Toe-catch gives Black Caps ODI series over Australia
HAMILTON: A sensational off-the-toe catch by Matt Henry brought a fairytale end to Brendon McCullum’s ODI career when New Zealand beat Australia by 55 runs in Hamilton on Monday...
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ArchiveBoult blows away West Indies as Black Caps wrap up ODI series
Worker made a career-high 58, beating his previous best of 57 which he made in the first ODI match at Whangarei on Wednesday, after sharing in a solid 50-run partnership with Colin Munro for the opening wicket...
Taylor held the middle order together with a well-crafted 57 to register his 39th ODI half-century while Nicholls batted through the last 20 overs to register his highest ODI score...
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ArchivePakistan face rampant Black Caps in must-win T20 clash
MOHALI: A resurgent New Zealand will be eyeing a semi-final berth when they take on a deflated Pakistan in a World Twenty20 group match here on Tuesday...
Pakistan won their opener against Bangladesh comfortably but things have since gone downhill as they unravelled against the Indians on Saturday, sparking an angry backlash from fans back home...
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ArchivePakistan pin hopes on Black Caps to make semis
Below them are Pakistan on nine points and Bangladesh on seven...
The Black Caps’ last game is against hosts England while Pakistan’s final match of the league phase is against Bangladesh...
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ArchiveHadlee backs Black Caps to add to England’s woes
LONDON: New Zealand legend Richard Hadlee has warned England that the Black Caps are ready to add to the hosts’ woes in the forthcoming Test series...
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SportBlack Caps sceptical about day-night Tests
But NZ players' association chief executive Heath Mills said the Blacks Caps were sceptical...
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ArchiveTon-up Munro fires up Black Caps in second T20
RAJKOT: Opener Colin Munro hit a blazing century to power New Zealand to post 196 for two against India in their must-win second Twenty20 International in Rajkot on Saturday...
Munro, who hit an unbeaten 58-ball 109, put on 105 runs for the opening wicket with Martin Guptill (45), to lay a solid foundation after the Kiwis elected to bat first -
SportProteas, Black Caps shootout for Test honours
The Proteas can nudge up one place to sixth in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings if they win, while the Black Caps will remain fifth irrespective of the result...
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SportBlack Caps plan day-night Test against England
Under the NZC schedule announced Friday, New Zealand in 2016-17 will host Pakistan (two Tests), Bangladesh (three One-Day Internationals, three T20s, two Tests), Australia (three ODIs) and South Africa (one T20, five ODIs, three Tests)...
In 2017-18, they will host the West Indies (three Tests, five ODIs, one T20), Pakistan (three T20s, five ODIs), Australia (three ODIs) and England (one T20, five ODIs, two Tests)...
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ArchiveBlack Caps get chance to avenge World Cup drubbing
While the pressure proved too much on that occasion as Brendon McCullum’s men slumped to a seven-wicket loss in Melbourne, this time New Zealand are on home soil and in a rich vein of ODI form...
The Black Caps have just beaten Pakistan 2-0 in a three-match series, building on a 3-1 series win over Sri Lanka earlier in the summer...
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ArchiveBlack Caps rout BD to maintain perfect record
”The Black Caps topped their group with eight points after earlier beating hosts India, Australia and Pakistan...
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SportBlack Caps World Cup stars miss Africa tour
WELLINGTON: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is a among a clutch of World Cup stars omitted from the Black Caps' squad named Thursday for next month's limited-overs tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa...
Hesson said the absence of big names should not prevent the Black Caps displaying the form that took them to the World Cup final, calling on other squad members to “step up”...
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ArchiveLatham, Munro shine as Black Caps whip BD
CHRISTCHURCH: Career-best innings by Tom Latham and Colin Munro and a valuable bowling cameo by all-rounder James Neesham propelled New Zealand to a 77-run win over Bangladesh in the first One-day International on Monday and a 1-0 lead in the three-match series...
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ArchiveGuptill, Latham punish Zimbabwe as Black Caps level series
Chasing 236 to level the three-match series at Harare Sports Club, Guptill finished unbeaten on 116 while Latham was 110 not out as the Black Caps achieved the target with almost eight overs to spare...
The pair set a new record for the highest successful chase in an ODI without losing a wicket, bettering the 231 that Sri Lanka managed in a 10-wicket win over England in the 2011 World Cup quarter-final in Colombo, as they ensured that...
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ArchiveDhoni aims to tighten screws on Black Caps in series-decider
RANCHI: Rediscovering himself in the twilight of his career, a rejuvenated Mahendra Singh Dhoni would look to continue his form and aim for a series-clinching win when India take on New Zealand in the fourth ODI, here on Wednesday...
4 in the last ODI in Mohali and set up the seven-wicket win in the company of Virat Kohli to give the hosts a 2-1 lead in the five-match series...
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