JOHANNESBURG: Three new caps were named by Cricket South Africa on Tuesday in squads to play One-Day Internationals (ODI) against Ireland and Australia...
Following Cricket South Africa's adoption of new race targets for the national team, it seems likely that four black African players will turn out against Ireland...
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...
The Black Caps in contrast have been riding high with their horses for courses policy paying rich dividends against India and Australia...
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...
Although New Zealand have won just eight of 99 Tests against England, Hadlee expects Brendon McCullum’s team to put up a strong showing in the first Test at Lord’s this week...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's top players are overwhelmingly against plans to play “day-night” Test cricket when they tour Australia this year, fearing it will “devalue” the game, the New Zealand Cricket Players Association said Thursday...
CA trialled day-night first class cricket in the 2014-15 Sheffield Shield season with a view to staging the first ever Test under lights when New Zealand tour Australia in November...
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...
MILAN: Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci scored a sublime solo goal as they crushed Genoa 4-0 on Sunday to claim a 33rd straight home league win and continue their march to an unprecedented sixth successive Serie A title...
Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic also scored for treble-chasing Juve, who never looked back after Genoa defender Ezequiel Munoz gifted them the lead with an own goal
CENTURION: South Africa and New Zealand go into a one-match shootout for series honours when they meet in the second and final Test starting at SuperSport Park in Centurion Saturday...
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...
Instead of being grateful, this powerful sketch should give us pause: is this what we as a nation are expecting from our children; to come home in shrouds instead of graduation caps?And yet...
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...
Australia had been on target for victory when on 164-5 but the controversial dismissal of Marsh exposed the tail and New Zealand’s bowlers quickly wrapped up the win...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand on Friday unveiled plans to host a day/night Test against England as part of a packed home international schedule for the next two seasons...
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said the fixture, to be played under lights with a pink ball, would take place at Auckland's Eden Park in 2018 'pending agreement and approval...
GUANGZHOU: James Rodriguez curled home a superb free kick to cap Real Madrid’s 3-0 win over Inter Milan in the International Champions Cup on Monday...
The Colombian midfielder, brought on for just the last 10 minutes of the match, stepped up to bend the ball around the Inter wall from 25 metres out, giving goalkeeper Samir Handanovic no chance at the Tianhe stadium
AUCKLAND: New Zealand this week face Australia in a One-day International for the first time since the Baggy Greens humiliated their trans-Tasman rivals in the World Cup final last March...
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...
BRISBANE: Victoria Azarenka capped a resurgent week with a 6-3, 6-1 win over fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber in the Brisbane International final on Saturday to claim her first title since 2013...
While many of the highly-ranked women have struggled with injuries at the start of the season, Azarenka has shown glimpses of the kind of form that helped her win back-to-back Australian Open titles in 2012 and ‘13 before injuries interrupted her...
KOLKATA: New Zealand kept their unbeaten record intact at the World Twenty20 when they thumped Bangladesh by 75 runs in their last Group 2 match on a tricky wicket on Saturday...
4 overs after fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman had grabbed 5-22 but still couldn’t stop New Zealand from scoring a competitive 145-8 with skipper Kane Williamson scoring 42 off 32 deliveries...
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”...