New Zealand

New Zealand Finish Pakistan’s Slaughter at Napier to Win ODI Series

 February 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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The pitch at McLean Park was full of runs and Brendon McCullum unhesitatingly opted to bat first after winning the toss in the second ODI against Pakistan last Tuesday. McCullum himself led the charge by forcefully blasting 31 off 43 in the first wicket stand. Then Guptill, Williamson and Ross Taylor picked up from where […]

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New Zealand

New Zealand Hand Over 7-Wicket Defeat to Pakistan in the first ODI at Wellington

 February 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup season has already begun with several nations engaging themselves in short-series before the warm-up games. The idea is to have as much practice as possible. Pakistan landed in New Zealand in the last week of January for precisely this reason. They played two games against New Zealand Board President’s […]

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Sri Lanka cricket

7th ODI Wellington: Consolation Win for Sri Lanka in the Dead Rubber on Friday

 January 31, 2015   R K Gupta

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Having lost the 7-match series already, Sri Lanka were content in taking the last game from the hosts at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington on January 29. To a solid foundation laid by Lahiru Thirimanne and Tilakaratne Dilshan, Kumara Sangakkara added his mercurial touch with a scintillating hundred. Sri Lanka reached 175 before the 35th […]

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New Zealand

Williamson and Taylor Star in New Zealand’s ODI Series Win at Dunedin

 January 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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New Zealand lost their captain without any score against Sri Lanka in the sixth ODI at Dunedin and in the 14th over, lost the other opener as well when the score reached 59. The Lankans were elated and they applied pressure. But Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor settled down to thwart Sri Lanka attack and […]

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Sri Lanka Cricket

Ronchi, Elliot Turn the Tables on Sri Lanka with Record Stand in 5th ODI at Dunedin on Friday

 January 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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After AB de Villiers’ 31-ball hundred last Sunday at Johannesburg, another ODI record was shattered on Friday, January 23, 2015 in faraway Dunedin. Just when everyone thought that New Zealand would be run over by the touring Sri Lanka side, Luke Ronchi and Grant Elliot produced an unbeaten sixth-wicket stand of 267 runs off just […]

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New Zealand Cricket

New Zealand Shock Sri Lanka with one of Test-Cricket’s Biggest Turnarounds

 January 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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At the end of the second day, Sri Lanka led New Zealand by 135 runs on the first innings and on the third day morning, New Zealand began their second innings at 22/0 and lost five wickets at 159. With only 5 second innings wickets in hand, they had only a slender 24 run-lead over […]

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New Zealand Beat Sri Lanka at Christchurch as West Indians Continue to Fight at Port Elizabeth

 December 29, 2014   R K Gupta

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After a brave resistance, Sri Lanka faced the inevitable. The deficit on the first innings was far too huge for the islanders to bring off any other result that was dominated by Brendon McCullum’s sledgehammer knock. Sri Lanka resumed from the overnight 293/5 and could only reach 407 with a dogged 59-run last wicket stand […]

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New-Zealand Still in Command at Christchurch But Port Elizabeth Game Almost Washed Off

 December 29, 2014   R K Gupta

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After Sri Lanka succeeded in polishing off the New Zealand tail on second day morning, they succumbed to the fiery bowling spell from the Kiwi seamers. The quartet of Trent Boult, Tim Southee, James Neesham and Neil Wagner ensured the Sri Lankan slide and by tea Lanka were bowled out for 138 in their first […]

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New Zealand

New Zealand End Their UAE Tour With 3-2 ODI Series Win Against Pakistan

 December 22, 2014   R K Gupta

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It was a hard-fought tour for New-Zealanders at the UAE, in which they tied both the test and T20 series 1-1 but had an upper hand in the ODI series with a victory in the final ODI at Abu Dhabi. The resurgent Pakistan side faced the Kiwis in the desert after their creditable performance against […]

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Pakistan Cricket news

Pakistan Rule in the Desert, Go 2-1 Ahead in the ODI Series Against New-Zealand

 December 16, 2014   R K Gupta

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Pakistan and New Zealand have been equally matched in their various contests in UAE since the first week of November. After Pakistan won the first test, the two teams had a drawn second test but New Zealand came back strongly in the third test to amass 690, powered by skipper McCullum’s 188-ball 202 and Kane […]

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