London: After two days of being oppressed by New Zealand, England broke the stranglehold in impressive style to take charge halfway through the first Test at Lord's on Saturday. First, New Zealand was dismissed for 207 to give England a first-innings lead of 25, a significant amount on a tricky, soft pitch.
That lead was then boosted from 25 to 205, as Joe Root and Jonathan Trott found runs easy to harvest to help give England 180-6 at stumps. New Zealand fought back with four wickets in six overs in the last hour, three of them to the tireless Tim Southee, but that joy was offset by injuries to wicketkeeper BJ Watling, who hurt his left knee, and spinner Bruce Martin, who limped off after his 13th over. Neither finished the tea session.
Root, bowled for 71, one shy of his Test best on debut in December, and Trott combined for a stand of 123, easily the biggest of the match. They scored at pace to give themselves at least the last four sessions to bowl at New Zealand. Especially after New Zealand's first bat lasted less than three sessions. Root and Trott came together when New Zealand thought they regained the advantage by removing both openers with the total on 36.
Captain Alastair Cook was undone on 21 by leftie seamer Trent Boult for the fourth time in four Tests. Fellow opener Nick Compton, on 15, was set up well by Neil Wagner, who threw three
11:36 PM, May 18, 2013
London: New Zealand will assess weather and pitch conditions on Thursday morning before making a final decision on whether to field four pace bowlers in the first Test against England at Lord's. On the eve of the first match in the two-Test series on Wednesday, captain Brendon McCullum said the final place would go to either Doug Bracewell or left-arm spinner Bruce Martin, who played in the drawn three-match series...
09:32 PM, May 15, 2013
Auckland: England will have to survive 90 overs with only six second-innings wickets intact on the final day of the third cricket Test to avoid losing a Test series in New Zealand for the first time in 30 years. England went to stumps Monday at 90 for 4 with Ian Bell 8 not out after New Zealand, leading by 239 runs on the first innings, declared their second innings at...
11:02 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Auckland: New Zealand recovered from early collapse in their second innings to reach 35 for 3 at stumps on Sunday on the third day of the third cricket Test, leading England by 274 runs after scorning a rare chance to enforce the follow on. Left-arm fast bowler Trent Boult took 6 for 68 as New Zealand dismissed England for 204 in reply to their own first innings of 443 -...
12:04 PM, Mar 24, 2013
In their reply to New Zealand's 443, England closed day two on 50 for 2 at Auckland. ...
11:10 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Peter Fulton (124) and Kane Williamson (83) added an unbeaten 171 for the second wicket as the hosts closed the day on 250 for 1 against England. ...
10:30 AM, Mar 22, 2013
New Zealand were 77 for 1 and trailed England by 134 runs at stumps on day three with Williamson (16) and Fulton (41) unbeaten at the crease. ...
02:35 AM, Mar 16, 2013
The injury-hit hosts must dig deep if they want to prevent England winning their first ODI series in New Zealand since 1992. ...
10:04 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Brendon McCullum (69*)and Martin Guptill (27*) took New Zealand home with 7 balls to spare. ...
03:03 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Though the series is already sealed, both teams have something to play for in the final match at Potchefstroom. ...
01:20 PM, Jan 24, 2013
NZ top order batsmen all spent valuable time at the crease on the first day of a three-day match against a SA Invitation XI. ...
11:35 PM, Dec 28, 2012
After a long day in the field, Sri Lanka lost Dilshan, Sangakkara and Jayawardene to slump to 43 for 3 by stumps on day two. ...
09:51 AM, Nov 26, 2012
R Ashwin's 12-wicket match haul helped India beat New Zealand by an innings and 115 runs in the first Test and take 1-0 lead in the two-match series. ...
01:05 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Kemar Roach took 60 for 5 and Chris Gayle hit 64 not out to lead West Indies to a nine-wicket victory over New Zealand. ...
10:01 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Roach notched up a four-wicket haul against New Zealand in a tour game to mark a successful return after injury. ...
02:51 PM, Jul 21, 2012
NZ will hope the return of their best batsman keeps the momentum going. ...
07:26 PM, Jul 13, 2012
The visitors produced a consistent all-round display at Warner Park on Wednesday to halt their slide. ...
01:33 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Batting is the main concern for the New Zealanders. ...
06:03 PM, Jul 06, 2012
With a young skipper in the form of Kane Williamson, New Zealand would like to bounce back in the ODI series. ...
07:40 PM, Jul 04, 2012
Kane Williamson has been named stand-in skipper in Ross Taylor’s absence but believe he can lead on a full-time basis. ...
05:52 PM, Jul 04, 2012
