Tim Seifert’s explosive unbeaten 97 off 38 balls powered New Zealand to a dominant eight-wicket victory over Pakistan in the final T20I in Wellington, clinching the series 4-1. Chasing 129, Seifert set the tone with 18 runs off the first over despite being hit on the body. He smashed six fours and 10 sixes, including … Read more
Pakistan will look to level the five-match series when it faces New Zealand in the fourth T20I at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday. After being 0-2 down in the series, Pakistan delivered an inspiring performance in the third game by chasing a 205-run target in just 16 overs. The visitor’s thumping victory was … Read more
New Zealand and Pakistan will face off in a five-match T20 International series, starting on Sunday at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. The series will mark a new era for Pakistan in T20 cricket, with Salman Ali Agha taking over the mantle of leadership from Mohammad Rizwan. The visitors will also be missing the services … Read more
Varun Chakaravarthy’s career has been filled with bursts of highs and lows. Starting as a professional only at 26, he found instant success moving from the TNPL and IPL to the national team in a dizzy three-year spell before falling out of favour just as quickly by the end of 2021. After reinventing himself over … Read more
New Zealand won the second edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, then called ICC Knockout, but has had to wait to get its hands on the trophy since. It managed a runner-up finish in the 2009 edition, losing to Australia in the final. The Black Caps have failed to make it past the group stage … Read more
New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr was named the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2024, beating Laura Wolvaardt, Chamari Athapaththu and Annabel Sutherland to the honour. Kerr is the first New Zealander to win the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, first awarded in 2017, and also the first Kiwi to win the overall ICC Women’s Cricketer … Read more
Sri Lanka razed New Zealand’s top-order on Saturday to comfortably win the third One-Day International in Auckland by 140 runs and salvage a lone victory in the series. The home side’s hopes of chasing down Sri Lanka’s 290 for eight nosedived when it crumbled to 21 for five at Eden Park, before being dismissed for … Read more
Just-retired Martin Guptill reckons he had a lot more to offer to New Zealand cricket and was “disappointed” with how his career ended. One of the most accomplished white-ball players to emerge from New Zealand, Guptill, scored 7,346 runs from 198 ODI matches with 18 hundreds and 39 fifties. The 38-year-old also competed in 122 … Read more
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the second ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, being played in Hamilton. NZ vs SL 2nd ODI – Live Scorecard Playing XIs New Zealand: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, William … Read more
New Zealand Cricket has sent a delegation to Pakistan to inspect security and other arrangements for a scheduled tri-series in January. Besides hosts Pakistan and New Zealand, South Africa is the third team in the event. Pakistan is hosting the multi-team event as a curtain raiser to the ICC Champions Trophy in February and March. … Read more