New Zealand

Report New Zealand bowled out for 169, leaving the visitors to chase 40 for a historic win against the world champions Innings New Zealand 328 (Conway 122, Nicholls 75, Shoriful 3-69, Mehidy 3-86) and 169 (Young 69, Taylor 40, Ebadot 6-46, Taskin 3-36) lead Bangladesh 458 (Mominul 88, Litton 86, Boult 4-85) by 39 runs

News “It’s a disappointing performance from day one in the position we were in at lunch time and from then on, we weren’t at our best.” New Zealand’s captain Tom Latham rued two missed opportunities for his side after their eight-wicket loss to Bangladesh in Mount Maunganui. It was an incredible win for the visitors,

Report New Zealand have just over five sessions to try and push for a favourable result Lunch New Zealand 328 and 10 for 0 (Latham 10*, Young 0*) trail Bangladesh 458 (Mominul 88, Litton 86, Boult 4-85) by 120 runs New Zealand faced the tricky job of dismounting Bangladesh’s 130-run lead after the visitors completed

Report Both the batters reached their half-centuries during the session, with Bangladesh just 21 runs behind Tea Bangladesh 307 for 4 (Joy 78, Shanto 64, Wagner 3-72) trail New Zealand 328 (Conway 122, Nicholls 75*, Shoriful 3-69) by 21 runs Bangladesh continued to frustrate New Zealand in the middle session on the third day, going

Report New Zealand added only 70 for the loss of five wickets in the morning session Lunch Bangladesh 5 for 0 (Joy 3*, Shadman 1*) trail New Zealand 328 (Conway 122, Nicholls 75, Shoriful 3-69, Mehidy 3-86) by 323 runs The second morning in Mount Maunganaui belonged to Bangladesh after they bowled out New Zealand

News The New Zealand batter made 122 at No. 3 on day one of the first Test against Bangladesh at the Bay Oval Conway fell for 122 on the first day of the opening Test against Bangladesh at the Bay Oval, becoming only the sixth men’s batter to score a century in his first innings

Report New Zealand go in with four-man pace attack On the first day of 2022, Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque decided to field first against New Zealand in the first Test at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Mominul said that Bangladesh wanted to get first use the moisture on a greenish pitch. This is New

News Bangladesh series will be his last Tests before finishing with ODIs later in the season Ross Taylor has announced he will retire from international cricket at the end of the current home season with the upcoming series against Bangladesh being his last Test cricket before he finishes with the ODIs against Australia and Netherlands.

News “The reality is that they are looking for more batting at home and that is one aspect I am working on” New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has said that Patel’s exclusion is collateral damage to the team’s ‘horses for courses’ approach in home conditions. Patel was left disappointed, but not surprised with the

News Williamson unavailable as he recovers from long-standing elbow problem In the injury-enforced absence of Kane Williamson, Tom Latham will stand in as New Zealand’s captain for the forthcoming two-Test series against Bangladesh, which begins with the first match in Mount Maunganui on New Year’s Day. After Williamson was sidelined from the Mumbai Test earlier

News The second tour will make up for the matches lost when NZ called off the tour this year because of security concerns New Zealand are set to tour Pakistan twice next season, the two boards confirmed on Monday. The two teams will first face each other between December 2022 and January 2023 for two

News New Zealand batter has impressed since his international debut a year ago New Zealand’s Will Young will join Northamptonshire for the 2022 county season. Young, the 29-year-old top-order batter, will be available for most of the LV= Insurance County Championship and Royal London Cup, subject to international commitments. “I see it as a fantastic

News R Ashwin closes in on top-ranked Pat Cummins among Test bowlers after picking up eight wickets in Mumbai Ajaz Patel, who became only the third bowler in the history of Test cricket to pick up all ten wickets in an innings, against India in Mumbai, has risen to No. 38 following a match haul

News New Zealand’s coach also said he would speak to Ross Taylor about his future once the team returns home New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is unlikely to undergo surgery for his troublesome elbow, but could be out of action for around two months, according to head coach Gary Stead. New Zealand next assignment after

Report The 372-run margin of victory is India’s biggest in terms of runs, and also New Zealand’s biggest loss India 325 (Agarwal 150, Axar 52, Ajaz 10-119) and 276 for 7 dec (Agarwal 62, Ajaz 4-106) beat New Zealand 62 (Ashwin 4-8, Siraj 3-19) and 167 (Mitchell 60, Nicholls 44, Ashwin 4-34, Jayant 4-49) by

News Stand-in captain explains rationale behind their intent to attack India’s spinners It is the nature of cricket conversations that when you get bowled out for 62 and 167 all the focus is on the batters, who essentially just respond to the conditions and the opposition bowling. It isn’t so much around the bowlers who

News As a result of the 10-for, he has something to do as he quarantines when he goes back home Ajaz Patel is in no hurry to go through the notifications on his phone after he became only the third man in the history of Test cricket to take all 10 wickets in an innings.

News “To be out here and pick up four wickets on the first day is pretty special, but at the same time the job is only half done.” Left-arm spinners of Indian origin playing against India at the Wankhede Stadium has tended not to end well for the hosts. Monty Panesar has been part of

News Jadeja, Ishant also miss out for India; Latham to lead New Zealand Rahane is out due to a minor left hamstring strain he picked up while fielding on the final day of the Kanpur Test. Jadeja’s is a right forearm injury that required scans which revealed swelling. “He has been advised rest,” stated a

News Left-arm spinner will “miss going home” but is happy to welcome friends and family to watch him play at the Wankhede For Ajaz Patel, life has come full circle. The left-arm spinner was just a month-old baby when New Zealand last played a Test in Mumbai. And when Patel left Mumbai, the ‘City of

News Back at Perth Scorchers for another BBL, he believes his decision to play last year was a major reason why he lost his New Zealand spot Colin Munro insists he has moved on from likely seeing the end of his international career although believes his record still stacks up against others at the top

News Captain says going for a win went “off the cards” during the second session of the final day that saw his side eke out a draw Since the start of 2013, India have won 19 tosses in Tests at home. Apart from the two weather-affected draws, they have won 16 matches, and only one

News India’s batting coach throws his weight behind the two under-fire “senior cricketers” Shreyas Iyer’s century and fifty in his debut Test, the only time an Indian batter has done so, has turned the spotlight squarely on Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara as full-time captain Virat Kohli returns for the Mumbai Test next week. India’s

News New Zealand quick won club’s Bowler of the Year Award in 2018 New Zealand international Matt Henry will return to Kent for the 2022 county season. Henry, the 29-year-old right-arm seamer, is set to join the club on July 10 and will be available for up to seven Championship games and for the Royal

Big Picture India now have the chance to play New Zealand in their own conditions. New Zealand now have the chance to prove they aren’t just WTC champions but also the best all-conditions Test team in the world. This should be one of the most eagerly anticipated series of recent times, but just look at

News Ross Taylor is wary of New Zealand’s two-fold challenge: playing India in India, and carrying the weight of coming in as WTC champs It’s been a “strange” five months for Ross Taylor. Since hitting the four that made New Zealand Test world champions on June 23, he has not played any cricket. Now, as

Preview While this series may have been shoe-horned into an already packed calendar, it means a great deal to new players coming through Big picture India vs New Zealand stands shoe-horned into a schedule that seems to bend the time-space continuum. Honestly, if the people who make these calendars are left to fiddle with the

News Meanwhile, chief curator is expecting heavy dew on the match day from around 7.30pm onwards The second T20I between India and New Zealand is set to be played in front of a full house at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi. According to Jharkhand State Cricket Association secretary Sanjay Sahay, they are expecting

News Having been on the sidelines, he finally got some game-time after seven months, scoring a 50-ball 63 Mark Chapman has had such a long break between playing competitive games of cricket, that he isn’t quite sure when he was in the middle last. The cricket caravan might be hurtling along for viewers – and

News Ahead of the T20I series in India, New Zealand stand-in captain opened up on the effects of packed scheduling and quarantine protocols New Zealand have barely had the time to process their loss to Australia in the T20 World Cup final in Dubai on Sunday night, and yet, less than 24 hours later, they