Brendon McCullum

Brendon McCullum slams the fastest test century in his last test match.

 February 20, 2016   Vishal Pandey

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Brendon McCullum playing in his last test match slammed the fastest hundred ever in test cricket. In the second match against Australia at Hagley Oval McCullum overcame a lively pitch and a fierce bowling spell from the Australian bowlers to slam a 54 ball hundred. The previous record was held by  Viv Richards in 1986 and […]

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Australia vs New Zealand ODI

Australia Blown Away Like Dried Leaves by New Zealand Bowlers in Auckland’s First ODI

 February 4, 2016   R K Gupta

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Australia arrived in New Zealand fresh from their 0-3 drubbing by India in the T-20 Series. Earlier they handed India a 4-1 series defeat in 50-over fixtures. But they found the difference in the quality of opposition attack in the first match of the 3-game ODI series against New Zealand. In Auckland on February 03, […]

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New Zealand vs Zimbabwe

New Zealand Dominate the Only T-20 Game at Harare with 80-Run Victory Over Zimbabwe

 August 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Kiwis concluded their Zimbabwe tour with an emphatic victory over the hosts in the lone T-20 game played at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday. From here, the New Zealand side goes to South Africa for another series of T-20 and ODI matches. The two-match T-20 series begins in Durban on August 14, 2015 […]

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New Zealand vs Zimbabwe

Valiant Zimbabwe Came Close But Lost the ODI Series to New Zealand in the End

 August 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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On many occasions, Zimbabwe’s chase of 274 mirrored their effort in the first ODI on August 02, 2015. They had a victory target of 304 but Craig Ervine muscled his way and successfully chased it to give the home side a 7-wicket victory. Batting first in the third and final ODI on Friday, New Zealand […]

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New Zealand vs Zimbabwe

New Zealand Take Revenge With a Crushing Defeat to Zimbabwe In the Second ODI at Harare

 August 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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If there was vengeance in cricket, it surfaced emphatically at the Harare Sports Club on August 4, 2015. The Zimbabweans were in the seventh heaven after outplaying New Zealand in the first ODI just the other day. On their part, New Zealand didn’t do badly at all because a 300-plus total in the first ODI […]

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Ervine’s Massive Thrust Helps Zimbabwe Beat Fancied New Zealand in 1st ODI at Harare

 August 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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When a team piles up a 300-plus score in an ODI match, it acquires a winning edge in most cases. The side liked New Zealand, which had a thunderous show in the 2015 World Cup down under; did not see a threat at least from Zimbabwe even if they didn’t have the advantage of playing […]

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T-20 Game

Indian Women Beat New Zealand in Last T-20 Game to Earn a Consolation Victory

 July 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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On their June-July 2015 India tour, New Zealand women proved themselves as a better team on performance despite losing the 5-match ODI series. In the ensuing 3-match T-20 series, which concluded in Bangalore on Wednesday July 15, India managed to eke out a consolation victory after being soundly trounced in the first two matches. Interestingly, […]

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Women Cricketers

Indian Women Cricketers Lose T-20 Series to New Zealand at Bangalore on Monday

 July 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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If it was Sophie Devine in the first T20, another New Zealander Rachel Priest came to forefront in the second T20. Priest’s 34-ball 60 did the trick in sealing the series win for the visiting side as India couldn’t put up a winning total. Barring the 4th and 5th ODI games, India’s batting had been […]

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New Zealand- India (Woman)1st T20 cricket match

Breathtaking Batting By Sophie Devine Ensures Emphatic Win for New Zealand in First T20 Game at Bangalore on Saturday

 July 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the first T20 game of the 3-match series on July 11, 2015, India batted first and finished at 125 all out in the 20th over. This left the New Zealanders a victory target of 126 runs. The total was poor from T20 standards but India succeeded in removing Rachel Priest in the first over […]

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Mithali Raj Leads Indian

Mithali Raj Leads Indian Chase For Impressive Win against New Zealand in the 4th Match to Level ODI Series

 July 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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For a reasonably long time, Mithali Raj has been India’s leading women cricketer and for nearly 10 years now, she is India’ captain. Yesterday was not the first time that Raj played a major role in taking her team to victory in the fourth ODI of the 5-Match series. In the 2005 Women’s Cricket World […]

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