Big picture It has been exactly nine months since we last saw the New Zealand team in white. In March earlier this year, Kane Williamson’s team lifted the trophy in Christchurch after beating then-No. 1 Indians 2-0 in the test series. Now in December, as the cricket world adjusts to …
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3:56 am IST Valkerie Baynes Close Valkerie Baynes is general editor of ESPNcricinfo England 192 for 1 (Malan 99 *, Buttler 67 *) beat South Africa 191 for 3 (van der Dussen 74 *, du Plessis 52 *) for nine windows A world record partnership between Dawid Malan and Jos …
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New Zealand 238 of 3 (Phillips 108, Conway 65 *, Pollard 1-33) beat West Indies 166 of 9 (Pollard 28, Paul 26 *, Jamieson 2-15, Santner 2-41) for 72 runs New Zealand capitalized on a virtuous performance by Glenn Phillips, who broke a 46-ball century, the fastest in T20I by …
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6:33 pm IST Saurabh somani Close Saurabh Somani is assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Big picture The home team wins the first ODI of a three-game series, in Sydney. Both India and Australia have been here before, in fact the last time they played a bilateral series in Australia. On that …
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2:47 pm IST Saurabh somani Close Saurabh Somani is assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Big picture The home team wins the first ODI of a three-game series, in Sydney. Both India and Australia have been here before, in fact the last time they played a bilateral series in Australia. On that …
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Big picture The SCG. Australia and New Zealand played an ODI here in March, in eerie silence. It would be the last international action in four months. Cricket has been back for a while, but the silence hasn’t gone away. On Friday, however, we were able to witness something close …
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Big picture The SCG. Australia and New Zealand played an ODI here in March, in eerie silence. It would be the last international action in four months. Cricket has been back for a while, but the silence hasn’t gone away. On Friday, however, we were able to witness something close …
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Big picture “Soccer is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and in the end, the Germans win.” You could twist that famous Gary Lineker quote and make it about the IPL. Eight teams play 60 games of 40 overs each and, in the end, the …
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Hyderabad sunrises 132 times 4 (Williamson 50 *, Holder 24 *) time Royal Challengers Bangalore 131 by 7 (de Villiers 56, Finch 32, Holder 3-25, Natarajan 2-33) by six wickets Two test captains watched the nervous Sunrisers Hyderabad chase 132 through, and their shirts and hair had sweat to show …
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Hyderabad sunrises 132 times 4 (Williamson 50 *, Holder 24 *) time Royal Challengers Bangalore 131 by 7 (de Villiers 56, Finch 32, Holder 3-25, Natarajan 2-33) by six wickets Two test captains watched the nervous Sunrisers Hyderabad chase 132 through, and their shirts and hair had sweat to show …
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