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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

Batter Brooke Halliday has been ruled out of the remainder of the limited-overs series against Bangladesh due to a hand injury. Opener Rebecca Burns has been called into the squad for the remaining two T20Is. Georgia Plimmer, who was originally selected for the T20Is only, will remain with the squad as batting cover for the

New Zealand 164 for 3 (Devine 45, Bates 41, Akter 1-25) beat Bangladesh 32 (Moni 6, Tahuhu 4-6, Jensen 3-8) by 132 runs Lea Tahuhu and Hayley Jensen wreaked havoc as Bangladesh collapsed to 32 all out – their second-lowest score in women’s T20Is – to go down by 132 runs in the first T20I

Former New Zealand men’s international Dean Brownlie has been named batting coach of the New Zealand women’s team. Joining him in the White Ferns set-up is spin-bowling coach Craig Howard. Brownie, who retired at the end of the 2019-20 season with a total of 14 Test caps and 21 white-ball caps, was New Zealand men’s

Just as it was in the T20Is, the ODIs have also effectively become a two-match series because of rain, except that New Zealand lead 1-0 now and India can at best square it. But rain is threatening to spoil the game, in Christchurch, too, even though there is a chance of a shortened game being

New Zealand are set to hand a debut to Wellington wicketkeeper-batter Jess McFadyen in the upcoming home series against Bangladesh, after she was named in the 15-member squad for the three T20Is and ODIs. McFadyen’s selection in place of fellow wicketkeeper Izzy Gaze, who is India with the Under-19 team, was the only change to

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has admitted that the team will miss Martin Guptill, who has chosen not to take up a central contract and has subsequently been released by NZC. The 36-year old opener has joined a growing group of New Zealand players looking to explore career opportunities outside the country. The proliferation of

Martin Guptill has become the latest New Zealand player to be released from their central contract after he recently lost his place in both white-ball teams. Guptill was part of the T20 World Cup squad in Australia but did not play during the tournament with Finn Allen preferred at the top of the order and

Ross Taylor is set to return to the Ford Trophy on Thursday for Central Districts’ first one-day match of the season. Taylor had retired from international cricket earlier this year but is still available for domestic games and is among the 13 names for Central Districts’ opening game against Otago. This will be Taylor’s 20th

India 191 for 6 (Suryakumar 111*, Kishan 36, Southee 3-34) beat New Zealand 126 (Williamson 61, Hooda 4-10, Siraj 2-24) by 65 runs Virat Kohli termed it as “another video game innings” on Twitter, and with solid reason: Suryakumar Yadav bashed 111 unbeaten runs out of the team’s total of 191, on the way crashing

After a washout in Wellington, the three-match T20I series between New Zealand and India has been reduced to a two-match affair. But apart from that, and a change of venue to Mount Maunganui, little else has changed. In fact, there is a forecast of rain for the second T20I too. India, for the foreseeable future,

Big picture Over the past few years, every white-ball series has been viewed from the lens of the ICC global event that is next in line. Now that the T20 World Cup is over, the focus is already shifting to the next one in 2024, and with some transferrable skills between the two limited-overs formats,

The question of Kane Williamson‘s future as a T20 player – particularly as an international T20 player – has assumed greater significance since New Zealand’s exit at the semi-final stage of the T20 World Cup. His role as a top-order anchor has come under question, as has the issue of whether he can continue to

Martin Guptill and Trent Boult have been left out of New Zealand’s T20I and ODI squads for the upcoming home series against India, which is scheduled to begin on November 18 in Wellington. Hard-hitting opener Finn Allen finds a spot in both squads, while fast bowler Adam Milne returns to the ODI squad having last