New Zealand’s legendary seam bowler Tim Southee is set to retire from Test cricket at his home ground, Seddon Park in Hamilton, against England this December. Southee, however, made himself available for the World Test Championship final at Lord's in June if New Zealand qualify.
Jemimah Rodrigues admitted that the Indian team’s performances in the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup were not as strong as they should have been.
New Zealand captain Tom Latham on Sunday said it will take time to sink in that his team has whitewashed India 3-0 at home for the first time in its history.
Having played a crucial role in helping New Zealand go past 200 runs on a rank-turner, batter Daryl Mitchell said the half-hour before the tea break on the first day of the third Test was the toughest and he was happy to jump into an ice-break in the break.
India threw away the advantage that Ravindra Jadeja provided with his 14th Test five-wicket haul by bowling New Zealand out for 235, with the home side losing three wickets in the last two overs of the opening day to end at 86 for 4, at the Wankhede Stadium here on Friday.
On Friday, Kane Williamson made his highest Test score of 251, surpassing his previous best of an unbeaten 242 against Sri Lanka in 2015.
The efforts from Williamson, unbeaten at 97 and Taylor, who played an 184-ball innings of 86 runs, saw New Zealand finishing the day at 243/2.
The country’s Cricket Board has been put on the defensive and has now admitted that there might have some “minor breaches” by members of the squad. How minor those breaches were is not known, but should there be more afflictions, the tour itself may be in jeopardy
Right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman Glenn Phillips scored a brilliant hundred to help New Zealand win against the West Indies at the Bay Oval on Sunday.
After putting a mammoth score of 238/3, New Zealand restricted the West Indies to 166/9 in their allotted 20 overs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead.
