Use of NZ’s grounds for both rugby and cricket makes for short boundaries and strange pitch angles.
When New Zealand in New Zealand were such a thorn in the Indian flesh that they perhaps still feel the prick.
Shehzad made an overly ambitious attempt to reverse sweep against Herath, but was unable to avoid dragging the ball back onto his stumps.
Since the 2008-09 season, Fallah's wicket-tally had not dropped below 25.
Quest for a settled medium-pace unit continues as the five-match ODI series against NZ begins today.
Trailing 1-0 in three-match series, Pakistan were 291 runs for six wickets at the close.
Fallah wrecked havoc with the new ball claiming seven for 58 in 16.4 overs.
England have now lost seven times in a row to Australia.
The two captains could not even walk in for the toss.
India will be looking to defend their number one ranking and for that they need to beat New Zealand.
Sony's parent company had filed a plea before the court, seeking interim stay orders against the cable operators.
Eoin Morgan scored a dashing century and Ian Bell had 68 in a very competitive 300 for 8.
Perera made a brilliant 95 with 12 fours and two sixes in his Test debut and Mathews was out for 91 with five fours.
Harbhajan has been rewarded for his IPL performance last season where he was among the top wicket-takers.
Karnataka, on a six-match streak, must acclimatise to the cold to continue good run.
Maharashtra has had luck going their way, having won the toss twice on green-tops at home.
The Sri Lankan batsmen appeared in no hurry to score runs on a slow turning pitch.
Suprise inclusion Bhatia, a Delhi stalwart, has been pretty effective for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL.
Australia win 2nd ODI as Faulkner remained unbeaten after his 47-ball blitz studded with 3 4s and 5 6s.
New Zealand arrived in Napier on Thursday while the Indians landed on Monday.
Lalchand Rajput, who was coach of the Indian team that won the inaugural World T20, is likely to take over as coach.
Kumar Sangakkara top scored with 52 off 103 balls, but was lucky to hit his 44th test fifty when the umpire couldn’t spot the left-hander had gloved the catch on 15.
With stability and experience, Maharashtra’s youngsters step up to face Bengal in Ranji trophy semifinals.
Under coach Kulkarni, Mumbai went on to lift the Ranji Trophy last season but looked very ordinary this time around.
Ajmal dismissed a well-set Mahela Jayawardene (47) with some extra spin and bounce.



