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According to an NZC media release, Down has withdrawn from the squad to “prioritise her well-being”, while Kerr’s foot injury, picked during the Women’s World Cup 2022 match against Pakistan, needs more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

The trouble with being known for one thing above everything else is invariably, when people come across you, it’s all they want to talk about. Actors speak openly of frustrating periods in their lives when one role stuck with them a little too long. Christopher Mintz-Plasse once joked about asking his friends to start calling

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

Big picture In episode 20, season one of cult TV hit Arrested Development, some of the Bluth Company assets are unfrozen leading to Michael, head and signatory by virtue of being the only competent Bluth, fielding requests for cash from various family members. At the end of his tether by the time his brother, Gob,

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

The ICC has gone to market with its media rights for the next eight-year cycle, having radically altered the way in which it has done so. In a reflection of the changing media landscape, the ICC will first go to market in India alone from next week; it will sell rights for men’s and women’s

A “cheese and ham toastie and a cup of coffee” proved the rocket fuel that Jonny Bairstow needed to launch a sensational post-tea onslaught on the final day of the second LV= Insurance Test at Trent Bridge, and power England to a thrilling five-wicket victory that, he says, shows the “sky is the limit” for

Devon Conway is the latest from New Zealand to test positive for Covid-19, the board announced on Thursday. He undertook a PCR test in preparation of a team activity after arriving in London and has begun his five-day isolation after a positive result. The tourists are not seeking a replacement. Conway joins allrounder Michael Bracewell,

England’s men have reinforced their bowling stocks with Jamie Overton ahead of the third LV= Insurance Test against New Zealand Overton, 28, has been one of Surrey’s stand-out performers in their unbeaten start to the season, clocking the kind of speeds that would make him the quickest on show if he were to debut at

Ben Stokes has seen and done some incredible things during his international career, but England’s Test captain said that they had all been “blown away” by the experience of leading his side to victory on day five at Trent Bridge, as England completed a pursuit of 299 in a scarcely believable 50 overs, in so

Brendon McCullum urged England to “attack the danger” during their run chase in Nottingham, with the result being what Stuart Broad called “the most outrageous hour I’ve seen in Test cricket”. Broad was padded up and watching on from the dressing room at Trent Bridge as Jonny Bairstow blew the doors off England’s chase of

Michael Bracewell, the New Zealand allrounder, has tested positive for Covid, and is undergoing five days of isolation ahead of next week’s third LV= Insurance Test against England at Headingley. Bracewell undertook a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) after waking up with symptoms in Nottingham, on the morning after England’s thrilling five-wicket victory in the second

Sometimes seeing is believing. England have not so much talked about positive cricket over the last fortnight, as preached it. And sure, they played some enterprising stuff in victory last week at Lord’s, followed up by scoring 500-plus at a run rate of more than four per over in Nottingham. But to witness Jonny Bairstow

Kyle Jamieson, the New Zealand pace bowler, is set to return home with a stress-reaction in his lower back, meaning he will miss next week’s third and final Test at Headingley. MRI scans revealed the extent of his injury after Jamieson pulled up mid-over experiencing sharp pain in his lower back on the third evening

Lunch England 539 and 36 for 1 (Lees 30*, Pope 6*) need 263 runs to beat New Zealand 553 and 284 (Mitchell 62*, Young 56, Conway 52, Broad 3-70) Trent Boult made an early dent in England’s attempts to chase down a final-day target of 299, dismissing Zak Crawley for a duck to send them

“I’ve absolutely loved playing for Wellington over the last four years,” Neesham said. “I’m so proud to have been part of this team and am thankful to the group for welcoming me and seeing the vision we’ve wanted to create. “We’ve had some serious fun and experienced some serious success, and I know that the

A clatter of New Zealand wickets through the second half of the day may have left England looking the likely victors at Trent Bridge, but Michael Bracewell believes the tourists are well-placed to level the series. At the time, as New Zealand fell from 104 for 1 to 131 for 4 and then to 213

Innings break England 539 (Root 176, Foakes 56, Boult 5-106) trail New Zealand 553 by 14 runs Trent Boult‘s five-wicket haul kept New Zealand’s noses narrowly in front after Joe Root and Ben Foakes picked up from where they had left off on the third evening to help England close the gap considerably at the