(Reuters) – Martin Guptill became the highest run scorer in one-day international cricket this year as he guided New Zealand to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first game of their five match series on Saturday. Guptill, who scored 237 not out in the World Cup quarter-final against West Indies in March […]
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera faces a four-year ban after the country’s sports minister said the wicketkeeper-batsman’s ‘B’ sample has also tested positive for a prohibited substance. The International Cricket Council (ICC) provisionally suspended the 25-year-old after he failed an out-of-competition anti-doping test in October. Sri Lanka Cricket sent back Perera from their […]
(Reuters) – Any nerves that batsman Henry Nicholls may have as he waits to see if he will make his international debut against Sri Lanka should be dispelled by the fact he will be in familiar surroundings. The 24-year-old Canterbury left-hander is in line to make his international debut at Hagley Oval in either of […]
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The romance of finishing his career by leading New Zealand into one last battle against Australia on home soil persuaded Brendon McCullum to bow out of international cricket before next year’s World Twenty20. The 34-year-old announced on Tuesday that he would be retiring from all forms of international cricket after the two-test […]
REUTERS – Factbox on New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who on Tuesday announced his decision to retire from all forms of international cricket in February: * Brendon Barrie McCullum was born on Sept. 27, 1981 in Dunedin, Otago and hails from a cricketing family. His father, Stuart, played first-class cricket for Otago while his brother, […]
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Brendon McCullum, who led New Zealand through an exhilarating two years of success, will retire from international cricket in February after the two-test series against Australia, the 34-year-old batsman said on Tuesday. McCullum told a news conference in Christchurch that the second test against Australia, which starts at Hagley Oval on Feb. […]
REUTERS – There was no great surprise in Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews’ analysis of his side’s five-wicket loss to New Zealand before lunch on the fourth day of the second test in Hamilton on Monday. Any side that loses 10 wickets for 62 runs is odds on to go on and lose the match […]
(Reuters) – While impressed by Kane Williamson’s match-winning century, New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum praised his bowlers on Monday for their tenacity and ability to change plans to suit the conditions, which helped them seal a series win over Sri Lanka. Williamson’s 108 not out guided the hosts to a five-wicket victory before lunch on […]
(Reuters) – Kane Williamson scored his fifth century in eight tests in 2015 to guide New Zealand to a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka before lunch on the fourth day of the second test at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Monday. The victory gave Brendon McCullum’s side a 2-0 series sweep over the tourists after […]
REUTERS – A hobbling Kane Williamson guided New Zealand to 142 for five at the close of play on the third day of the second test against Sri Lanka in Hamilton, with the hosts needing another 47 runs to seal a 2-0 series sweep. New Zealand won the first test in Dunedin by 122 runs, […]
(Reuters) – After being peppered by New Zealand’s pace bowling quartet by a barrage of short-pitched bowling, Sri Lanka gave it back to the hosts in spades on Saturday to gain a slight advantage on the second day of the second test in Hamilton. The visitors’ chief destroyer was rookie fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera, the […]
(Reuters) – Paceman Dushmantha Chameera took career-best figures with aggressive short-pitched bowling to give Sri Lanka a slight advantage at the close of play on the second day of the second test against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Saturday. Doug Bracewell was unbeaten on 30 with Neil Wagner dismissed for 17 with […]
