Today New Zealand cricket team was skittled out by Pakistan for 99 . Had it been Bangladesh, we could have seen another relegation debate. Jrod at Cricket with balls puts this nicely: Their opening batsmen don’t seem to be able to survive an over. The rest of their batsmen seem to hope Ross Taylor will do the job. Then Prince Brendon and Dictator Dan have to make as many runs as they can with...
New Zealand 276-6 Mohammad Asif marked his return to Test cricket with three wickets as Pakistan restricted New Zealand to 276 for six on day one of the first Test in Dunedin. The fast bowler, back after a two-year absence through injury and a drug suspension, struck early to dismiss Daniel Flynn then removed Peter Fulton and Grant Elliott in quick succession in the final session to finish with three...
Live Cricket The Pakistani selection in the first game came as a surprise to many an expert. Khalid Latif (5/1 at Ladbrokes to top the batting for his side) was preferred as the opener and he went on to bat through 40 overs for his half century. The pair played two of the best innings in the ODI format under the circumstances, and the strike-rates of almost 150 each meant that the Pakistanis managed...
Live Cricket The Pakistani selection in the first game came as a surprise to many an expert. Khalid Latif (5/1 at Ladbrokes to top the batting for his side) was preferred as the opener and he went on to bat through 40 overs for his half century. The pair played two of the best innings in the ODI format under the circumstances, and the strike-rates of almost 150 each meant that the Pakistanis managed...
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Younus Khan has quit as captain of the Pakistan team to regain his form. Speaking to Gulf News, Asad Mustafa, the assistant manager of the Pakistan team, said: "Khan has stepped down and has pulled out of the New Zealand tour as he is out of form. He has decided that he will play domestic cricket and then wait for selection." Teams Pakistan : 1 Kamran Akmal (wk), 2 Imran Nazir, 3 Shoaib Malik,...
Here comes the next exciting one-day series of the year. Pakistan and New Zealand last faced each other few month back in the Champions Trophy 2009 Semi-Final. New Zealand won the match and kicked off the Pakistanis out of the tournament. So it will be quite interesting to see these two teams fight for the no. 4 position of the ICC ODI Rankings. Pakistan and New Zealand both have some inside team issues
• Brendon McCullum loses position as Kiwis No2 • Cricket board decides there is 'no need' for deputy New Zealand will be without a vice-captain as well as a coach when the squad leave for their limited-over series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. Just a day after the r esignation of coach Andy Moles , the wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum has confirmed he has been stripped...
The opening match of the Twenty20 Champions League could not have asked for a better match where IPL finalists were outdone by Mumbai player JP Duminy who played a quite breathtaking innings of 99 to take his home team Cape Cobras to victory. The cricket world is changing as we speak and the opening match of this global club event has given the men behind the idea that not only will this be a massive...
• Inaugural match thrills 50,000 crowd in Bangalore • Duminy's unbeaten 99 stuns the Royal Challengers There were 30,000 inside the Estádio Nacional in Lisbon on September 4, 1955, when Sporting drew 3-3 with Partizan Belgrade. There was no glitzy opening ceremony or a global TV audience of more than half a billion when the European Cup got under way, but more than half a century...
I II III IV V VI Watch cricket highlights: Australia vs New Zealand – the Final of the 2009 Champions Trophy played on October 5, 2009. Scoreline: NZ 200/9 Guptill 40, Broom 37, Franklin 33 | Hauritz 3 wickets, Lee 2 Aus win the 2009 edition: Shane Watson 105, Cameron White 62 | Mills 10-2-27-3, Bond 10-2-34-1 Foreplay: Nothing like a big tournament win to lift a long finger (on the lips) to...
India stumbled in there chase of 156 but when they collapsed to 84/4 there would have more then a few jitters in the changing room but the inner belief that this Dhoni team have the likes of the captain and Raina keep cool heads and took there team to victory and secure a place in the final. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat would have hoped to put up a competitive score as they saw what...
Shane Bond and Daryl Tuffey have been recalled to New Zealand's Test or limited-overs squads under an amnesty for players who quit the rebel Indian Cricket League.Fast bowlers Bond and Tuffey both spent time in the unsanctioned ICL Twenty20 competition before being welcomed back under an amnesty for rebel players announced last month by New Zealand Cricket. The only condition placed on their reinstatement...
NOTTINGHAM, England, June 16 (Reuters) - Injured batsmen Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor were included in the New Zealand team for their final Twenty20 World Cup second round group match against Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge on Tuesday.
Here comes the next exciting one-day series of the year. Pakistan and New Zealand last faced each other few month back in the Champions Trophy 2009 Semi-Final. New Zealand won the match and kicked off the Pakistanis out of the tournament. So it will be quite interesting to see these two teams fight for the no. 4 position of the ICC ODI Rankings. Pakistan and New Zealand both have some inside team issues...