MOUNT MAUNGANUI: The chief executive of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has apologised in person to England fast bowler Jofra Archer for the racist abuse he received from a spectator Monday on the final day of the first cricket Test at Mount Maunganui. David White visited the 24-year-old Archer to offer an apology and an assurance that heightened security will be ...
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Neil Wagner five-for leads New Zealand to crushing win
New Zealand 615 for 9 dec (Watling 205, Santner 126, de Grandhomme 65, Williamson 51) beat England 353 (Stokes 91, Denly 74, Burns 52, Southee 4-88) and 197 (Wagner 5-44) by an innings and 65 runs New Zealand marked the arrival of Test cricket in Bay of Plenty with an emphatic victory over England. These are times of rich promise ...
Read More »Luke Ronchi announces to visit Pakistan
DUBAI: Islamabad United opener Luke Ronchi has said he will come to Pakistan if his team qualifies for the playoffs. The last two playoffs of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) third edition are scheduled in Lahore (March 20 and 21). Karachi will host the final on March 25. Asked if he would be travelling to Pakistan, Ronchi replied in the ...
Read More »Injured Ross Taylor Hammers Career-Best 181 as New Zealand Beat England
Dunedin:-Injury-hit Ross Taylor played through the pain to score an unbeaten 181 and remarkably seal a series-levelling five-wicket win for New Zealand in the fourth one-day international against England Wednesday. Taylor limped through much of his innings in Dunedin after aggravating a thigh injury, but batted on to compile a career-best innings and make it 2-2 in the series with ...
Read More »Stokes stars in England’s domineering win
England 225 for 4 (Stokes 63*, Morgan 62, Boult 2-46) beat New Zealand 223 (Santner 63*, Guptill 50, Moeen 2-33, Stokes 2-42) by six wickets Mount Maunganui :-Ben Stokes produced a starring all-round performance in his second match back in the England fold to help level the ODI series. He helped seal a reasonably straightforward chase of 224 with a ...
Read More »Short powers Australia to record run chase against New Zealand
AUCKLAND: D‘Arcy Short anchored a high-powered Australian batting order to produce the highest successful run chase in Twenty20 international cricket to beat New Zealand by five wickets in their tri-series clash at Eden Park on Friday. Short, who started his innings with several edges and false shots that went for boundaries at the small ground, scored 76 from 44 balls ...
Read More »Ben Stokes to join England in New Zealand after court appearance
BRISTOL: Ben Stokes will join the England squad in New Zealand after the star all-rounder pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of affray over a nightclub incident that forced him out of the Ashes tour. The 26-year-old all-rounder appeared at Bristol Magistrates´ Court in the southwest of England along with two other men and was granted bail before the ...
Read More »Pakistan retain seventh position in ICC test ranking
Lahore:– Pakistan has managed to retain seventh position in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) test ranking. According to the ranking, India stands at the top of the list while South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Bangladesh bagged second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth positions respectively.
Read More »New Zealand beat England by 12 runs in T20 tri-series
WELLINGTON: Trent Boult grabbed two wickets on successive balls to help New Zealand to a 12-run win over England in their Twenty20 tri-series match at Wellington Regional Stadium on Tuesday. Left-arm seamer Boult bowled Chris Jordan and then Liam Plunkett on the final two deliveries of the 18th over to reduce the visitors to 168 for eight in their pursuit ...
Read More »Former New Zealand captain Bevan Congdon dies
Bevan Congdon, who led New Zealand to their first Test win over Australia, has died one day short of his 80th birthday. He passed away in Auckland after a long bout of illness. Congdon made his New Zealand debut in 1965 and played 61 Tests in a career spanning 13 years. Batting mostly at No. 3, he scored 3448 runs ...
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