
David Leggat: Embracing pink ball will benefit NZ in long run
Amid all the grumbling and "boys aren't happy" talk over the idea of using a pink ball for the first time in a test, if it comes to fruition, why not just get on with it?
Amid all the grumbling and "boys aren't happy" talk over the idea of using a pink ball for the first time in a test, if it comes to fruition, why not just get on with it?
England have crushed NZ by 56 runs in the sole Twenty 20 international against England today.
England have beaten the Black Caps by 56 runs in the T20 at Old Trafford this morning.
Amid all the grumbling and ‘‘boys aren’t happy’’ talk over the idea of using a pink ball for the first time in a test, if it comes to fruition why not just get on with it?
Tomorrow morning's Twenty20 cricket match between New Zealand and England has much to aspire to after the compelling test and one-day international series.
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Cricket's first day-night test complete with pink ball looks set to be confirmed but the Black Caps remain reluctant to be lab rats in the "bizarre" concept.
It is inconceivable that New Zealand would send out a side in whites or colours without Kane Williamson at No 3
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At the risk of channelling Karl Marx, bowlers must rise up, unite and fight their way out of their current one-day international repression.
It has the ideal setup in the sense that this fifth game decides what has been a rollicking rubber, unless you're a bowler, David Leggart writes.
With the series locked at 2-2 ahead of tomorrow's deciding ODI we break down five key areas from the stats of the series.
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The players don't want it, so why are cricket ball makers Kookaburra confident their pink ball is ready for test cricket?
The deciding fifth one-day international between New Zealand and England starting tomorrow night will likely come down to bowling savvy.
Three reasons New Zealand lost the fourth one-day international against England.
England have produced their highest ever chase in yet another high-scoring affair against the Black Caps.