Samiullah Shenwari produced a brilliant rearguard action to guide Afghanistan to their first World Cup victory with a dramatic one-wicket win over Scotland in their Pool A clash in Dunedin on Thursday.
Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Perera has been sent home from their tour of New Zealand after failing a drugs Test, local media, citing a Sri Lanka Cricket statement, said on Tuesday.
New Zealand cricket team may have been exposed to "spot-fixing" long before the alleged betting and corruption scandal of the England-Pakistan series were revealed, according to Black Caps legend Martin Crowe.
One of New Zealand's greatest cricketers is proving as difficult to shift in death as he was in life. Attempts to find and relocate the ashes of Bert Sutcliffe have failed because no-one recorded where they had been buried nine years ago, the Otago Daily Times newspaper reported on Thursday.
Top order batsman Kane Williamson will return to New Zealand's lineup for the second Test against West Indies on Wednesday after coming through fitness tests on his broken thumb, captain Brendon McCullum said on Tuesday.
New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson will reportedly fly home from Bangladesh following a fractured left thumb, which has left him in doubt for the home series against West Indies.
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Thisara Perera and Jeevan Mendis combined for a 58-run partnership to give Sri Lanka a nervous four-wicket victory over Afghanistan in their World Cup Pool A match at University Oval in Dunedin on Sunday.
The first Test between New Zealand and the West Indies in Dunedin ended in a draw on Monday after the last day's play was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled.
The second day of New Zealand's opening Test match against West Indies was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Friday after heavy overnight rain made conditions unplayable. Heavy rain and then persistent showers throughout the day left much of the University Oval in Dunedin unplayable.
News of Shane Bond's latest abdominal injury has undeniably given a boost to the Pakistan cricket team ahead of the Basin Reserve Test that begins from Thursday.
Umar Akmal, younger brother of Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, scored 129 as Pakistan, in reply to New Zealand's 429, were 307 for 8 at close on the third day of the first Test.
Dope-tainted pacer Mohammad Asif and opening batsman Imran Farhat will return to the Pakistan Test side after over two years in the first Test against New Zealand starting on Tuesday in Dunedin.
The International Cricket Council's controversial Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), which is being opposed by the BCCI, will go into operation from Tuesday with the start of the Test series between New Zealand and Pakistan in Dunedin.
Ross Taylor's blistering 78 off 52 balls gave New Zealand a five-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second One-day International and an unassaible 2-0 lead in the three-match series, in Dunedin, on Monday.
Since the start of the year he has scored 593 runs and only been dismissed in single figures once in his 11 ODI innings -- a run of form he credits to the work he has put in off the field.
Black Caps strike bowler Shane Bond has been ruled out of the Test series against Pakistan with an abdominal tear.
Riding on comeback star Shane Bond's brilliant match figures of eight for 153, New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 32 runs in the first Test in Dunedin on Saturday.
He is not happy with his side's defeat in the first Test match against New Zealand on Saturday but Pakistan skipper Mohammed Yousuf says such close games are good advertisement for Test cricket.
Pakistan's pace duo Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer ripped through the New Zealand batting line-up to reduce them to 147 for eight in their second innings of day four of the first Test, in Dunedin, on Friday.
Skipper Daniel Vettori (99) missed out on a well-deserved hundred but together with Brendon McCullum steered New Zealand to 404 for eight on a rain-marred second day of the first Test against Pakistan in Dunedin on Wednesday.
Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif celebrated his return to international cricket with three vital wickets as New Zealand battled to 276 for 6 at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test in Dunedin on Tuesday.
Ross Taylor became New Zealand's highest scorer in One-Day Internationals on Wednesday as he helped his side secure an 88-run victory over Bangladesh in Dunedin in their final official ODI before the World Cup.
New Zealand's Suzie Bates played one of the greatest innings in women's One-Day Internationals history, completely overshadowing a maiden century by captain Haidee Tiffen, as she destroyed Pakistan on Thursday with an awesome batting display that set up a final date with England in the ICC Women's World Cup 2009. Bates, the 21-year-old from Dunedin, belted six sixes and 19 fours in a swashbuckling 168 which came off just 105 balls.
'I wanted to finish the game and my focus was to see us through to the end'
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England's bowlers struck an early psychological blow ahead of next month's series against New Zealand when they ripped through a near-test strength batting line-up in a practice match on Tuesday.
His move has raised fears that he could attempt to use the trial to express his extremist views.
Jerome Taylor scored a magnificent maiden Test century on Sunday as the West Indies ensured the rain-affected first Test against New Zealand in Dunedin would almost certainly end in a draw. Coming to the crease with the West Indies in some trouble at 173 for six, still 189 runs behind the New Zealand first innings total of 365, Taylor bludgeoned 17 fours and three sixes on his way to 106.
West Indian openers Chris Gayle and Sewnarine Chattergoon survived a tricky session just before stumps to draw even with New Zealand after the third day of the rain-affected opening Test in Dunedin on Saturday. West Indies finished the day at 39 without loss in reply to New Zealand's first innings total of 365.
Javagal Srinath of ICC Elite Panel was on Tuesday named as match referee for the one-day as well as Test series between New Zealand and the West Indies starting at Dunedin from Thursday.
Not satisfied with wrapping up the first Test in less than three days, New Zealand have vowed to be even more ruthless against Bangladesh in the second Test starting at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Saturday.
Tamim Iqbal and Junaid Siddique both scored half-centuries in an unbroken 148-run partnership to launch a Bangladesh fightback in the first Test against New Zealand.
The match was abandoned at tea on the third and final day at Dunedin's University Oval because of rain with neither side in a position to push for a win.
Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen both scored half centuries to inch England into a slight second-innings lead against a New Zealand Selection XI on the second day of their tour match in Dunedin on Friday. Strauss, who was dropped from the England side and took up a short-term contract with New Zealand first-class side Northern Districts to play himself back into form, was 55 not out with his team 155 for three when bad light forced players off the field.
Matthew Bell scored an unbeaten half-century in his first test appearance in more than six years to ram home New Zealand's advantage over Bangladesh on the opening day of the first Test in Dunedin on Friday. Bell made 74 not out to help the Kiwis recover from a slow start and reach stumps on 156 for four in reply to Bangladesh's miserable first innings total of 137.
Scotland has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during their Pool A match against Afghanistan in their ICC Cricket World Cup match at Dunedin in New Zealand.
Researchers found that 45 per cent of the new cases of depression and anxiety could be attributed to high pressure jobs, which involve long hours, non-negotiable deadlines and a high volume of work.
New Zealand under-19 beat their Indian counterparts by 73 runs in the second Test.
Martin Guptill struck his third Test century while Kane Williamson fell just short his 13th as New Zealand blunted Sri Lanka's inexperienced bowling attack to set themselves up for a big total in the first Test in Dunedin on Thursday.
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