Toss Bangladesh opt to bowl vs New Zealand With rain predicted later in the evening, Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss in the second T20I and opted to chase against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui. Bangladesh are chasing a historic T20I series win in New Zealand after winning the first T20I two nights

Martin Guptill will have his illustrious career celebrated at Auckland Aces’ men’s Super Smash T20 game against Wellington Firebirds on January 4 at the Eden Park Outer Oval. The ‘Thank You, Gup’ day will honour the 37-year-old’s contribution to both New Zealand and Auckland cricket. As part of the celebrations, the Eden Park Outer Oval

Kane Williamson, the designated captain, and Kyle Jamieson have been withdrawn from New Zealand’s T20I squad to take on Bangladesh at home later this month. Mitchell Santner, who has led both the New Zealand white-ball sides in the past, will be captain in Williamson’s absence. Rachin Ravindra and Jacob Duffy have been called up as

Mitchell Santner – “he’s a Chennai stalwart now” – was the first to get in touch. And then “your phone goes off pretty quickly,” Daryl Mitchell said with a laugh, talking about the calls from his new team at the IPL, Chennai Super Kings, not long after he was sold for INR 14 crore (US$1,687,000

New Zealand 296 for 3 (Nicholls 95, Young 89, Mahmud 2-57) beat Bangladesh 291 (Sarkar 169, O’Rourke 3-47, Duffy 3-51) by seven wickets Soumya Sarkar cracked a career-best 169 out of Bangladesh’s total of 291 in the second ODI against New Zealand, but the visitors still fell well short in Nelson. Henry Nicholls hit 95

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine is taking a ‘wellbeing break’ after a heavy workload over the last year and will miss the first half of the Super Smash season for Wellington. A decision on her involvement for the remainder of the tournament will be taken later. “Our players’ mental and physical wellbeing is always our

Pakistan 251 for 9 (Maroof 68, Riaz 44, Sana 36, Tahuhu 2-30) beat New Zealand 251 for 8 (Amelia Kerr 77, Green 65*, Sandhu 2-59, Fatima 2-59) in the One-over Eliminator Sadia Iqbal and Aliya Riaz played the starring roles as Pakistan beat New Zealand in a Super Over after the nail-biting third ODI ended

Kyle Jamieson will sit out the second and third ODIs against Bangladesh “and will instead have a period of rest” ahead of the three-match T20I series. Meanwhile, Finn Allen has also been taken out of the squad for the second ODI to turn out for Auckland Aces in their Super Smash opener on Tuesday. In

30 overs New Zealand 239 for 7 (Young 105, Latham 92, Shoriful 2-28) beat Bangladesh 200 for 9 (Anamul 43, Clarkson 2-24, Sodhi 2-35, Milne 2-46) by 44 runs (DLS method) A power-packed partnership of 171 for the third wicket between centurion Will Young and captain Tom Latham led the way for New Zealand to

Kane Williamson returns to captain New Zealand’s T20I squad in the home series against Bangladesh after more than a year since he last played the format. Like he was for the ongoing ODIs against Bangladesh, opening batter Devon Conway was rested from the T20Is as well because of workload management, while Michael Bracewell (achilles), Lockie

New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said the reason behind picking a new-look squad for the Bangladesh ODIs, including three uncapped players, was with one eye on resting some of the regulars who have been on tour with the national team for a long time and another on starting preparations for the next ODI World

Uncapped fast bowler Ben Sears has been added to New Zealand’s ODI squad for the three-match series against Bangladesh as cover for Kyle Jamieson, who has a stiff left hamstring. Jamieson returned to New Zealand after the two-Test series in Bangladesh on Tuesday and then travelled to Dunedin to join the ODI squad. He played

There were a few familiar names in the New Zealand men’s Under-19 squad picked to play the World Cup which begins on January 19 in South Africa. Zac Cumming, the son of former player turned commentator and coach Craig Cumming, Matt Rowe, the cousin of Hannah Rowe, and Tom Jones, the grandson of former captain

The ICC has given an “unsatisfactory” rating to the pitch used for the second Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. The venue as a result has incurred one demerit point. It is an interesting choice of word to describe the pitch; the ICC has previously used “very

New Zealand 365 for 4 (Bates 108, Bezuidenhout 86, Kerr 83, Devine 70, Sandhu 1-52) beat Pakistan 234 (Ameen 105, Muneeba 44, Kerr 3-44, Tahuhu 2-45) by 131 runs A powerful batting display from New Zealand’s top four set up a big win for them in the first ODI against Pakistan in Queenstown, as they

New Zealand allrounder Glenn Phillips said that he shared his batting mantra with Mitchell Santner before their crucial seventh-wicket partnership took shape in the Dhaka Test. The visitors had slumped to 69 for 6 chasing 137 runs on the fourth afternoon against Bangladesh before Santner and Phillips got together to rescue the side. The pair

Thirty batters were dismissed by spinners as 36 wickets fell in the Test in just 178.1 overs of action – the third-lowest number of balls bowled in a Test (1069) for that many wickets to fall – and Southee felt the pitch was far too much in favour of bowlers, making it an uneven contest.

Following a 72-ball 87 that lifted New Zealand out of the depths of 55 for 5, Glenn Phillips said his mantra for dealing with the demanding Dhaka pitch was simple: use your bat as much as possible. His counterattacking half-century, his second in Test cricket, meant New Zealand took an eight-run lead over Bangladesh in

In a media statement on Friday, the ECB’s Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) said it was revoking the life ban having received from Vincent “compelling evidence demonstrating the very highest levels of contrition and remorse and the very best efforts to make amends wherever possible”. The CDC’s decision comes in response to a “clemency” appeal by

New Zealand have called up three uncapped players – allrounder Josh Clarkson, fast bowler Will O’Rourke and legspinner Adi Ashok – in their 13-man squad for the ODI series at home against Bangladesh. Tom Latham will lead the side as regular ODI captain Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, and Devon

New Zealand 55 for 5 (Mitchell 12*, Phillips 5*, Mehidy 3-17, Taijul 2-29) trail Bangladesh 172 (Mushfiqur 35, Shahadat 31, Philips 3-31, Santner 3-65) by 117 runs Spin took 13 out of the 15 wickets that fell on the first day of the Dhaka Test. New Zealand sunk to 46 for five in response to

Big picture: Bangladesh seek Sylhet repeat Bangladesh will look for another all-round performance, in the second Test in Dhaka, as they chase their first-ever series victory over New Zealand. They beat the visitors by 150 runs in Sylhet, and while Taijul Islam and Najmul Hossain Shanto stood apart with their individual performances, it felt like

Pakistan Women 137 for 6 (Muneeba 35, Riaz 32*, Penfold 2-17, Jonas 2-21) beat New Zealand Women 127 for 7 (Rowe 33, Plimmer 28, Sana 3-22, Sadia 2-29) by 10 runs Having beaten New Zealand for the first time in a T20I to start the series, Pakistan went one better in the second game in

New Zealand legspinner Ish Sodhi has backed the “experienced heads” in their side to bounce back from the defeat in the opening Test against Bangladesh. New Zealand went down by 150 runs in Sylhet, after which their captain Tim Southee felt they didn’t bowl consistently in the right areas for long enough. Sodhi, who was

Lack of batting partnerships and accurate bowling for long periods brought New Zealand’s downfall in Sylhet, according to their captain Tim Southee, after the visitors went down by 150 runs for their first Test defeat in Bangladesh. The two sides went toe-to-toe at the end of their respective first innings, but the home side pulled

New Zealand 317 and 113 for 7 (Mitchell 44*, Sodhi 7*, Taijul 4-40) need another 219 runs to beat Bangladesh 310 and 338 (Shanto 105, Mushfiqur 67, Ajaz 4-148) Taijul Islam led the Bangladesh spinners to take them on the verge of beating New Zealand in the Sylhet Test with three more wickets to take

Law 41.3 of the game, updated and put into effect on October 1, 2022, says: “When cricket resumed following the onset of Covid-19, playing conditions were written in most forms of the game stating that applying saliva to the ball was no longer permitted. MCC’s research found that this had little or no impact on

Bangladesh 310 and 212 for 3 (Shanto 104*, Mushfiqur 43*, Patel 1-94) lead New Zealand 317 (Williamson 104, Philips 42, Taijul 4-109) by 205 runs Najmul Hossain Shanto‘s fifth Test century tilted the Sylhet Test heavily towards Bangladesh at the end of the third day. The home side lead New Zealand by 205 runs with

New Zealand 266 for 8 (Williamson 104, Phillips 42, Taijul 4-89) trail Bangladesh 310 (Joy 86, Philips 4-53, Jamieson 2-52) by 44 runs Taijul Islam kept Bangladesh ahead after the second day’s play in Sylhet, even as Kane Williamson levelled with Don Bradman and Virat Kohli on 29 Test centuries. The left-arm spinner took four

Stumps Bangladesh 310 for 9 (Joy 86, Shanto 37, Mominul 37, Phillips 4-53, Jamieson 2-52, Ajaz 2-76) vs New Zealand Glenn Phillips was New Zealand’s surprise hero with the ball as they kept Bangladesh down to 310 for 9 on the first day of the Sylhet Test. Phillips, the middle-order batter and part-time offspinner, finished