New Zealand completed a big turnaround on the Day-5 of the second test match. Neil Wagner picked up 4 wickets to shift the momentum towards New Zealand in the game's final hours. He broke the crucial partnership between Joe Root and Ben Stokes by picking up the wicket of Ben Stokes.
Pacer Neil Wagner (4/62) was the hero for the Kiwis as he had James Anderson caught behind down the leg side to clinch a famous victory for New Zealand at Basin Reserve.
England have now won 10 of their most recent 11 Test matches, with their only blemish since McCullum took over as coach early last year coming at the hands of South Africa at the Lords
Stokes was picked up for Rs 16.25 crore by four-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the auction back in December last year. During England's last year's series with Pakistan, he had expressed his intentions to return to the competition after missing the 2022 edition of the league
Jamieson was originally supposed to make his return to the national side in the first pink-ball Test against England at Mount Maunganui, which started on February 16. England won the match by a massive 267 runs. A suspected recurrence of the injury ruled him out of the series and subsequent
It was yet another clinical team performance from England, who received valuable contributions from almost every member of their side to wrap up the win early on the fourth day of the Bay Oval contest
Harry Brook has also started his Test career with a bang. He has three tons and three fifties in his eight innings in five Tests and has scored 623 runs at an average of over 77.
In 90 Test matches, Stokes has hit 109 sixes and a total of 5,652 runs with 12 tons and 28 fifties at an average of 36.00. His best score in the format is 258.
New Zealand Test skipper Tim Southee regards the longest format as the pinnacle of the game and talked about the team selection in the match beginning on Thursday
England is aiming to end their losing streak in day/night Test matches, against New Zealand. Both teams arrived in the coastal city of Mount Maunganui and were greeted by heavy wind and rain brought by Cyclone Gabrielle. With these poor weather conditions, practice sessions over the next th
The system of batting bonus points has also been amended and rewards quick run-scoring. The first batting bonus will be obtained by scoring 250, instead of 200 as earlier, across the first 110 overs of the first innings. Sides will have to score in excess of four runs an over to reach new ma