from that. Karachi provided conditions that made

Tea Pakistan 408 and 179 for 5 (Sarfaraz 65*, Shakeel 27*, Bracewell 2-33, Sodhi 2-49) need another 140 runs to beat New Zealand 449 and 277 for 5 dec The Karachi Test headed towards a potentially exciting finish, as Sarfaraz Ahmed and Saud Shakeel rescued Pakistan from 80 for 5 to add an undefeated 99,

Tea New Zealand 449 and 151 for 4 (Latham 62, Williamson 41, Hamza 1-22, Hasan 1-27) lead Pakistan 408 by 192 runs Pakistan’s bowlers combined to push New Zealand onto the back foot, albeit slightly, on the fourth day of the second Test. Both Tom Latham and Kane Williamson fell in quick succession in a

Tea Pakistan 337 for 5 (Shakeel 101*, Salman 4*, Mitchell 1-0) trail New Zealand 449 by 112 runs Eight sessions into the Test, the Karachi pitch continued to be flat and lifeless, as Pakistan posted 113 runs at more than four an over post-lunch on the third day. Amidst that, Saud Shakeel got to his

Tea Pakistan 62 for 2 (Imam 17, Babar 2*, Ajaz 1-20, Henry 1-23) trail New Zealand 449 (Conway 122, Latham 71, Henry 68*, Blundell 51, Abrar 4-149, Naseem 3-71, Salman 3-75) by 387 runs After putting on 104 runs for the tenth wicket for New Zealand, Matt Henry and Ajaz Patel picked up a wicket

Milne, 30, had some tightness in his hamstring at the end of the home series against India in November 2022 and subsequently missed two Ford Trophy games, New Zealand’s domestic 50-over tournament, for Wellington in December. He played Wellington’s first two matches of the Super Smash, the domestic T20 competition, but the workload of six

Lunch New Zealand 119 for 0 (Latham 67*, Conway 51*) vs Pakistan Tom Latham and Devon Conway piled up their second successive century stand for the first wicket, adding 119 until lunch on the first morning of the second Test in Karachi. Both openers passed their half-centuries, ending unbeaten on 67 and 51, respectively. The

Big picture For Pakistan, this game cannot come – and go – soon enough. A home Test season of historically miserable proportions will finally draw to a close for the hosts next week, and regardless of the outcome of the second Test in Karachi, that is precisely how it will be viewed. You might imagine

Lunch Pakistan 438 and 181 for 4 (Imam 81*, Sarfaraz 49*, Bracewell 2-40, Sodhi 2-47) lead New Zealand 612 for 9 dec by 7 runs Imam-ul-Haq and Sarfaraz Ahmed took Pakistan into the lead with their unbroken 81-run partnership for the fifth wicket on the final morning of the first Test in Karachi. At one

Lunch New Zealand 519 for 6 (Williamson 137*, Sodhi 41*, Abrar 3-172) lead Pakistan 438 by 81 runs In a session that had the laziness of a winter morning, New Zealand’s overnight batters Kane Williamson and Ish Sodhi added 79 runs in 32 overs to extend their lead to 81 by lunch on day four.

Lunch New Zealand 245 for 2 (Williamson 19*, Nicholls 10*, Nauman 1-73) trail Pakistan 438 (Babar 161, Salman 103, Southee 3-69) by 193 runs Tom Latham‘s 13th Test century, a contentious dismissal for Devon Conway on 92, Sarfaraz Ahmed‘s return as captain – albeit as a stand-in – and uneven bounce off the deck were

New Zealand 165 for 0 (Conway 82*, Latham 78*) trail Pakistan 438 (Babar 161, Salman 103, Southee 3-69) by 273 runs It was mostly a chanceless partnership throughout; the fact that Babar Azam himself came on to roll his arm over as stumps approached was an indication of how dominant was the batting and how

Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs New Zealand Pakistan captain Babar Azam chose to bat under sunny conditions in Karachi for the first Test against New Zealand. The hosts dropped wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan and brought in Sarfaraz Ahmed – their former captain who last played a Test in January 2019 – while Mir Hamza, the

Big picture New Zealand are ok. Yeah, they’re going through “a transition”. Yeah, they’ve got a new Test captain. Yeah, they have lost six of their nine Tests in this World Test Championship cycle. Yeah, they were the first guinea pigs in the Bazball experiment. Yeah, they haven’t played a single Test since then. But

The second and final Test between Pakistan and New Zealand, scheduled for a January 3 start in Multan, has been moved to Karachi – and to January 2 – because of poor weather conditions in Multan. As reported by ESPNcricinfo on Friday, talks were on between the two boards to rejig the schedule as severe

The second Test between Pakistan and New Zealand is likely to be moved out of Multan because of the severe fog and smog expected in the area in early January. ESPNcricinfo understands that formal talks are on between the two boards on the matter. The game is scheduled to begin on January 3. While it

Canterbury allrounder Henry Shipley has earned his maiden call-up to the New Zealand squad for the upcoming ODIs tours to Pakistan and India. Kane Williamson will lead the side in Pakistan, but will not be part of the following ODI series in India. Head coach Gary Stead, bowling coach Shane Jurgensen and newly appointed Test

TVNZ is set to become the exclusive domestic broadcaster for all of New Zealand men’s and women’s international matches as well as the Super Smash from the beginning of 2023-24 home summer until the end of 2025-26 season. The move, according to an NZC media release, has come following Spark’s decision to exit the sports

Williamson, who led New Zealand to victory in the inaugural World Test Championship final against India at the Ageas Bowl in 2021, will continue as ODI and T20I captain and also reiterated his desire to keep playing all three formats. “Captaining the BLACKCAPS in Test cricket has been an incredibly special honour,” Williamson said. “For

Southee, 34, was appointed on Thursday after Williamson ended his six-year tenure as Test captain, even though he had never led New Zealand in Test cricket before. Southee’s captaincy is limited to limited-overs internationals: 22 T20Is and one ODI. Latham, on the other hand, led New Zealand in nine Tests when Williamson was unavailable, winning

Legspinner Ish Sodhi, who last played a Test match four years ago, the uncapped Blair Tickner, and Glenn Phillips, who has one Test cap, have been picked for New Zealand’s tour of Pakistan which begins on December 26. The two-match series will be Tim Southee’s first assignment as New Zealand’s full-time Test captain after Kane

New Zealand have included three players with senior caps – Fran Jonas, Georgia Plimmer and Isabella Gaze – in their squad for the inaugural Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup, which is set to be played in South Africa in January 2023. All three were part of New Zealand’s squad at the Commonwealth Games earlier this

Neil Wagner, the New Zealand left-arm fast bowler, has signed to play for Yorkshire in their first ten LV= Insurance Championship fixtures next season. Wagner, who has previously had county stints with Lancashire and Essex, will join ahead of the start of Yorkshire’s Division Two opener against Leicestershire on April 6. His deal runs until

New Zealand 152 for 7 (Amelia 48*, Devine 47) beat Bangladesh 89 for 7 (Tahuhu 3-13, Carson 2-19) by 63 runs Amelia Kerr and Lea Tahuhu continued their excellent run of form as New Zealand brushed aside Bangladesh by 63 runs in the third women’s T20I in Queenstown to sweep the series 3-0. Batting first

In September earlier this year, Neesham had turned down a New Zealand central contract, committing to various T20 tournaments. Like Neesham, Trent Boult had also stepped away from his national contract to play T20 tournaments around the world, with Martin Guptill recently joining them as a T20 freelancer. A day after being released from his

Opting to bat first, New Zealand rode on Kerr’s unbeaten 30-ball 46 and Green’s 37 not out in 25 balls to put up 148. They lost two early wickets, of Sophie Devine and Georgia Plimmer, inside the powerplay, both to medium-pacer Marufa Akter, but Suzie Bates and Rebecca Burns scored 20 each to steady the