India captain Hardik Pandya on Friday said the limited-overs tour of New Zealand is all about role clarity and opportunities for new players in the team.
IMAGES of the T20 World Cup match played between Australia and New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday
New Zealand Cricket said the 30-year-old felt tightness in his right calf after a training session and an MRI scan ahead of their tournament opener against Pakistan on Tuesday revealed a grade two tear which would rule him out for up to four weeks.
'I do believe India is very strong because lately we have been winning outside the country. I think our batting is stronger, in bowling they are at par.'
Earlier, on a pitch offering pace and bounce for the bowlers, Thakur struck the first blow by castling Chad Bowes (10) with NZ 'A' at 14 in the third over. In his next over, he had Dane Cleaver (4) caught by Sen.
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Williamson lauded his batting line-up for putting up a mammoth 200. They bowled out Australia for 111.
Glenn McGrath captured six wickets as Australia bowled out New Zealand for 433 on the second day of the first Test in Christchurch on Friday.
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Hesson, who guided New Zealand to the final of the 2019 ODI World Cup, feels the Australian players also have more experience of playing matches at the big stage than their Kiwi counterparts.
New Zealand registered a 13-run win over the West Indies in the first T20I to take 1-0 lead.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, which had decided to host its first day-night Test against visiting New Zealand, has acknowledged that it could not go ahead with the plan without testing the waters in the Duleep Trophy.
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New Zealand, considered perennial dark horses, know how to punch above their weight.
'We are looking forward to the game against India, had the first warm-up game and have got a game against England in a couple of days. I guess these games care for nothing'
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup semi-final match played between New Zealand and Pakistan in Sydney on Wednesday.
New Zealand cricket chief Martin Snedden said there should be no knee-jerk reaction.
Images from the World Cup final between England and New Zealand, at Lord's on Sunday.
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has been awarded Sir Richard Hadlee medal.
New Zealand have never appeared so well-united as they do currently. 'Individually and collectively, under Brendon McCullum's astute leadership, they seem a formidable lot.'
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and coach, Mike Hesson, opined that it will be a "bit of scrap" for the batsmen to face Ravichandran Ashwin & Co. while their own spinners need to adapt quickly to the SG Test from kookaburra ball.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said 'losing wickets against the run of play' while chasing a tricky target led to the home team's defeat against New Zealand in the second ODI, in New Delhi, on Thursday.
Opener Shweta Sherawat smashed an unbeaten fifty after Parshavi Chopra's triple strike as India notched up a comprehensive eight-wicket win over New Zealand to storm into the final.
New Zealand vice-captain Tom Latham says losing the first day to rain will not change their approach to team selection.
Chennai Super Kings reclaimed their fortress with a seven wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad as Ravindra Jadeja and Devon Conway continued their impressive run.
The Kiwi media has said that a greedy India with regard to the menace of match-fixing is the real enemy of the sport of cricket and slumdog billionaires are ruining the show.
Teams can also review wide and no balls in the upcoming IPL, and Hesson said it's a welcome move.
On a day when CSK dropped four catches, M S Dhoni made no mistake to pick up Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell's catches to turn the match in Chennai's favour.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson said his team were 20 to 25 runs short when they slipped to a seven-wicket defeat in Wednesday's World Twenty20 semi-final against England.
In the latest ICC ODI Rankings, Mohammed Siraj was dethroned from the top as he slipped to third place, while Josh Hazlewood climbed to the top.
New Zealand and West Indies cricket teams both took a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement
They are languishing at the bottom and placed eighth in the points table after the first half of IPL 2023.
Photos from Day 2 of the 3rd Test played at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday
Opener Mayank Agarwal described the Basin Reserve wicket as 'tricky', adding it was very difficult to negotiate for India's batsmen on Day 1 of the first Test against New Zealand, in Wellington, on Friday.
Veteran New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor doesn't rule out playing the 2023 ODI World Cup but says his form, fitness and motivation level at the end of next year will decide whether he actually manages a place in the squad. The 35-year-old will become the first cricketer in the world to complete 100 games across three international formats when he steps out for the first Test against India at Basin Reserve on February 21.
Pakistan's bowlers showed controlled aggression and intelligence to skittle out New Zealand for 153 on day one of the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
Images from the first One-Day International between New Zealand and India, in Auckland, on Friday.
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