England's Ryan Sidebottom took a hat-trick to spark a spectacular collapse by New Zealand and leave the first Test finely balanced after the fourth day's play on Saturday. Sidebottom dismissed Stephen Fleming (66), Mathew Sinclair (2) and Jacob Oram (0) on successive deliveries to reduce New Zealand from 99-1 to 119-7 in the final session. New Zealand finished the day on 147 for eight for an overall lead of 269 after England were bowled out for 348 just after lunch.
CSK has been a part of 10 out of 12 seasons of IPL and have never finished lower than semi-finals or play-offs.
Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Shivam Dube, who hit a match-winning unbeaten 64 against Chennai Super Kings in his first match of the Indian Premier League's UAE leg, said Saturday's knock in Abu Dhabi was "much-needed" not only for him but also for his team.
Kane Williamson finished the day 97 not out - approaching his 21st Test century - with Ross Taylor 31 not out and the home team 243-2 .
Virtually assured of a berth in the playoffs, Chennai Super Kings will aim to tighten their grip on the No 1 position in the points' table when they take on out-of-contention Delhi Daredevils in Tuesday's IPL match in Raipur.
Fleming was unbeaten on 114 as the visitors reached 265 for six when bad light stopped play 12 overs early.
Chennai Super Kings' head coach Stephen Fleming compared the dew during his team's IPL 2022 match against Lucknow Super Giants in Thursday to the Niagara Falls.
Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja are "pretty sick", an update that could leave fans, slowly gearing up to switch to World Cup mode, worried.
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming described his team's performance as "rubbish" after they suffered their heaviest one-day defeat against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Daniel Vettori will take over as the New Zealand captain in the ODIs against Sri Lanka.
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After registering a thrilling 20-run win over Mumbai Indians in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Stephen Fleming hailed opening batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad for playing a match-winning 88-run knock.
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The report quoted unnamed sources as saying that Fleming had been offered a deal worth USD 440,000 a year.
With the deciding third Test against England all but lost, New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee provided the crowd with a little excitement before the visitors wrapped up a 121-run victory on Wednesday.
A century in each Test of the Bangladesh series propelled the ace batsman to 15th position in the ICC rankings.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly had another poor outing as Northamptonshire crashed out of the Twenty20 championship.
The 34-year-old quit ODIs after last year's World Cup and is now giving up Tests to focus on his family and business interests.
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New Zealand reached 134 for three in reply Bangladesh's total of 143 on day one of the second Test in Wellington.
'Cricket in general is played at a pace below what it needs to be. Cricket needs to be speeded up in all forms of the game. If it puts pressure on captains and bowlers, so be it. We need to ask captains and bowlers to be a little bit surer in their plans'
Jamie How and Brendon McCullum shared a record partnership as New Zealand beat South Africa by seven wickets to level the one-day series on Friday. How and McCullum shared 154, New Zealand's biggest second-wicket stand against South Africa. The previous record was an unbroken 140 set by Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle in Johannesburg in 2002-03.
Fleming said his side had lost the mind games against their tri-series opponents.
Fleming missed the first three games in the series as part of a rotational policy designed to help preparations for the World Cup in March.
It will be a big statement if Virat Kohli's young side could start off with a bang at Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 'spritual home', a task which will be easier said than done.
The BCCI vice-president snubbed the Indian Cricket League as a set of "glorified exhibition matches".
Batsman Fleming is quitting one-day internationals but plans to continue in the Test side for the time being.
New Zealand's skipper will surpass Arjuna Ranatunga's captaincy record for most ODIs next week and he hopes to emulate the former Sri Lankan captain by winning a World Cup.
New Zealand test captain Stephen Fleming has been left out of the Kiwi squad for next month's inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa after the selectors confirmed Daniel Vettori as the new skipper.
New Zealand's strike bowler will miss the Champions Trophy match against South Africa on Monday because of a back problem.
The New Zealand captain had a "potentially cancerous" tumour removed from his face and will miss the first two ODIs against Australia.
New Zealand beat Mumbai by 39 runs in their practice match in Mumbai.
Skipper Stephen Fleming said he is confident that his team would perform well in the ICC Champions Trophy.
The Delhi-based businessman says Stephen Fleming's match-fixing charge is a gimmick by the cricketer to sell his book.
Australian umpire Daryl Harper will stand in the 100th ODI of his career.
India's captain clarified that the team was only following the schedule provided to them.
