New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka Live Cricket Score, 1st T20I (New Zealand National Cricket Team vs Sri Lanka National Cricket Team Match Scorecard): Hello and welcome to the live blog of the 1st T20I of the ongoing three-match series between New Zealand and Sri Lanka. The series opener today is taking place at the Bay … Read more
Will O’Rourke | Image: AP New Zealand showed off its presumptive new ball attack as it took control of the third test against England on the second day Sunday. Matt Henry and Will O’Rourke shared seven wickets as New Zealand bowled out England for 143 in a session and a half to take a 205-run … Read more
Zak Crawley’s poor run of form during the New Zealand tour continues but England will remain loyal to their opener, says Michael Atherton. Crawley now has just one half-century in his past 13 innings and is averaging 9.40 in the New Zealand series. He was dismissed for 21 during England’s collapse on day two of … Read more
England were dismissed for a dismal 143 on day two of the third Test as their hopes of a series clean sweep faded against a dominant New Zealand side who built a commanding lead in Hamilton. The hosts, who were bowled out for 347 in the morning having resumed their first innings on 315-9, ran … Read more
Matthew Potts and Gus Atkinson have shown England there is life after James Anderson, says Nasser Hussain. Potts and Atkinson combined to take three wickets apiece as England reduced New Zealand to 315-9 on day one of the third Test. Durham pacer Potts, 26, repaid the selectors with three wickets on his return as he … Read more
Quick quiz question for you. Who, in the history of Test cricket, has hit the most sixes without scoring a century? Well done to those of you who said Tim Southee (although considering this article is about the retiring New Zealander, then it is not exactly the wildest stab in the dark). Southee has cleared … Read more
We rate England’s players out of 10 after their series-clinching 323-run win over New Zealand in the second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Zak Crawley – 4/10 17 off 23 balls8 off 7 balls It is cricketing lore, certainly in the ‘Bazball’ era, that there must always be one batter battling for form … Read more
Gus Atkinson celebrates after taking a hat trick during play on day two of the second cricket test between New Zealand and England at the Basin Reserve | Image: AP Photo England conquered the Wellington gale Sunday to seal a 323 run win over New Zealand on the third day of the second test and … Read more
England clinched a series win over New Zealand with a 323-run hammering of the hosts in the second Test in Wellington, their seventh-largest victory all time in terms of runs. Joe Root (106) opened the third day by notching his 36th Test ton – brought up with a reverse-ramped four – to see him join … Read more
England captain Ben Stokes played down any injury concerns and insisted he was “raring to go” for the second Test against New Zealand after pulling up while bowling during the tourists’ win in the series opener. Stokes withdrew himself from the attack on the fourth and final morning in Christchurch but stayed on the field … Read more