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…

Joseph Hoover 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 [...]

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 [...]

Joseph Hoover 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 when he [...]…