New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori on Wednesday joined the likes of Kapil Dev, Richard Hadlee and Shane Warne when he became only the eighth all-rounder in Test cricket's history to collect 3,000 runs and bag 300 wickets.
All rounders James Franklin and Jacob Oram have been recalled to the New Zealand side after recovering from injuries, while uncapped opening batsman Tim McIntosh has been brought in for the Tests against West Indies. Franklin, who has not played international cricket since the 2007 World Cup as he recovered from knee surgery, has been in outstanding form in domestic cricket, scoring a double century and half century in three matches this season.
South Africa Test cricketer, Andrew Hall, tells how he survived two car-jackings in Johannesburg.
120 - number of extras in the match second highest in a Test on Indian soil. Interestingly the highest has also come at Bangalore 168 in 2007-08.
Australia left-arm pacer Nathan Bracken feels the Indian Premier League has made batsmen smarter and well equipped to deal with bowlers at the death in Twenty20 cricket.
A resolute 98 off just 55 balls (10x4, 5x6) by Suresh Raina and good bowling by Lakshmipathy Balaji (four for 21), Albie Morkel (two for 21) and Jacob Oram (two for 27) helped Chennai Super Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by 38 runs in their Indian Premier League match at the Centurion on Thursday.
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram says he will pull out of the Indian Premier League if a nagging Achilles tendon strain prevents him from playing the domestic State Championship final on April 6.
Amid reports that some of the New Zealand players in the side are uncomfortable with the idea of touring trouble-torn Pakistan late August this year, all-rounder Jacob Oram admitted security remains an issue with the players.
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram on Wednesday said he was having second thoughts about travelling to India for the Indian Premier League following the terror attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team in Lahore.
New Zealand on Saturday recalled Jacob Oram and Jesse Ryder for the two Twenty20 internationals against India next week, while also naming fast bowler Ewen Thompson in the 13-member squad. The first match is scheduled for February 25 at the AMI Park in Christchurch while the second will be played at Wellington on February 27.
Losing seamer Kyle Mills and all-rounder Jacob Oram to injury does not make New Zealand underdogs heading into the third Test against England, according to captain Daniel Vettori. Mills and Oram, arguably New Zealand's two best bowlers in the series, were ruled out of the match at Napier's McLean Park with calf and hip injuries respectively.
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram was fined 20 percent of his match fee after being found guilty of dissent during the second test against England, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Saturday. Oram pleaded guilty to the offence after being charged for showing "serious dissent at an umpire's decision" when he was given out lbw by umpire Steve Davis off the bowling of paceman Ryan Sidebottom.
All-rounder Ewen Thompson was the only new face named in New Zealand's 13-man squad for two Twenty20 matches against the West Indies this month. Thompson, 29, has taken 16 wickets at an average of 17 and an economy rate of 6.97 playing for Central Districts.
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.
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram is out of this month's two-Test series in Australia after failing to recover from a lower back problem.
New Zealand clinched a 3-1 win in the series by cruising to a 51-run victory over England in the fifth and final one-dayer at Lord's on Saturday, ensuring Kevin Pietersen's debut as captain ended in defeat.
Five New Zealand players have been given permission to miss the start of this year's tour of England to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has agreed to let their IPL-signed players: Daniel Vettori, Jacob Oram, Brendon McCullum, Kyle Mills and Ross Taylor arrive in England a week later than their team mates.
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram has been ruled out of the third Test against England with a hip injury and replaced by Grant Elliott, captain Daniel Vettori said on Friday. South African-born Elliott will make his Test debut in the match at McLean Park, alongside teenage pace bowler Tim Southee who has been called in to replace fellow seamer Kyle Mills.
Tim Ambrose and Paul Collingwood combined for a 155-run stand to guide England to 291 for five against New Zealand on the first day of the second Test.
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram has been ruled out of his side's second Twenty20 against England on Thursday after straining a hamstring in the first match. Oram top-scored for New Zealand with 61 in their 32-run loss at Eden Park in Auckland on Tuesday but strained his hamstring while bowling.
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.
The Kiwis posted a record total of 318 for 7 on a perfect batting pitch before winning the tri-series match 58 runs.
New Zealand won the sixth ODI by 90 runs to post their first win in the tri-series.
Fast bowler Shane Bond took three for 26 to lead New Zealand to victory by 216 runs against a South African Invitation XI in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
Desperate to prolong his ODI and Twenty20 career, injury-ravaged New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram says he is willing to give up Test cricket as his body can no longer withstand the fitness demands for all three formats of the game.
A half-century by Imran Nazir and three wickets from Umar Gul helped Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets in the first semi-final.
Skipper Stephen Fleming said he is confident that his team would perform well in the ICC Champions Trophy.
Medium-fast bowler Michael Mason, 12th man for the series opener, is also retained.
All-rounder Jacob Oram struck an unbeaten 75 from 62 balls then took two cheap wickets to help New Zealand to a 75-run win over Bangladesh in the second one-day international on Saturday.
Australia beat New Zealand by eight runs a high-scoring tri-series ODI.
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram scored his first century against England on Monday to ensure a draw in the first Test on the final day at Lord's.
New Zealand were 121 for three in their second innings. Scott Styris was 50 not out with Jacob Oram on eight.
New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the first limited-overs international.
Jacob Oram blasted a career-best 126 not out to help the Kiwis reach a first innings total of 353. Australia were 197 for four in reply.
The skipper's seventh Test century enabled New Zealand score 295 for four on day one of the third Test against England.
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