Australian seamers Josh Hazelwood and Mitchell Starc's exceptional performance bundled out New Zealand for 162 runs on Day 1 of the second Test of the two-match series at Hagley Oval on Friday.
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Friday heaped praise on Kane Williamson and Tim Southee and called them the "torchbearers" of New Zealand cricket after the Kiwi players reached the milestone of playing 100 Test matches.
New Zealand's leading Test run-scorer Kane Williamson and their second-highest wicket-taker in the format Tim Southee donned their 100th Test cap on Friday, 8 March, in the ICC World Test Championship series against Australia in Christchurch.
The second Test between Australia and New Zealand will be starting from Thursday onwards. Australia is 1-0 up in the series. This will be Williamson's 100th Test, a batter who has made a name for himself as perhaps the best batter Kiwis have produced. He is also the 1/4th of the 'Fab Four' b
Australia star opening batter Usman Khawaja has said that they are focused on winning games and it will automatically help improve their position in World Test Championship