Lunch New Zealand 137 for 3 (McIntosh 53*, Taylor 6*) v Sri Lanka 452…
Heavy morning rain again cut into playing time, but when action resumed under overcast skies, New Zealand fought doggedly to stave off Sri Lanka’s bowlers. Tim McIntosh, troubled periodically by the short ball, gritted his way to a half-c…

Australia 151 for 3 (Ponting 56, Clarke 49*) beat New Zealand 147 (Styris 42, Johnson 4-20) by seven wickets…
Australia executed a perfectly-paced chase to brush aside New Zealand by seven wickets in their warm-up match at The Oval. Ponting led the way with a brisk half-century and received support from his deputy…

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. Sever…

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Wellington, Apr 7 (PTI) India recorded their first series triumph on New Zealand soil in 41 years though rain denied them a deserving victory in the third cricket Test here today.
Rain played spoilsport in India’s push for a 2-0 series win on the fifth and final day and the hosts escaped with a…

India 379 (Tendulkar 62, Harbhajan 60, Dhoni 52, Martin 4-98) and 434 for 7 dec (Gambhir 167, Laxman 61, Dravid 60, Dhoni 56*) drew with New Zealand 197 (Zaheer 5-65) and 281 for 8 (Taylor 107, Harbhajan 4-59)
The Wellington weather and a Ross Taylor century defied India as the third Test ended in a [...]

Sachin Tendulkar struck twice just before the end of the first session to reduce New Zealand to 254 for seven at lunch.
India started the fifth and the final day of the third Test match, beaming with confidence of finishing it off early.
While the bowlers were looking to take quick wickets, the overnight batsmen &…

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Wellington, Apr 6 (PTI) Rahul Dravid scaled another lofty peak in his illustrious career when he created the world record for the most number of Test catches by a fielder here today.
Levelled with Mark Waugh’s 181 (128 Tests) before going into the match, Dravid pulled ahead in his 134th match w…

Ross Taylor scored a half-century to keep alive Kiwi hopes of a draw against India before bad light stopped fourth day’s play.
Harbhajan Singh struck twice in the same over as New Zealand continued to give up cheap wickets after lunch on the fourth day of the final Test with New Zealand in Wellington.
The Bl…

Harbhajan Singh strikes twice in the same over to get rid of Martin Guptill and Jesse Ryder to put India on top.
Just after lunch Zaheer Khan claimed his second victim in the form of Daniel Flynn.
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck an unbeaten half century (56) to set New Zealand an improbable victory target of 6…

Wellington, April 6 (IANS) New Zealand were 37 for one at lunch, chasing an improbable 617 runs to win the third and final cricket Test to square the series here at the Basin Reserve Monday.
Rahul Dravid grabbed his world record 182nd catch when he took a low catch diving to his left at third slip [...]