MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia coach Darren Lehmann will miss next month’s one-day series in New Zealand as he continues his recovery from deep vein thrombosis but he plans to join the team for the subsequent test matches, his country’s cricket board said on Tuesday. The 45-year-old was hospitalised with a swollen left calf on Saturday, […]
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Corey Anderson’s all-round show helped New Zealand thump Pakistan by 95 runs in the deciding Twenty20 international on Friday and bag the three-match series 2-1. The powerful left-hander punished the touring side with an unbeaten 82 from 42 balls to power New Zealand to 196 for five wickets in their 20 overs […]
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Corey Anderson’s all-round show helped New Zealand thump Pakistan by 95 runs in the deciding Twenty20 international on Friday and bag the three-match series 2-1. The powerful left-hander punished the touring side with an unbeaten 82 from 42 balls to power New Zealand to 196 for five wickets in their 20 overs […]
As a cricketer, there are often times when you know you have performed decent enough but you could have had a few more. And then there comes a year when everything sets nicely for you, the ball kisses the middle of the bat more often than having a crony relationship with the edge of the stick. Seldom […]
REUTERS – Skipper Kane Williamson and fellow opener Martin Guptill forged the highest partnership in Twenty20 Internationals to secure New Zealand a series-levelling 10-wicket victory against Pakistan in the second match in Hamilton on Sunday. The 171-run stand between the pair, who shared the man-of-the-match award, bettered the previous record of 170 between South African […]
REUTERS – Paceman Mohammad Amir claimed a wicket on his return to international cricket following a five-year ban as Pakistan registered a 16-run victory over New Zealand in the first Twenty20 International in Auckland on Friday. Playing his first match for Pakistan after being banned for taking payments to bowl no-balls, the 23-year-old toiled without […]
2015 is finally over and it was one hell of a year in the cricketing worlds. It was a year the 400 became the new 300 and 300 became the new 200. ODI double centuries became an overnight trend. This year we witnessed the most high scoring World Cup ever with scores of 400 being surpassed […]
REUTERS – Legspinning all-rounder Todd Astle is in line for a limited overs debut after being named in New Zealand’s 13-man squad for a World Twenty20 warmup series against Pakistan. Astle, who played one test for New Zealand three years ago, replaces legspinner Ish Sodhi from the squad that swept Sri Lanka in their two-match […]
REUTERS – Colin Munro blasted New Zealand’s fastest Twenty20 half century to surpass a mark set by Martin Guptill earlier in the innings as the hosts swept their two-match series against Sri Lanka with a nine-wicket win in Auckland on Sunday. Guptill first rewrote the record books when he took just 19 deliveries to bring […]
(Reuters) – Matt Henry took the second five-wicket haul of his career to bowl New Zealand to a 36-run victory over Sri Lanka in the fifth one-day international and seal a 3-1 series victory at Bay Oval in Mt. Maunganui on Tuesday. Henry, who took four-wicket hauls in two other appearances in the series, finished […]
