Australia to field first against Kiwis
NAGPUR: Australia won the toss and chose to field first in their World Cup Group A clash with New Zealand in Nagpur.
Ricky Ponting’s defending champions have named an unchanged side after their win over Zimbabwe on Monday.
Both teams observed a minute’s silence before the match to honour victims of the Christchurch earthquake.
The Kiwis have promoted middle-order batsman Jamie How for all-rounder Jacob Oram.
The match is set to start in overcast conditions with a top temperature of 31 degrees forecast.
Teams
Australia: Ricky Ponting (capt), Brad Haddin, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke, Cameron White, David Hussey, Steve Smith, Jason Krejza, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait, John Hastings (12th man).
New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (capt), Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, James Franklin, Scott Styris, Jamie How, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Hamish Bennett, Kane Williamson (12th man).
First Victory Of Pakistan At Mclean Park
First Victory Of Pakistan At Mclean Park, At last green shirts celebrated the joys of victory at Mclean Park, Napier by beating New Zealand 2 wickets in the ground which was considered as fear for green shirts and got lead of 2-1 in the series. This was the fifth time when Pakistan team played one-day match on this ground but four times they have to face defeats. This is the first time when Pakistan scored more then 200 runs and Misbah-ul-Haq became the top scorer from green shirt side in Mclean Park.
Pakistan played its first one-day match at this ground in 1981 but can just score 167 runs and faced a defeat of 110 runs. In 1992 tour the fate was same again, whole team can only 136 runs, and faced a defeat of 6 wickets. In 2001 black color once again got victory over green and beat them by 6 wickets again, the total of Pakistan team was135, in this match all-rounder Abdul Razzak became the first player from their side who scored a fifty at this venue. In 2004-05 tour Pakistan team once again batted first and can just score 126 runs Kiwis beat guest side by 8 wickets. On first February 2011, Pakistan deviates from the tradition by beating black shirts.
New Zealand wins the toss and elected to bat first. The top order batsmen make captain’s decision wrong. And first 5 batsmen went back to pavillain on just 79 runs. Middle order and lower middle order batsmen play seasonably. Brendon Mccullum and James Franklin scored 37 and 62 runs respectively. Nathan McCullum scored his debut fifty and went back to pavillain after making 53 runs. Kiwi total was 262/7 at end of limited number of over. Wahab Riaz was prominent bowler from Pakistani side who took 3 wickets.
The hero of Pakistani side was Misbah-ul-Haq who scored unbeatable 93. He batted very sensibly and played beautiful strokes all over the ground. Younis Khan scored 42 runs and set a partnership of 89 runs with the Test captain. Abdul Razzaq scored 30 precious runs and made a partnership of 40 runs with Misbah. Sohail Tanveer hit 3 boundaries and made victory for the guest side. Misbah-ul-Haq was named as Man of the Match.
New Zealand name World Twenty20 squad
WELINGTON: New Zealand has named a 15-man squad for the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean next month.
Kyle Mills (shoulder), Jacob Oram (knee), Aaron Redmond and Ian Butler have all been named in the 15-man squad, but their final selection depends on their rehabilitation over the next three weeks.
Daryl Tuffey, the fast bowler, and Neil Broom have missed out because of fitness problems while Rob Nicol, the Canterbury allrounder, has been picked for his first tour. With so many players on the comeback trail, the coach Mark Greatbatch has seven men on standby to cover all possibilities.
Mills worked with the Test squad before the match in Hamilton but Greatbatch said he has some “checkpoints” to pass before getting the all-clear.
Butler, Redmond, the wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins and Scott Styris will gain some match practice by turning out in the National Club Championship in Auckland between April 6 and 11.
Greatbatch said the players on standby were Jeetan Patel, Peter Ingram, Shanan Stewart, Andy McKay, Brent Arnel, James Franklin and Peter McGlashan.
New Zealand will be based in Guyana for the opening stage and face Sri Lanka in the first game of the tournament on April 30 before playing Zimbabwe on May 4. Only the top two teams go through to the next stage of the event.
New Zealand squad Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Aaron Redmond, Jacob Oram, Gareth Hopkins (wk), Daniel Vettori (capt), Rob Nicol, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Tim Southee, Shane Bond, Ian Butler.
Comfortable Victory For Aus In First T20:Wellington
Australia secured a six-wicket victory against New Zealand in their opening T20 International match at Wellington, New Zealand. Australia now lead the two match series 2-1.New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first. Black Caps were all out at measly 118 to win. James Franklin was top-scorer with 43, while Martin Guptill contributed 30.Johnson took three wickets. Australia reached their target with 24 balls to spare to complete the comfortable victory. David Hussey hit five boundaries in his 36-ball 46. Shane Bond took two Australian wickets. The next match would be played on February 28.
Comfortable Victory For Aus In First T20:Wellington was first posted on February 27, 2010 at 4:38 pm.
New Zealand Beat Bangladesh in T20
HAMILTON: New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the series opener at Seddon Park. Brendon McCullum put them out of their misery by the ninth over with a blistering half-century.
Bangladeshi skipper Shakib Al Hasan’s chose to bat first completely backfired as the New Zealand bowlers blew Bangladesh away for just 78 their lowest Twenty20 total.
The tourists were all out in the 18th over thanks to some senseless shot selection shot and a disciplined New Zealand bowling performance. The home side’s bowlers effectively exploited the bounce and turn on offer to create pressure in between wickets which fell at an alarming rate for Bangladesh.
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Tamim Iqbal played well for his 14, smashing Tim Southee over midwicket and straight down the ground in the second over, but was caught down the leg side off a Daryl Tuffey short ball which grazed his gloves.
Aftab Ahmed, in his first Bangladesh appearance since April 2008, attempted to continue the momentum with a series of wild slogs to the leg side but managed to connect only once, lifting James Franklin over fine leg for six before being outdone by a yorker just two balls later.
Mohammad Ashraful fell in typical fashion, holing out to deep cover off Vettori, who then trapped Mushfiqur Rahim in front first ball in the same over. The middle order was utterly outfoxed by Vettori and his spinning partner Nathan McCullum, who picked up five wickets between them for 21 runs. Vettori conceded just six runs from his four overs, picking up Shahadat Hossain in the 15th over to round out his three scalps.
The Bangladesh tail came out playing shots but were unable to string any meaningful partnerships together, and were eventually polished off by Tuffey and Jacob Oram who finished with two wickets a piece.
New Zealand Beat Bangladesh in T20 was first posted on February 3, 2010 at 3:50 pm.
Pakistan Vs New Zealand in first T20 Today
DUBAI: Pakistan Vs New Zealand in first T20 Today, After a riveting end to the ODI series, which New Zealand won 2-1, the focus turns to the Twenty20s, which Pakistan will feel they are better placed to trump. They will be disappointed by a fifth consecutive ODI series defeat, especially one they were well poised to win, but the Twenty20 games in Dubai present an opportunity to redress that.
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Imran Nazir, Fawad Alam and Sohail Tanvir have joined the squad for the Twenty20 series. Mohammad Yousuf, who stands in for Younis Khan as captain for the Test series, sits out along with Salman Butt and Wahab Riaz.
New Zealand will be without Kyle Mills and James Franklin, nursing shoulder and back injuries respectively. Jacob Oram is also unavailable – he’s flown back home to attend the birth of his child. With only 12 players to choose from, they are likely to draft in Ian Butler and Nathan McCullum.
Both the Twenty20 games will begin at 9pm PST on November 12 and 13.
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Pakistan Vs New Zealand in first T20 Today was first posted on November 12, 2009 at 3:22 pm.
New Zealand announces team for Pakistan series
Lahore, Pakistan: New Zealand has announced its cricket team for the next month’s one-day series against Pakistan while India has announced its squad for the series against Australia. Rahul Dravid, Yousaf Pathan and RP Singh are not included in the squad. All rounder Daniel Vettori and Jacob Oram are also included in the team which will play three one day and two Twenty20 matches against Pakistan in UAE. Currently both the players are suffering an injury.
The NZ team includes Daniel Vettori (captain), Shane Bond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Aaron Redmond, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor and BJ Watling. On the other hand India has dropped Dravid while Dhoni still remains the captain. Yuvraj Singh and Sehwag have been called back.
New fast bowler Sadeep Tegi is also included in the squad.
New Zealand announces team for Pakistan series was first posted on October 16, 2009 at 2:29 pm.
Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Streaming
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| Over 23.5: No runs. J Franklin to Umar Akmal, good length delivery, defends it off the frontfoot. |
| Over 23.4: Beaten! J Franklin to Umar Akmal, short of length delivery, looks to steer it down to thirdman and is beaten by the away movement. |
| Over 23.3: No runs. J Franklin to Umar Akmal, pitched up delivery, drives it to Vettori at mid off. |
| Over 23.2: No runs. J Franklin to Umar Akmal, short of length delivery, flicks it across to mid wicket. |
| Over 23.1: No runs. J Franklin to Umar Akmal, short of length delivery, pats it back to the bowler. |
| Over 22.6: No runs. D Vettori to M Yousuf, quicker and flatter in the air, drives it softly to covers. |
| Over 22.5: No runs. D Vettori to M Yousuf, flatter trajectory delivery, sweeps it softly to short fine leg. |
| Over 22.4: No runs. D Vettori to M Yousuf, flatter trajectory delivery, goes back and hammers it to covers. |
| Over 22.3: No runs. D Vettori to M Yousuf, quicker and flatter in the air, defends it off the frontfoot towards point. |
| Over 22.2: No runs. D Vettori to M Yousuf, flatter trajectory delivery, defends it off the frontfoot. |
Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Streaming was first posted on October 3, 2009 at 8:23 pm.
New Zealand restrict Pakistan to 233-9
Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Streaming, Pak vs Nz, Pakistan vs New Zealand updates, Australia restrict Pakistan to 233-9:-
JOHANNESBURG: Pakistan gave 234-run target to New Zealand in the Champions Trophy semi-final here on Saturday.
Earlier, Younus Khan elected to bat after winning the toss.
Pakistan: Younus Khan (capt), Kamran Akmal, Imran Nazir, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Rana Naved-ul Hasan, Mohammad Aamer, Saeed Ajmal.
New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (capt), Brendon McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Neil Broom, James Franklin, Kyle Mills, Ian Butler, Shane Bond.
New Zealand restrict Pakistan to 233-9 was first posted on October 3, 2009 at 10:27 pm.
New Zealand Wins Toss and Fields Against England
JOHANNESBURG: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss Tuesday and sent England in to bat in their Champions Trophy match at Wanderers Stadium.
New Zealand was affected by a wave of injuries, and brought in Ian Butler to replace fast bowler Daryl Tuffey, and reserve wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins to replace Jesse Ryder.
England brought in Ryan Sidebottom for Graham Onions in the only change to the team which eliminated host South Africa from the tournament.
Teams:
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Neil Broom, Gareth Hopkins, James Franklin, Daniel Vettori (captain), Kyle Mills, Shane Bond, Ian Butler.
England: Andrew Strauss (captain), Joe Denly, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Ryan Sidebottom.
New Zealand Wins Toss and Fields Against England was first posted on September 29, 2009 at 7:48 pm.
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