New Zealand

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

News No event in England till 2030, while associates like USA, Namibia and Scotland will all co-hosts different World Cups Pakistan will be hosting a world tournament for the first time in nearly three decades when it hosts the Champions Trophy in February 2025. In another first, the USA will host its first ever global

News Tim Southee to serve as captain in the first T20I in Jaipur New Zealand’s captain Kane Williamson will miss the upcoming three-match T20I series against India, opting instead to focus on the Test series that begins on November 25 in Kanpur. In Williamson’s absence, Tim Southee will serve as New Zealand’s captain in the

News Team will begin their tour of India with a three-match T20I series in Jaipur, just three days after losing the T20 WC final Three days after losing the T20 World Cup final to Australia in Dubai, New Zealand’s T20I side is scheduled to face India in the first of the three-match series, in Jaipur.

Report Williamson’s brilliant 85 in vain as New Zealand lose second straight global limited-overs final Australia 173 for 2 (Marsh 77*, Warner 53) beat New Zealand 172 for 4 (Williamson 85, Hazlewood 3-16) by eight wickets This has been a tournament of tricky, two-paced pitches, and as a consequence it has recorded the lowest scoring

News Coach Gary Stead pinpointed Mitchell’s ‘versatility’ as a valuable aspect Conway, who will miss the T20 World Cup final against Australia, suffered the self-inflicted injury when he thumped his bat after being dismissed in the semi-final against England. Mitchell has played five Tests since making his debut in 2019 and made his maiden century

Big Picture If anything, this World Cup is a reminder of the number of chances modern cricket offers. Only two years ago James Neesham was wishing he had never been a cricketer, such was the heartbreak his side endured in the 50-over World Cup final. Not long before that he had actually contemplated giving up

News “There’s one game to go and I’m sure there will be a bigger outpouring of emotion if we manage to get across the line.” “Try and hit every ball for six”. This was Jimmy Neesham‘s plan after he got together with opener Daryl Mitchell, with New Zealand needing 60 off the last 29 balls

News He also says that it’s likely Tim Seifert will come in place of Devon Conway for the final New Zealand had many heroes in their semi-final victory over one of the pre-tournament favourites England in Abu Dhabi. Tim Southee handcuffed England with his Test-match lines and lengths in the powerplay. Adam Milne had Jonny

News Australia to send a team without Test players as the series will coincide with Australia’s three-Test tour of Pakistan World Cup finalists Australia and New Zealand have added a three-match T20I series in New Zealand next March in the lead-up to the 2022 World Cup which will run concurrently with Australia’s tour to Pakistan.

News New Zealand won’t bring in a replacement for the final or the India T20Is New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Devon Conway has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup final on Sunday against Australia, and the subsequent India tour with a broken right hand. Conway sustained the injury when he struck his bat just after

News Despite lean run with the bat and semi-final exit, skipper wants to lead side at next year’s T20 World Cup Eoin Morgan has insisted that he will stay on as England’s limited-overs captain despite his lean run with the bat and their defeat to New Zealand in Wednesday night’s T20 World Cup semi-final in

Jimmy Neesham‘s first six is a mis-hit over the deep midwicket boundary. He’d come to the crease with his team needing 59 runs off 25 balls. He’d faced a wide first up; Liam Livingstone firing one down legside. The next ball Neesham had tried to bash across the line, but managed only to get it