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The end came swiftly. It took New Zealand only 51.2 overs to wrap up the England second innings at Trent Bridge. Jamie Smith’s slog against Mitchell Santner ended in the hands of a diving Nathan Smith, running in from long-on. That was not just the end of the third Test. It was also the end…
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Williamson’s Test outing against England was his final bow. | Photo Credit: AP New Zealand is often restricted to the lazy cliche of being a land of sheep, but this island nation blending the ethnic Maori spirit with an overwhelming colonial influence often throws up the quietest of sporting icons. The biggest proponent of this…
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Ishan Kishan’s thrill-a-second maiden T20I hundred compensated for Sanju Samson’s familiar failure, and the knock in conjunction with Arshdeep Singh’s fifer scripted India’s 46-run romp over New Zealand in the fifth and final match here on Saturday. India thus sealed the series 4-1, and wrapped up their preparations to defend the T20 World Cup title…
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Shivam Dube flickered brightly with a fifty of exceptional quality but it was insufficient to prevent India’s 50-run defeat against New Zealand in the fourth T20I here on Wednesday. The clean-hitting Dube 65 (23 balls, 3×4, 7×6) batted all but his own in India’s steep chase of 216, but the hosts eventually finished at 165…
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New Zealand’s Will O’Rourke. File. | Photo Credit: AFP New Zealand fast bowler Will O’Rourke has been ruled out of the second cricket test against Australia with a hamstring strain. Ben Sears, who has played 13 Twenty20 internationals for New Zealand but is uncapped in tests, has been called into the squad and is likely…
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The hard-working and durable New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner has announced his retirement from test cricket at 37. File | Photo Credit: AP An emotional Neil Wagner announced his retirement from international cricket on February 27, after the fast bowler was left out of New Zealand’s team for the first Test against Australia this…
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