Warner 156 sets up Australia’s 3-0 sweep
December 10th, 2016 | by
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Australia 8 for 264 (Warner 156, Boult 3-49) beat New Zealand 147 (Guptill 34, Starc 3-34) by 117 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Different crowd, different context, similar result. Australia returned to the scene of...
Warner leads Australia’s home dominance
December 6th, 2016 | by
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David Warner and Australia picked a good time to return to their strongest format since Darren Lehmann became coach. Under Lehmann, Australia have won 25 ODIs at home and lost only four, picking up the 2015 World Cup and being...
Smith’s 164 sets up big Australia win
December 4th, 2016 | by
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Australia 8 for 324 (Smith 164, Head 52) beat New Zealand 256 (Guptill 114, Hazlewood 3-49) by 68 runs For the first time this summer, Steven Smith could do no wrong. In the Tests against South Africa, he didn’t win a...
Smith critical of Maxwell’s disrespect
December 3rd, 2016 | by
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Australia’s captain Steven Smith has criticised Glenn Maxwell and the team leadership group have fined him an undisclosed amount for comments deemed disrespectful to the team’s gloveman and Victoria captain Matthew...
New Zealand face ‘important series’ without key personnel
December 1st, 2016 | by
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Two days ago, New Zealand celebrated victory in the second Test against Pakistan in Hamilton, a win that meant a 2-0 triumph in the series. At least, they celebrated inasmuch as they could: the next day eight of their Test XI...
‘This will go down as a great Test victory’ – Williamson
November 29th, 2016 | by
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Kane Williamson said the fourth victory of his captaincy will go down as “one of the great” Test wins, after New Zealand claimed nine wickets in the final session to seal a 138-run win. A draw had appeared the most...
New Zealand snatch win in dramatic last session
November 29th, 2016 | by
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New Zealand 271 (Raval 55, Watling 49*, Sohail 4-99) and 313 for 5 dec (Taylor 102*, Latham 80, Imran 3-76) beat Pakistan 216 (Azam 90*, Southee 6-80) and 230 (Aslam 90, Azhar 58, Wagner 3-57) by 138 runs New Zealand took nine...
Pakistan strike twice on wet first day
November 24th, 2016 | by
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New Zealand 77 for 2 (Raval 35*, Taylor 29*) v Pakistan Persistent rain ruled out any chance of play in the second and third sessions after Pakistan, having chosen an all-seam attack on a green pitch, picked up two New Zealand...
‘Wahab becomes weapon No. 1 in Australia’
November 23rd, 2016 | by
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Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur speaks about the selection decisions facing the team ahead of the Hamilton Test, and looks ahead to the tour of Australia Misbah-ul-Haq is unavailable for this match. What do you lose when a player...
Nicholls wary of Pakistan bowling revival in Hamilton
November 22nd, 2016 | by
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It had been in Hamilton – just under six years ago – that Misbah-ul-Haq’s captaincy had really got off the ground. On a track that had started out with a little pace and carry, Pakistan restricted New Zealand to...
