Prithvi Shaw slams 100-ball 150 for India A against New Zealand XI
Cricket | January 19, 2020 11:02 ISTPrithvi Shaw struck 22 fours and two sixes during his blazing knock at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval against New Zealand XI.
Prithvi Shaw struck 22 fours and two sixes during his blazing knock at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval against New Zealand XI.
England won the World Cup on account of their superior boundary count against the New Zealand after both the stipulated overs and the subsequent Super Over ended in a tie.
Jeetan Patel has played 24 Tests, 43 ODIs and 11 T20Is for New Zealand in which he scalped 65, 49 and 16 wickets respectively.
The last time the two sides met in an ODI was during the 2015 World Cup when New Zealand managed to secure a three-wicket win in Dunedin.
Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 125/8 but Lasith Malinga's feat helped the hosts win by 37 runs to earn a consolation win over New Zealand.
New Zealand chased down the target with three balls to spare and five wickets in hand to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Needing 187 runs in the second innings to make New Zealand bat again, Sri Lanka was bowled out for 122 runs in the final session as the series ended in a 1-1 draw.
Collin de Grandhomme smashed five sixes and five boundaries in a 75-ball 83 not out and shared an unbroken 113-run partnership for the sixth wicket with BJ Watling who made an unbeaten 81.
The two-Test series will also mark the start of the ICC World Test Championship for New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
Mitchell Santner, who played his most recent Test against the West Indies in December 2017, missed most of last year with a knee injury.
Ben Stokes was born in New Zealand but moved to England with his family when he was 12 as his father Gerard, who played rugby league for New Zealand, was then coaching in England.
No team got close to setting a batting record. There were only four totals above 350, topped by England's 397/6 in a mismatch against Afghanistan.
At 35, the World Cup 2019 could be Ross Taylor's final WC bow but he says if his body allows he may still be playing in another showpiece event.
Tom Latham picked up an injury to his finger during a match against an Australia XI, prior to flying out to England & Wales for the World Cup.
The 28-year-old, who has played 12 Tests, 49 ODIs and 15 T20 Internationals for New Zealand, was named in the 15-man squad that the Black Caps recently announced for the ODI showpiece starting May 30.
New Zealand will play India on May 25 and West Indies on May 28 as part of their warm-ups before taking on Sri Lanka on June 1.
Bangladesh cricket team's tour of New Zealand was called off on March 15 after the players had a narrow escape from a shooting attack.
Kane Williamson also took home the Test Player of the Year award and the Redpath Cup for First-Class Batting awards
The Bangladesh cricket team escaped unhurt despite being in close vicinity of a shooting attack on a mosque but its tour of New Zealand was called off.
Guptill's century on Saturday was the 16th of his career and his third of the summer.
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