Statistical highlights of the tri-series one-day international between India and Australia in Adelaide on Sunday.
England beat New Zealand by 50 runs at Christchurch on Thursday to complete a 2-0 series sweep of their two Twenty20 internationals. England captain Paul Collingwood smashed a half-century to help his team compile a healthy total of 193 for eight before the tourists restricted New Zealand to 143-8 in reply.
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram has been ruled out of his side's second Twenty20 against England on Thursday after straining a hamstring in the first match. Oram top-scored for New Zealand with 61 in their 32-run loss at Eden Park in Auckland on Tuesday but strained his hamstring while bowling.
England continued their perfect start to their tour of New Zealand by beating the Kiwis by 32 runs in their first Twenty20 international at Eden Park in Auckland on Tuesday. England, who opened their two-month tour with back-to-back wins over Canterbury last weekend, compiled an impressive total of 184 for eight from their 20 overs. New Zealand could only manage 152 in reply despite a gallant 61 from their big all-rounder Jacon Oram.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has injured his ankle and is a doubt for his side's Twenty20 matches against England next week.
A superb 91 by Martin Guptill guided New Zealand to a three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the third One-Day International at the AMI stadium in Christchurch on Thursday. The victory, which gave the hosts a 3-0 series win, was, however, not as easy as in the first two ODIs, as the tourists, who put up 241 for 9 after being inserted in, were competitive right through.
Jaffer on Monday became only the fifth Indian batsman to score a double century and a fifty in the same Test. And he is only the second Indian opener after Sunil Gavaskar to perform this feat.
Yannic Cariah scored a magnificent unbeaten century to guide the West Indies to a thrilling four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the third-fourth place play-off match in the ICC Under-19 World Cup. The 17-year-old left-hander deservedly took the man-of-the-match award for his match-winning knock of 110 that came off 127 balls, as the West Indies achieved victory target of 292 runs for the loss of six wickets with nine balls to spare.
Skipper Mitch Marsh almost single-handedly guided Australia to a two-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in second semi-final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval, just outside Christchurch, on Wednesday. After dismissing Sri Lanka for 205 in 48.2 overs, the Aussies faltered in the run chase, losing regular wickets, before eventually getting across the line with 10 balls to spare at 206 for 8.
Australia Under-19 has suffered a nail biting two-wicket loss to South Africa in their final Group B match at the World Cup in Queenstown, New Zealand on Wednesday.
Defending champions India started their quest for a second successive title in style, thrashing qualifiers Afghanistan by eight wickets in their opening Group A match of the ICC Under-19 cricket World Cup in Lincoln on Friday.
The Pakistan team is eyeing a series-levelling victory against New Zealand after setting a target of 405 runs and again having the New Zealand team on the back foot at 70 for three at stumps on day three of the second Test being played at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin surged to the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers after a superb outing in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua which the visiting side won by an innings and 92 runs.
The Indian wicketkeeper scored an unbeaten 139 in the third and final Afro-Asia Cup match on Sunday.
Virat Kohli dropped a position to 11th leaving India with no batsmen in the top 10 of the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen, in the latest update of the ICC Player Rankings released by the International Cricket Council on Tuesday.
India finished fourth in the Fed Cup zonal competition after losing 0-3 to Uzbekistan.
She helped India recover from an early deficit and edge out hosts New Zealand 2-1 in their third rubber of the Fed Cup Asia-Oceania Zone Qualifiers.
Tara Iyer and Ankita Bhambri blanked their opponents as India beat Jordan 3-0 in the Fed Cup.
Sunitha Rao and Shikha Uberoi scored impressive wins as India beat Kazakhstan 3-0 in their opening rubber of the Fed Cup zonal qualifiers.
The NZ batsman hopes to be fit for the six one-dayers and three-test series against the touring South Africans beginning next month.
New Zealand in the third ODI vs Australia achieved the second highest winning total for a side batting second.
Ajinkya Rahane and Tanmay Srivastava smashed centuries as India Under-19 beat their counterparts by 67 runs in the third ODI.
New Zealand under-19 beat their Indian counterparts by 73 runs in the second Test.
The 35-year-old New Zealand batsman said he was lacking motivation.
Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik provided only the second instance in this decade of both Indian openers scoring fifty in the same innings in a Test away from subcontinent, on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.
New Zealand limped to 75 for two in their second innings chasing 504 to beat Sri Lanka in the second Test.
A half-century from Chamara Silva put Sri Lanka 363 runs ahead at the end of day two in the second Test against New Zealand.
Sri Lanka were all out for 268 before New Zealand slumped to 66 for four on the opening day of the second Test.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner said that New Zealand were unsporting in executing his run out in the first Test.
Muttiah Muralitharan was run-out as he went to congratulate centurion Kumar Sangakkara against New Zealand.
Sri Lanka were toiling at 125 for eight at the close in their second innings, just 73 runs ahead on day two.
Sri Lanka piled on 240 for two in the second innings of their New Zealand tour match against Otago on Saturday.
Polly Umrigar was a completely different person off the field, who once approached teammate Bishan Singh Bedi with a humble request to help him make tea with tea bag.
The former Team India spearhead will be in charge of Sri Lanka's two-Test and five-ODI series in New Zealand.
The 25-year-old bowler was rewarded for a good showing on the 'A' team's tour of India.
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming equalled former Sri Lanka skipper Arjuna Ranatunga's record of leading the country in most number of One-Day Internationals on Friday.
Given the small size of the grounds in New Zealand, an individual double century in an ODI is quite a possibility, reckons India's swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag.
A confident India will look to continue their domination when they clash against New Zealand in the third one-dayer in Christchurch on Sunday, fully aware that the pressure will be more on the hosts who face a do-or-die battle.
Hadlee, who recently suffered a stroke, died in his home city of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island.
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