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The second T20I between Netherlands and New Zealand in The Hague will now be played on August 5, a day earlier than originally scheduled. Both boards agreed to shift the date of the match following the cancellation of a connecting flight that affected New Zealand’s transfer to the West Indies, where they are scheduled to

Toss Ireland opt to bowl vs New Zealand Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie won the toss in the 1st T20I and chose to field first under warm, sunny conditions in Belfast. New Zealand handed a debut to wicketkeeper-batter Dane Cleaver and allrounder Michael Bracewell in the format. With key players rested by New Zealand for their

Amelia Kerr, the New Zealand spin-bowling allrounder, has tested positive for Covid-19 while on tour to England. The squad is travelling to take part in the cricket event at the upcoming Birmingham Commonwealth Games, starting July 28. The positive result came out after a round of Rapid Antigen Tests conducted on the team members on

New Zealand piled up 360 for 6 – the second-highest total in ODI cricket at The Village in Malahide – but it appeared lighter once Paul Stirling and Harry Tector hit full-tilt in the chase. After New Zealand ultimately scraped home by one run, Martin Guptill , who had set up the narrow victory with

50 overs New Zealand 360 for 6 (Guptill 115, Nicholls 79, Little 2-84) vs Ireland A breezy hundred from Martin Guptill and an even breezier 79 from Henry Nicholls carried New Zealand to 360 for 6 and set them up for a potential 3-0 whitewash of Ireland in Malahide. Finn Allen (33), Tom Latham (30)

New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne has been ruled out of the remainder of the limited-overs tour of Europe with an Achilles injury. Milne felt pain during the team’s first net session in Ireland and after a scan the recovery timeframe was likely to only see him available for the two T20Is against Netherlands in

R Ashwin, the India offspinner, has said that he “switches off the telly” while watching 50-over cricket and has advocated a return to the use of one ball per innings in ODI cricket to bring bowlers back into the game. Since 2011, two new balls have been used per innings in ODI cricket (one from

48 overs Ireland 216 (Dockrell 74, McBrine 28, Bracewell 2-26, Santner 2-32, Henry 2-40) vs New Zealand A dominant bowling performance from New Zealand pinned down Ireland to 216 in Malahide and gave the visitors a shot at wrapping up the three-match ODI series, with one game to go. Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Michael Bracewell,

Former New Zealand captain Barry Sinclair, who was the third player to pass 1000 runs for his country, has died aged 85. Sinclair played 21 Tests between 1963 and 1968, scoring three centuries – one each against South Africa, Pakistan and England. “We were all very sad to hear of Barry’s passing,” Heath Mills, the

50 overs Ireland 300 for 9 (Tector 113, Campher 43, Ferguson 2-44, Sodhi 2-62) vs New Zealand A day after the Irish rugby team upset the All Blacks in Dunedin, the Irish cricket team threatened to pull off something similar against the Black Caps in Malahide. Harry Tector converted his fourth successive half-century in ODI

New Zealand batters Finn Allen and Glenn Phillips are set to make their ODI debuts, in the opening game of the three-match series against Ireland on Sunday. However, New Zealand will be without fast bowler Adam Milne and left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner. While Milne has a tight Achilles that’s troubling him, Santner joined the squad

New Zealand’s female cricketers will earn the same match fees as the men under a new five-year deal struck between NZC, the six major associations and the New Zealand Cricket Players Association meaning a substantial pay boost at international and domestic levels. It is the first time the men’s and women’s professional game has been

New Zealand allrounder Mitchell Santner tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, and did not fly out to Ireland with the rest of the squad on Sunday evening from Auckland. His departure will be delayed until next week, once he recovers and tests negative. The tour starts with the first ODI on July 10, and Santner

According to an NZC media release, Down has withdrawn from the squad to “prioritise her well-being”, while Kerr’s foot injury, picked during the Women’s World Cup 2022 match against Pakistan, needs more rehabilitation before she can return to play. Kerr is likely to return before New Zealand’s tour of West Indies in September. Down had

Brendon McCullum has challenged England to test the limits of their new attacking approach by taking it “too far”, and hopes county cricketers look to emulate how the Test batters have performed in their 3-0 series win over New Zealand. England ticked off three run-chases out of three in McCullum’s first series as head coach

England 360 (Bairstow 162, Overton 97, Boult 4-104) and 296 for 3 (Root 86*, Pope 82, Bairstow 71*) beat New Zealand 329 (Mitchell 109, Blundell 55, Leach 5-100) and 326 (Blundell 88, Latham 76, Mitchell 65, Leach 5-66) by seven wickets Jonny Bairstow came barrelling out of the dressing-room with the impatience of a man

Stokes said that his plan with Bairstow had been to make him feel “comfortable” with his role in the side as an attacking middle-order batter at No. 5. “Just take him to the role in the white-ball team: he’s very clear, very specific, he knows exactly what he’s doing every time he steps out there

It was an over which turned the series. England were 136 for 4 in pursuit of 279 at Lord’s when Kane Williamson threw the ball to Ajaz Patel for his second over, hoping to break a partnership worth 67 between Joe Root and Ben Stokes. Stokes had slog-swept Patel’s second ball of the match for

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Lunch New Zealand 329 (Mitchell 109, Blundell 55, Leach 5-100) and 254 for 6 (Blundell 45*, Mitchell 44*) lead England 360 (Bairstow 162, Overton 97) by 223 runs By lunch, the pair had added 94 for New Zealand’s sixth wicket – six runs shy of their fourth century stand of the series – including 86

Lunch New Zealand 329 (Mitchell 109, Blundell 55, Leach 5-100) and 13 for 0 trail England 360 (Bairstow 162, Overton 97) by 18 runs Jamie Overton‘s dream of a debut Test century was crushed by the skill of Trent Boult, but Jonny Bairstow and Stuart Broad kept the strokes flowing on another free-wheeling morning at

Jonny Bairstow says England are trying to play in a style that is “different to the norm” and has described Test cricket as “a simple game that we complicate” after hitting a 95-ball hundred to rescue England from 55 for 6 at Headingley. Bairstow walked out to bat with England 17 for 3 in the

Kane Williamson says he has got over his frustrations at missing out on the Trent Bridge Test because of a positive Covid test, and is eager to get back to leading New Zealand in the third and final Test, which gets underway at Headingley on Thursday. Williamson spent five days in isolation in New Zealand’s

Luke Wright, who was recently appointed to New Zealand’s support staff for the forthcoming tours to Ireland, Scotland, and Netherlands, has now got a new gig with Auckland as their performance and talent coach. He will start working with Auckland from September after New Zealand’s tour to Europe. Wright’s wife is an Aucklander and he

Brendon McCullum believes the England captaincy has come at the right time for Ben Stokes and admitted he initially feared the two were too similar to succeed together. McCullum was appointed as coach of the England Test side in the second week of May. By then, new managing director Rob Key had already taken the

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At some point, Ben Stokes might have to stop urging his team to go bigger and better. But for now, the England captain has encouraged his players to “think that we’re in the entertainment business” when they step out at Headingley for the third Test against New Zealand. Holding a 2-0 lead off the back

New Zealand’s provinces announced their first round of contracted players on Wednesday. ESPNcricinfo brings you all the major movements for the forthcoming 2022-23 season. Wellington Milne has not played red-ball cricket since October 2018, but he did not rule out the possibility of a return, for Wellington. He, however, added that, given his history of

Had the events of the final day at Trent Bridge panned out differently, and had England tripped over themselves in their eagerness to chase a remarkable 299 for victory, then Trent Boult would surely have emerged as the Player of the Match. On a belter of a batting surface, his indefatigable seam bowling kept New

Former Netherlands player Michael Rippon has earned his maiden call-up to the New Zealand limited-overs squad that will tour Ireland and Scotland in July and the Netherlands in early August. According to an NZC media release on Tuesday, Rippon is the first specialist left-arm wrist spinner to be selected for the national side. New Zealand