The England Women's Selectors have named a squad of 16 for the upcoming series against New Zealand, a trip that will see England Women play three IT20s and three ODIs against the White Ferns.
In an exclusive podcast interview with Giving The Game Away, former New Zealand cricketer, Lou Vincent, opens up about the world of match fixing.
New Zealand in a near-perfect display recorded an innings and 176 runs victory against Pakistan at Hagley Oval, Christchurch.
Pakistan so let down by its butter fingers to add to its opener Shan Masood’s wretched run with the bat, are facing a heavy defeat
Honours were even, at the close of play on day one, of the 2nd Test between New Zealand and Pakistan
New Zealand climbed to the top of the ICC test rankings for the first time in history after their 101-run win over Pakistan in the first test match. At the same time, Kane Williamson leapfrogged Steve Smith and Virat Kohli to the top ...
The equation on the last day for Pakistan was to score 302 runs in the 98 overs available
New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third day of the first Test against Pakistan in Tauranga.
After an enthralling day’s play, Pakistan needed 302 runs to win, at the close
Stubborn resistance from Pakistan’s captain Mohammad Rizwan (71) and Faheem Ashraf (91) kept the tourists in the 1st Test
Pakistan trailed New Zealand by 401 runs with 9 wickets remaining, at the close of play on day two of the 1st Test
New Zealand were in a strong position against Pakistan at the close of play on day one of the 1st Test
If New Zealand win both their test matches against Pakistan, they will climb to the second spot in the World Test Championship and will have a high probability of making it to the WTC final at Lord's.
Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan has been ruled out of the first Test against New Zealand due to a thigh injury following the conclusion of his side’s four wickets victory in the third T20I in Napier on Tuesday.
Pakistan pulled off an impressive 5 wicket win against New Zealand, in the third and final T20I of the series today,
New Zealand overwhelmed Pakistan by 9 wickets, in the 2nd T20I, at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra today
It was always the fear, wasn't it? That Pakistan would take some time to acclimatize to the bouncy conditions of New Zealand as they could not have enough time to practice due to their extended quarantine
New Zealand chased down a moderate total of 153-9 set by Pakistan in the 1st T20I at Eden Park, Auckland today, winning by 5 wickets.
While Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq miss out for Pakistan due to injury, Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Kyle Jamieson and Daryl Mitchell will not be available for New Zealand for the first T20I.
New Zealand sealed a 2-0 Series win over the West Indies by beating them by the huge margin of an innings and 12 runs
The West Indies trailed New Zealand by 85 runs with 4 wickets remaining at Basin Reserve, Wellington at the close of play today.
All you need to know about the 16th edition of New Zealand's top-drawer domestic T20 competition, Super Smash 2020-21
The first of the three T20Is begins on December 18, only three days after the scheduled end of New Zealand's second Test against West Indies
The West Indies trailed New Zealand by 336 runs at stumps on day 2, at Basin Reserve, Wellington today.
Henry Nicholls hit his sixth Test century to help New Zealand to 294/6 by stumps on day 1, at Basin Reserve, Wellington today.
Kane Williamson's career-best score of 251 in the first Test against West Indies helped him jump up two places to join Virat Kohli at No.2 in the batting rankings.
In the first test, there was daylight between the quality of the New Zealand and West Indies outfits in the home conditions of the Kiwis.
New Zealand wrapped up massive win, in the 1st Test against the West Indies, at Seddon Park Hamilton, by an innings and 134 runs.
The West Indies were in deep trouble, at the close of play on the 3rd day, in the 1st Test at Seddon Park
Kane Williamson hit a wonderful double hundred for New Zealand on day 2 of the 1st Test against the West Indies, at Seddon Park.
New Zealand got off to strong start against West Indies in the 1st Test, at Seddon Park, Hamilton today
As New Zealand took the T20I series 2-0, with the last match being washed out, it is time for some red-ball action.
As skipper Kieron Pollard said after the post-match presentation in the second T20I, when West Indies go bad, they can go really bad.
New Zealand overwhelmed the West Indies in the 2nd T20I today by 72 runs , at the Bay Oval, Tauranga.
Here is the live cricket streaming schedule for Sunday November 29th 2020.
While skipper Kieron Pollard looked a class apart for West Indies with a stroke-field 37-ball unbeaten 75 at a strike rate of over 200 in the first T20I, the rest of the players need to step up.
In a rain affected 1st T20I, New Zealand came out on top against the West Indies, winning by 5 wickets, at Eden Park, Auckland today
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Both teams not being at their full strength gives the series some parity.
While West Indies were one of the first teams to play international cricket after its resumption post the Covid-19 break, New Zealand will play their first international fixture post the forced break.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) today named the vice-captains for the upcoming series in New Zealand.
Pakistan today announced a 35-player squad for the upcoming tour of New Zealand from which the national men’s and Shaheens squads will be selected.
The members of the West Indies team based in the Caribbean departed from Barbados on Tuesday evening for the tour of New Zealand. All these squad members have completed COVID-19 tests and were all given a clean bill of health to travel.
New Zealand women pulled one back against Australia women earlier today
Cricket West Indies (CWI) is pleased to announce that The West Indies Men’s Team will tour New Zealand later this year, from November 27 to December 15, for three T20 Internationals (T20I) and two Test matches.
Cricket Australia has confirmed the postponement of the Australian men’s Test match against Afghanistan and three One-Day Internationals against New Zealand until the 2021-22 season.
Cricket Australia today confirmed Allan Border Field in Brisbane will host the six-game trans-Tasman women’s cricket series, starting in late September.
August 8, 1990 - At 30, Williamson still has a long way to go, and with 6,476 runs from 80 test matches, there is no doubt that by the time he decides to hang his boots, he will break a lot more records.
August 6, 1984 - Few could hit the ball as effortlessly as Jesse Ryder did in his international career which lasted from 2008 to 2014.
In our feature series - Who would have predicted that? – we are looking back at matches where there were big upsets or extraordinary individual performances that turned matches on their head.
July 14, 2019 - The final of the 2019 World Cup may be remembered for the wrong reasons, but the hard-fought match between England and New Zealand was surely worthy of a final.
England, New Zealand, and close finishes. Another such gem was played between the two teams in 2018
628 runs were scored from 100 overs but even that wasn't enough to decide the winner......
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have decided to postpone the upcoming Test series in August-September 2020 for a later date.
A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.
June 8, 2018 - The pitch was flat, the outfield was lightning quick and the sun was shining. New Zealand had been in great form..
June 7, 1975 - If there is only one stat you want to know about New Zealand's tearaway pacer Shane Bond.....
Daniel Vettori was known for drying out the runs as his ODI career economy of 4.12 suggests......
Cricket Australia is confident of hosting a safe and successful summer after announcing its 2020-21 men’s and women’s international schedule.
Former Nottinghamshire captain Paul Johnson has described Sir Richard Hadlee as the “Rolls Royce” of bowlers after the New Zealand legend was voted the county’s best player of all-time i
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has published guidelines for the safe resumption of cricket to assist its Members in restarting cricket activity in their countries as government restrictions owing to COVID-19 start to relax.
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There have been encouraging signs of international cricket's return from each of England, West Indies, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Even an IPL in September-November is very much a possibility.
The ICC Cricket Committee today recommended changes to ICC regulations to mitigate the risks posed by the COVID-19 virus, and protect the safety of players and match officials....
Martin Guptill was already the man with the highest New Zealand ODI score after his unbeaten 189 against England at Southampton in 2013....
There seldom exists a GOAT list which successfully blocks personal biases and so this one too self-admittedly may have inclined one way or the other due to the leanings of the writer.
Scotland’s upcoming One Day International and T20 International against the BLACKCAPS at The Grange, Edinburgh in June have been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The Board of Cricket Ireland held a ‘virtual’ board meeting yesterday afternoon to consider a number of significant issues related to impacts on operations and events in 2020 from COVID-19, as well as to review the draft Safe Return to Cricket protocols that will be submitted to Government and sports authorities shortly.
Yes, New Zealand had beaten India by 18 runs in the 1st semifinal but England's momentum after beating Australia by 8 wickets was unmatched.
In a strange semi-final that was played over two days, New Zealand won by 18 runs and stunned India, who were one of the favourites to win the title. It was the exceptional swing bowling from Trent Boult and Matt Henry which broke the back of the Indian batting line-up first up.
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The 41st match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street was the last league match for both England and New Zealand. While England had to win to qualify for the semis...
May 3, 2002 - While Inzamam-ul-Haq cracked a magnificent 329, becoming the second Pakistani to score a triple ton, Shoaib Akhtar claimed his best figures of 6/11 to hand New Zealand the fifth-biggest defeat in Test history within three days.
Jamie How played international cricket for New Zealand between 2006 and 2011.
As has been the case through most of the 2015 and the 2019 World Cup, left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc proved to be the star for Australia yet again as he ripped open the Kiwi batting order with his express pace and on-point yorkers.
Brett Lee and Shane Warne are two of the best Australian bowlers of all time. One revolutionised spin bowling, the other, tearaway pace bowling. But, in a VB series match against New Zealand in 2002......
Pakistan faced New Zealand in a must-win game in the 33rd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Given Pakistan's poor record while chasing, not many expected them to pull off the victory in the calm manner that they did.
Three years on from his heroic and jaw-dropping display in the final of the 2016 World T20, Carlos Braithwaite was on the cusp on another special moment.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) will host a Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) meeting via conference call on Thursday 23 April.
When South Africa could only manage 241 on the back of knocks from Rassie van der Dussen 67(64) and Hashim Amla 55(83), it seemed that New Zealand would do the job in a canter. But, with the wicket at Edgbaston having been under covers for days, the assumption was faulty.
In our new feature series - Who would have predicted that? – we are looking back at matches where there were big upsets or extraordinary individual performances that turned matches on their head.
A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.
April 1, 1973 - A Test average of a tick over 40 doesn't have legend written all over it, but the fact that Stephen Fleming captained New Zealand from 1997 to 2006 in 80 matches, out of which he won 28 and lost 27...
A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.
As New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson addressed doctors, nurses and caregivers and expressed his gratitude to them for having "our backs", he won millions of hearts across the globe.
We know we are in uncertain times right now around the world and that we have all spent the last few days trying to understand this new world - whilst at the same time dealing with day to day work tasks and family commitments at home.
In response to the New Zealand Government's latest travel restrictions, Cricket Australia has been advised the New Zealand Men's Cricket team will be returning home immediately
Australia beat New Zealand by 71 runs, in the 1st ODI of the three match Gillette ODI Series, at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney today.
The format is different, a few personnel may be different but the 3-0 embarrassment just a couple of months ago
A Trans-Tasman face-off at Wellington’s iconic Basin Reserve is one of the highlights of a 31-match schedule announced at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021
The Gillette ODI Series between Australia and New Zealand starts next week when the old rivalry starts again on March 13th. Here are the Player Squads and Match Schedule for the three match Series
Their inclusion though has brought some harsh news for experienced pacer Hamish Bennett, who did a fine job in the LOIs against India. Bennett and all-rounder Scott Kuggeleijn are the ones to miss out.
Kyle Jamieson was declared the Man of the Match while Tim Southee walked away with the Man of the Series award for his 14 wickets from the two Tests.
Win, and the semi-final berth is yours. Lose, and it's all over.
16 wickets fell on day two, the most in a single day's play at the Hagley Oval. The last 10 overs yielded just 22 runs and three wickets - Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and the night watchman Umesh Yadav.
Hayley Jensen and Leigh Kasperek took three wickets apiece as New Zealand produced a tremendous comeback to down Bangladesh at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup
There was a decent partnership between Hanuma Vihari and Pujara but both fell on either side of Tea. Another batting collapse followed with India losing 6 wickets for just 48 runs.
Despite a 10-wicket defeat in Wellington, India are expected to stick to the personnel and the mindset that has brought them tremendous success over the last couple of years.
Dealing with spin will be key to New Zealand’s hopes of reaching the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals but Suzie Bates reckons the challenge could prove a blessing in disguise.
Shikha Pandey held her nerve at the last to help India become the first team into the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 sem-finals with a tense three-run victory over New Zealand.
Since 2018, India have taken the most (101) balls to dismiss 8-11 batsmen in Tests. England and Sri Lanka are behind them with 92 and 90 balls respectively.
Had the Indian batsmen been more proactive at the Basin Reserve or had the rub of the green gone their way on crucial moments, the result could have been different.
Courtesy of a Man of the Match winning performance from Tim Southee and his second-best Test figures of 9/110, New Zealand register their 100th Test victory.
Sophie Devine once again proved unstoppable as her sixth consecutive 50+ score steered New Zealand to victory in their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 opener against Sri Lanka.
With New Zealand taking a narrow lead of 51 and their last recognised batsman Colin de Grandhomme at the crease, India are still in the game.
IndIndia are five down for 122 but this is not as bad a score as it may seem. With 276 being the average first innings score here over the last four years, if the visitors can scrape their way to 250, they can in fact end up in the drivers' seat.
Win the toss and bowl first will be the way to go at Wellington with the pitch being green on day one and flattening out rapidly over the remaining four days.
Rishabh Pant, courtesy of his better batting ability, is expected to pip Wriddhiman Saha to the post for the first Test between New Zealand and India at Wellington.
While Smriti Mandhana and Bismah Maroof will carry their country's hopes on their shoulders, Danni Wyatt will be crucial for England's fortunes.
Thailand succumbed to a warm-up defeat to New Zealand but Chanida Sutthiruang’s performance with bat and ball kept them in the contest in Adelaide.
While Kyle Jamieson and Ajaz Patel have been included in New Zealand's 13-member squad for the two-match Test series against India, Mitchell Santner, Jeet Rawal and Matt Henry are the ones to miss out.
The captains of the 10 teams competing in the upcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 came together at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on Monday
Heather Knight and Danni Wyatt led the way as England bounced back from not making the final of a preceding tri-series, beating New Zealand
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Despite being the third-ranked T20I team, it will be tough for the White Ferns to qualify for the semi-finals of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020.
Rachel Priest’s comeback goal couldn’t be clearer – she wants to take New Zealand to their third ICC Women’s T20 World Cup final
A 4-fer from Hamish Bennett and explosive half-centuries from Martin Guptill and Colin de Grandhomme inflicted India's third-ever whitewash in a 3+ match ODI series.
The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is such an exciting prospect and, make no mistake, New Zealand are up for the challenge
India white-washed New Zealand 5-0 in the T20I series. With the home team 2-0 up with one match to go, now is their opportunity to return the favour.
The hosts batted well in the early stages and looked set for a big total before Khaka came into the fray with the wicket of Rachel Priest (14). That held the Ferns momentarily from getting completely away
Persistent and heavy rain forced the cancellation of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 third position play-off between Pakistan and New Zealand at the Willowmoore Park, Benoni on Saturday.
After Ross Taylor and debutante Kyle Jamieson joined hands for a 76-run partnership that saw the hosts to a respectable 273, Indian never really got going and kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
The South African Women’s team head into the third T20I against the White Ferns in Wellington aware that a win will keep them alive in this five-match series.
With the batsmen from both sides expected to have a galla time at the small Eden Park, the team with the better bowling performance will win the 2nd ODI.
Bangladesh reached the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup final for the first time in their history
The New Zealand Women side have tightened their grip on the five-match T20I series against the South African Women
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