Having already played their opening encounters in the ongoing cricket World Cup, it is time for New Zealand and the Netherlands to venture deep into the tournament as they face each other in Hyderabad on Monday.
Pakistan's Sohail Abbas converted two penalty corners to clear past the Kiwis 3-1 in the Champions Trophy match.
A spirited performance from their bowlers saw Royal Challengers Bengaluru outclass Chennai Super Kings by 27 runs to qualify for the play-offs.
Batting first, Board President's XI made 295 for 9 in 50 overs and then bowled out the tourists for 265 in 47.4 overs.
Mohit Sharma finished off CSK's hopes with an inspirational spell in the middle overs.
IMAGEs from the World Cup match between Pakistan and New Zealand played at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday
The Kiwi players and their families got a rare audsience with His Holiness The Dalai Lama in Dharamsala.
There were many contenders on Sunday for the best batter's prize: Salt, Jacks, Iyer, Patidar, Karn Sharma...
Australia completed a clean sweep in the Test series against New Zealand as the hosts beat the Kiwis by an innings and 62 runs in the second Test at Adelaide on Monday.
The first Test between India and New Zealand begins on November 25 at Green Park in Kanpur.
Axar Patel claimed 2/23 and 2/16 in India's identical six-wicket wins over Afghanistan in the first two T20Is.
Wright said it was a good move to pick 36 players, including the India 'A' team for the conditioning camp.
India's dashing opener Virender Sehwag on Thursday said his team is ready to counter the Kiwi backlash in the second one-day international as he expects New Zealand to come back hard after the defeat in the first game. He said batting is India's strength and its hard-hitting batsmen are capable of taking the team past the 300-run mark in every game they play.
A win over Pakistan in Sydney would take New Zealand to a final against either England or India in Melbourne but Southee said the Black Caps, who lost to Australia in last year's final, were taking it one game at a time.
Tricolour cupcakes on Independence Day for the fam.
The Capitals made a challenging 194 for five as Shafali Varma mustered a 31-ball 50 after they were asked to bat first.
New Zealand have never beaten South Africa in a Test series in nearly a century of trying and will rarely have a better chance to break that drought than in two matches against a severely depleted side starting on Sunday.
Defending champions Chennai Super Kings clash against Gujarat Titans in a repeat of last season's final in the IPL 2024 match in Chennai on Tuesday.
Ponting's 105 off 110 balls put Australia just 73 runs behind New Zealand in the first innings on day 2 in the third Test.
New Zealand beat England by 34 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method in the fifth ODI to win the series 3-1.
Brendon McCullum slammed his maiden World Cup century as New Zealand routed minnows Canada by 97 runs in their penultimate Group A match to seal a berth in the quarter-finals in Mumbai on Sunday.
The narrowest victories by runs in Test cricket.
New Zealand cricket captain Tim Southee said they were outplayed by an "ever-improving" Bangladesh in the opening Test in Sylhet and refused to blame the defeat on any fatigue from their one-day World Cup campaign in India last month.
A stunning spell of a fast bowling from Matt Henry ripped through the Indian top order and set New Zealand on their way to a second successive ICC World Cup final with an 18-run victory over India.
The bowling, which seemed New Zealand's biggest worry before the start of the World Cup, turned out to be the most impressive aspect in their opening match against Kenya.
The report also claimed that if India make the final in Ahmedabad, a slow pitch is expected at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera.
Bangladesh would like to exploit those chinks in England's armour
New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson said it was a difficult call to skip IPL and he hopes to be a part of it in the future.
Carter went on to bat for 305 balls helping New Zealand 'A' post 400 all out in their first innings.
New Zealand Federation of Athletes chief Rob Nichol said that 'hand on heart' he cannot say whether his country would send a team to the Commonwealth Games.
IMAGES of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday.
New Zealand under-19 beat their Indian counterparts by 73 runs in the second Test.
Sri Lanka huffed and puffed to a three-wicket win over New Zealand in the second ODI of the cricket tri-series and helped India reclaim the second spot in the ICC ODI team rankings, in Dambulla on Friday.
Suryakumar Yadav displayed his unmatched superiority in the shortest format with a breathtaking hundred as a dominant India thrashed New Zealand by 65 runs in the second T20 in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.
