New Zealand

Report Deepti Sharma’s 4 for 52 helped India stay alive in the chase till the end, but wasn’t enough for them to level the series New Zealand 273 for 7 (Amelia 119*, Green 52, Deepti 4-52) beat India 270 for 6 (Raj 66*, Ghosh 65, Meghana 49) by three wickets In a match where momentum

News New Zealand and SRH captain says surgey is “an absolute last resort” on his troublesome elbow New Zealand and Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson is hopeful of being fit for IPL 2022. The 31-year-old has opted against surgery for a long-standing elbow injury and is instead undergoing rehab now. Williamson had come into IPL

Report Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates set the tone with a strong opening stand, while the bowlers never allowed India to get into the chase New Zealand women 155 for 5 (Bates 36, Devine 31, Tahuhu 27, Green 26, Vastrakar 2-16, Deepti 2-26) beat India women 137 for 8 (Meghana 37, Bhatia 26, Amelia 2-25)

News Kane Williamson, who is yet to recover from his elbow injury, will sit out the two-match series “Cam has been excellent across the three formats for Canterbury over the past couple of seasons, producing consistent and often match-winning performances for his team,” New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said. “Blair’s been a consistent performer

News The former NZ allrounder suffered a major heart problem last August Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, after a series of health complications last year. The 51-year-old revealed on his Instagram post that it came as a “big shock”. According to New Zealand media reports, he was discharged

News Seventeen-year-old Fran Jonas has been selected as part of the spin attack Offspinner Leigh Kasperek, New Zealand’s leading ODI wicket-taker since the 2017 World Cup, has been left out of the squad for this year’s tournament. Fran Jonas, the 17-year-old left-arm spinner who has played two ODIs, has been preferred in the 15-player squad

News The NZ allrounder says he is only skipping the 2022 season, and hopes to feature in future editions of the tournament Kyle Jamieson opted out of the IPL auction in order to spend more time at home – and away from Covid-19 restrictions on tour – and to give himself a window in which

Report Blistering knocks from the pair helped set a target of 218, which proved too far beyond Canterbury’s reach Northern Districts 217 for 5 (Santner 92*, Clarke 71, Shipley 2-30) beat Canterbury 161 (Henry 44, Southee 3-39, Sodhi 3-48, Walker 2-25) by 56 runs Blistering knocks from Katene Clarke and Mitchell Santner powered Northern Districts

News Event CEO Andrea Nelson has confirmed that the tournament will be played at the original six venues The delayed Women’s ODI World Cup will go ahead as scheduled across the original six venues in New Zealand, starting March 4 even as the hosts’ bilateral series for the rest of the season have moved to

News New Zealand allrounder expected to feature in full campaign in 2022 season James Neesham, the New Zealand allrounder, has agreed to join Northamptonshire for their T20 Blast campaign. Neesham, whose heroics in the 2019 World Cup final at Lord’s were instrumental in that contest’s thrilling finish, gained a measure of revenge over England in

News Visits by India women and South Africa men, plus the Women’s World Cup and a tour by Netherlands men, are scheduled for the next few weeks Upcoming domestic and international matches in New Zealand, potentially including the Women’s ODI World Cup, will continue to take place – behind closed doors – after the entire

News Who will replace the retiring champion at No. 4 in Tests? Latham expects Conway to be in the running As the fading sun hung above Hagley Oval, the end was in sight for Bangladesh. And it was close to finishing time for Ross Taylor. But for a career as remarkable as his has been,

News “I think after losing the toss, putting a significant score on the board, and then for the bowlers to do their thing, was outstanding.” New Zealand captain Tom Latham said he was pleased with his team’s scoring rate, which he believes put Bangladesh under a lot of pressure, in the second Test in Christchurch.

News “It comes with a bit of hard work, fitness and pride in your performance” The delivery Trent Boult bowled to get his 300th Test wicket was as memorable as the milestone itself. He came around the wicket to Mehidy Hasan Miraz. The ball pitched outside off stump, and swerved in, talking like only Boult

News The opener picked up a calf injury during the Ford Trophy earlier this month Martin Guptill faces a tight timeframe to be fit for New Zealand’s limited-overs tour of Australia after picking up a “moderate” calf strain during the Ford Trophy one-day competition. Guptill suffered the injury on January 3 and is targeting a

News Luke Ronchi says that leaving the ball early on forced the Bangladesh bowlers to bowl to the New Zealand batters’ strengths New Zealand are on their way to a mammoth first-innings total against Bangladesh in Christchurch, and they have set it up by doing what they are happiest doing: stick to their basics and

Preview The series is on the line in Christchurch with the visitors leading 1-0 Big picture The visitors put together a team effort that provided world cricket with one of the greatest upsets in Test history. It also radically changed the mood of a dressing room that was in a a ten-game slump. That Bangladesh

News Retirement hasn’t quite sunk in with the New Zealand batter focused on bouncing back from the Mount Maunganui defeat against Bangladesh Ross Taylor will soon be spending a lot less time on the cricket field and there’s at least one person who’s going to be fairly happy about that. “My daughter still hasn’t grasped

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