Neil Wagner’s brilliant return of 7/39 on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies at the Basin Reserve propelled him to the fourth position in the list of New Zealanders with the best bowling figures in a Test innings. Here are the top five. 1) Richard Hadlee – 9/52 v […]
Read More Record Book – The best Test bowling figures for New ZealandFor a moment few days back, Auckland were in real danger of being bowled out for the lowest ever total in any first-class match played in New Zealand. Hosts Wellington had them on the mat at a precarious 12/7 in their opening Plunket Shield clash at the Basin Reserve, and there was every possibility […]
Read More Record Book – Auckland’s unlucky 13The Women’s World Cup, the final of which is being played at Lord’s today, returned to England after 24 long years. The 1993 tournament was the fifth edition and featured eight teams, then a new record. Interestingly, the 60-over format was persisted with, even as the men’s World Cup had shifted to the […]
Read More Specials – When the Women’s World Cup was last held in EnglandNew Zealand and Bangladesh, fresh from playing each other in the tri-series in Ireland last month, are set to face off in a Champions Trophy match at Cardiff on the coming Friday. This will be the second time that the two teams will meet in the Champions Trophy; the first instance being in the […]
Read More Record Book – The lowest total by a Test nation in the Champions TrophyPakistan’s 13th Test tour of New Zealand is underway, with the first of two Tests having been played at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. New Zealand has been a happy hunting ground for Pakistani teams over the years – prior to the start of the ongoing series, they have won ten and lost five […]
Read More Specials – Best of the Tests: New Zealand v PakistanTasmania got its first taste of Test cricket in December 1989, when Hobart’s Bellerive Oval hosted the second Test between Australia and Sri Lanka. Since then, the ground has been an occasional fixture on the Australian Test calendar, having hosted a total of 12 Tests – four against New Zealand, three each against Pakistan […]
Read More Specials – Best of the Tests at the Bellerive OvalComing into this five-match series, New Zealand had not played Test cricket for nearly three years. They had lost ten consecutive series dating back to 1950-51 and had won just one Test in 32 years and 52 attempts – against the West Indies at Auckland in 1955-56. New Zealand’s first tour of South […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – South Africa v New Zealand, Cape Town, 1961-62Having looked at the first three editions of the NatWest Tri-Series last week, we move on to summarise the latter half of the tournament’s history, comprising of the 2003, 2004 and 2005 editions. 2003 Zimbabwe and South Africa, co-hosts of the World Cup that had concluded three months earlier, were the tourists. England […]
Read More Specials – Memories from the NatWest Tri-Series, Part 2The Trans-Tasman Trophy is back after a period of four years as Australia host New Zealand for what promises to be a highly enticing three-Test series starting from 5th November. Adding to the excitement is the fact that the third Test at Adelaide will be the first ever day-night Test match in the history […]
Read More Specials – Best of the Tests : Australia v New ZealandInternational Twenty20 was still in its infancy when the West Indies embarked upon a full tour of New Zealand in 2005-06. Until this point, only four T20 internationals had been played – one each in New Zealand, England, South Africa and Australia. The tour kicked off with a solitary T20 international played on […]
Read More Record Book – The first international tie-breaker
The Cricket Cauldron 