Team New Zealand

November 3, 2026 3:08 PM

Bowling woes: Inexperienced pace attack leaves Team India in spot of bother for New Zealand ODI series

The Indian team think tank will have to grapple with the collective inexperience of bowlers Gurnoor Brar, Anshul Kamboj, Auqib Nabi and Yash Thakur, who have played a total of just 11 ODIs among them, as the visitors take on a very sorted New Zealand side in the five-match ODI series starting in Auckland on Wednesday. With the addition of two extra ODIs, whether one views it as an accommodation by the BCCI to allow New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to cash in on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's final soj...

November 3, 2026 3:01 PM

India vs New Zealand: Devon Conway ruled out of 1st ODI with concussion, Tim Seifert set for direct swap

New Zealand batter Devon Conway has been ruled out of the first ODI against India after suffering a concussion in a training-ground collision with teammate Matt Henry, with Tim Seifert set to replace him, skipper Mitchell Santner said on Tuesday. New Zealand Cricket later confirmed that Conway had been diagnosed with concussion after being taken to hospital for further examination, ruling him out of the series opener. "Conway was taken to A&E for further examination, which confirmed a conc...

October 30, 2026 4:47 PM

4th T20I: Glenn Phillips fireworks secure New Zealand’s consolation win against India

New Zealand's Glenn Phillips lashed an incendiary 107 to secure a comprehensive 87-run consolation win over India in the fourth Twenty20 International on Friday. Having lost the first three games of the five-match series, New Zealand piled up 259-7 after being sent in to bat, their middle order unleashing a burst of scintillating power-hitting. Phillips smashed 10 sixes in a 49-ball blitz and with Michael Bracewell (65) added 115 off 41 deliveries to drive New Zealand past 200 in the 16th over...

October 26, 2026 11:54 AM

Ishan Kishan ruled out of 3rd T20I against NZ as precautionary measure

Injured wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan will be unavailable for the third T20 International against New Zealand as a precautionary measure, India's bowling coach Morne Morkel said on Monday. The 28-year-old had suffered a right adductor strain during the series-opener last week. "Ishan is doing well. He will be training today. For tomorrow, I think he is not available for selection, just as a precaution," Morkel said at the pre-match press conference here. Right adductor is a group of muscle...

March 11, 2026 7:21 PM

NZ’s Santner, Conway to play limited role in South Africa T20 series

Mitchell Santner and Devon Conway will play a limited role in New Zealand's Twenty20 series against South Africa to allow them some rest after playing at the recently concluded World Cup, New Zealand Cricket said on Wednesday. The five-match series against the Proteas begins in Tauranga next Sunday, a week to the day after New Zealand were beaten by 96 runs in the World Cup final against India in Ahmedabad. Captain Santner and wicketkeeper-batter Conway will play Sunday's match and the two tha...

March 5, 2026 3:56 PM

South Africa won’t dwell on T20 World Cup exit: Skipper Aiden Markram

Given their form going into Wednesday's T20 World Cup semi-final, South Africa expected to compete better against New Zealand but are philosophical about their nine-wicket defeat in a format where momentum can swing quickly. South Africa had won all seven of their games going into the last-four clash, with five of those wins coming in Ahmedabad, but stumbled when faced with a different set of conditions in Kolkata, where the ball did not come onto the bat as smoothly. They set New Zealand a be...

March 5, 2026 10:01 AM

New Zealand defeat was a ‘walloping’ not a ‘choke’: South Africa coach Shukri Conrad

South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad denied they "choked" in their Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand, preferring to call their nine-wicket defeat a sound "walloping" at Eden Gardens on Wednesday. The 2024 runners-up went into the match as the only unbeaten team in this year's tournament, whose seven wins in a row included a seven-wicket thrashing of New Zealand in a group match. New Zealand, however, turned the tables in spectacular fashion with Finn Allen smashing an unbeaten...

March 5, 2026 10:07 AM

Finn Allen hundred blitzes South Africa, fires NZ into T20 World Cup final

It needed something special to end South Africa's unbeaten run in the Twenty20 World Cup and New Zealand opener Finn Allen produced exactly that, the fastest hundred in the tournament's history, to propel his team into the final at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday. South Africa strung together seven wins in a row to march into the semi-final against a New Zealand side they had blown away in a group stage match earlier in the tournament. The 2024 runners-up had snatched the favourite's tag from de...

March 3, 2026 11:37 AM

T20 World Cup 1st semifinal: South Africa juggernaut faces knockout test against New Zealand

South Africa have hardly put a foot wrong in their march to the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals, but complacency can have no place against a New Zealand side famed for punching above their weight when the teams meet at Eden Gardens on Wednesday. The Proteas are the tournament's only unbeaten side and look a far more rounded T20 unit than the one that fell at the last hurdle in 2024. They beat New Zealand in the group stage and have earned the favourites' tag that rested with defending champions ...

March 1, 2026 11:10 AM

Sri Lanka head coach Sanath Jayasuriya to step down; Pakistan’s Salman Agha weighs future

Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya said he will step down as head coach, while Pakistan's Salman Agha said he will take time to decide whether to remain captain after both teams' poor campaigns at the Twenty20 World Cup. Tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka made the Super Eights but the 2014 champion lost all three matches to finish at the bottom of Group Two. "I thought it was time to give it (the job) to someone else," Jayasuriya said after their narrow defeat to Pakistan on Saturday. "That's why about...