Over the past year, debate about the top teams in Test cricket has usually centred on three teams: Australia, South Africa and India. Sri Lanka are almost never mentioned but they now find themselves at No .2, thanks to a superb record over the past three-odd years during which they have lost only one series. [...]
It’s quite simple – the winner goes into the semi-finals and the loser heads home. A second-round exit would be slightly unfair on the undefeated Sri Lanka, but they can avoid the trapdoor with another committed performance when they face New Zealand, who have a much healthier net run-rate despite a win and a loss [...]
New Zealand 90 for 3 (Ryder 31, Taylor 21*) beat Scotland 89 for 4 (Coetzer 33, Poonia 27, Watson 27) by seven wickets
At the half-way stage of a match that rain reduced to a seven-over hitting contest, it looked as though there would be the second big upset of the tournament in two matches. Scotland [...]
2nd Match in ICC World Twenty20 Cricket Tournament, New Zealand vs Scotland (NZ v SC) from Groud D is scheduled on 6th June, 2009 from 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT). The sides have been playing warm-up matches for the past week and realistically this should be little more than another training run for New Zealand. [...]
ICC World Twenty20 Warm-up Matches between Australia vs New Zealand (Aus vs NZ) is scheduled at The Oval, Jun 2, 2009 from 17:30 local time (16:30 GMT). Live Cricket Match and Hasan Online Sports will publish links to watch free online cricket match streaming and embed media players from different sources for free live streaming.
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New Zealand 170 for 7 (Taylor 41, McCullum 31, Franklin 27*, Ishant 4-25) beat India 161 for 6 (Raina 45, Jadeja 41*, Vettori 3-24) by nine runs
New Zealand’s unbeaten record against India in Twenty20s continued today by beating the world champions by nine runs in their warm-up outing at Lord’s. Several New Zealand batsmen chipped [...]
In 1968, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi’s men triumphed by eight wickets in Wellington to take a 2-1 lead. A win in the next Test sealed what is still India’s only Test series win in New Zealand. On Friday, MS Dhoni (or perhaps Virender Sehwag) will lead his charges at the Basin Reserve in pursuit of [...]
One down with two to play, New Zealand have it all to do. So comprehensively were they outplayed in all aspects in Hamilton that a reversal of fortunes is a tall task: their top order was woefully inadequate, the fast bowlers were a distant second to Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Munaf Patel, and Harbhajan [...]
India’s quest for a first Test series win in New Zealand in 41 years began with Mahendra Singh Dhoni winning the toss and deciding to bowl at Seddon Park. Munaf Patel edged out L Balaji for the third seamer’s spot, while Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman returned to the fray after playing no part in [...]
The euphoria for New Zealand after the two Twenty20 victories has been swiftly put to rest by the sparkling performances of India’s batsmen in the four ODIs so far. The pre-tour talk centred around how the Indians will be challenged in conditions alien to them, but the only time they have been stretched so far [...]
