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Australia virtually out of ICC World Test Championship's final contention

Australia needed to win two Tests in South Africa and prevent its hosts from winning one, to ensure a berth in WTC final. Check ICC World Test Championship points table, schedule, team standing here

ICC World Test Championship final rescheduled, to take place from Jun 18-22

The start of the inaugural World Test Championship final has been pushed back by eight days and will now begin at Lord's on June 18, keeping in mind the proximity with the next IPL's summit showdown

England to host New Zealand for two-match Test series, starting June 2

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday confirmed that England will start their home international summer with a two-match Test series against New Zealand, commencing from June 2.

NZ vs Pak: Jamieson has been a great addition to the game, says Bishop

Kyle Jamieson tore through the Pakistan batting line-up to help set up victory for New Zealand in the second Test, and former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop was impressed with the pacer's skillset.Jamieson has not even completed a year in international cricket, but the bowler's meteoric rise continues in the longest format as he picked up a six-wicket haul in the second innings against Pakistan on Wednesday.Bishop praised Jamieson and said the bowler has been a great addition to the game in his first year of international cricket."Kyle Jamieson has been a great addition to the world game in his first year of international cricket. Amazing skillset and a big heart," Bishop tweeted.New Zealand declared their first innings after gaining a lead of 362 runs, and then made light work of Pakistan batsmen in the second innings taking 81.4 overs to bundle out the visitors for a comprehensive win.With this victory, New Zealand has become the number one ranked Test team in the world. New ...

ICC rankings: New Zealand attains top spot in Test cricket for the 1st time

Overall, New Zealand is the seventh side in the world to hold the number one spot

NZ vs PAK 2nd Test: Williamson's 112 helps New Zealand cut Pakistan's lead

Kane Williamson posted his third century in consecutive matches this summer and shared an unbroken 215-run partnership with Henry Nicholls

New Zealand vs Pakistan: Kiwis begin training with eye on whitewash

New Zealand cricket team on Friday began preparation to boost their quest for a place in the ICC World Test Championship final

NZ vs Pak: Hafeez lauds Pakistan's show of resilience against New Zealand

Star all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez hailed Pakistan's resilience on the final day of the first Test against New Zealand on Wednesday.Fawad Alam's second Test ton and Mohammad Rizwan's fifth Test half-century went in vain as New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 101 runs. Day five of the first Test was an emotional joy ride. With Fawad and Pakistan skipper Rizwan weathering the storm in the first two sessions, it almost looked like the game will be drawn as the duo stitched the eighth-longest fourth-innings partnership of all time.However, New Zealand pacers denied visitors a draw as Pakistan lost all six wickets in the concluding session of the match. Hafeez lauded the Pakistan side for showing character and fighting till the last breath."Team Pakistan Flag of Pakistan proud of U on showing a great resilient attitude & fought hard till the end. Strong Character shown Stay strong and comeback harder iMRizwanPa iamfawadalam25 #PakvsNz," Hafeez tweeted.For Fawad, it was like a re-birth as

New Zealand keep ICC WTC final hope alive after thrashing Pakistan

New Zealand boosted their hopes of reaching the ICC World Test Championship final after securing a 101-run win against Pakistan in the first Test here on Wednesday.The Kiwis won 60 points in the ICC WTC standings to keep their dream alive of making it to the final of the mega event even if the second Test match ends in a draw.The Kiwis will topple Australia to go on the top of the ICC Test Team Rankings but that won't be enough to play the final of WTC as the top two teams in WTC standing will lock horns in the showpiece event. The team rankings are run independently and do not affect the ICC WTC table.The Kiwis are now third, behind Australia and India in terms of percentage points won, the factor that determines the final placings rather than total points won, following a change to the points system owing to the COVID-19 disruption.Australia and India are ahead in the points table on that basis. New Zealand, currently on 0.667 percentage points, could go up to 0.700 if they ...

NZ vs PAK: New Zealand's Jamieson fined 25% match fee for breach of code

New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson was fined 25 per cent of his match fee and slapped with a demerit point for throwing a ball in direction of Pakistan's Faheem Ashraf while fielding in 1st Test

ICC Test Championship: New Zealand wins first test by 101 runs vs Pakistan

New Zealand beat Pakistan by 101 runs in the first Test which ended very late on the fifth day, achieving its third straight win in three home Tests this summer and taking a 1-0 lead in 2-Test series

1st Test: New Zealand need 7 wickets, Pakistan 302 runs to win

New Zealand are seven wickets away from taking a 1-0 lead in their two-match Test series against Pakistan

Can't express my happiness at being named captain for 1st Test, says Rizwan

Wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan on Tuesday said that he cannot express his happiness on being named as Pakistan's skipper for the upcoming first Test against New Zealand.Rizwan's remarks came as he played a gritty knock helping Pakistan register a four-wicket win over New Zealand in the third T20I at the McLean Park here on Tuesday. Rizwan hit a sublime 89 off just 59 balls as the visitors avoided a series whitewash.New Zealand and Pakistan will now lock horns in the two-match Test series, beginning December 26. Williamson will be leading the Kiwis while Pakistan will be led by Rizwan in the first Test as regular skipper Babar Azam is out injured."This win is good, we lost the series, but this game was important ahead of the Tests, wanted to take some momentum going into it. Big honour for me to captain Pakistan. It's a big deal to play for the country, can't express my happiness at being captain," said Rizwan during the post-match presentation."The management has trusted me a ..

Pakistan vs New Zealand: Waqar Younis to return home after first Test

Pakistan Cricket Board announced that bowling coach Waqar Younis will return home after the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand to be with his family

NZ vs PAK: Rizwan's 89 helps Pakistan third T20I; Kiwis clinches series 2-1

New test captain Mohammad Rizwan showed his leadership quality in a bold innings of 89 which steered Pakistan to a four-wicket win over New Zealand in the third Twenty20 on Tuesday. Rizwan will lead Pakistan in the two-match test series against New Zealand starting on Sunday in place of Babar Azam, who is injured. In Azam's absence he also opened the batting in all three T20s, making 17 in Auckland and 22 in Hamilton before achieving a maiden half-century and career-best 89 from 59 balls on Tuesday. Rizwan beat his previous best of 33 not out. With Rizwan's leadership, Pakistan surpassed New Zealand's moderate total of 173-7 with two balls to spare. Rizwan batted his team within sight of victory when he was out in the final over at 171-6. Pakistan still needed three runs to win with four balls left. Iftikhar Ahmed settled the issue when he hoisted the fourth ball of the last over out of the ground for six, lifting Pakistan to 177-6. New Zealand had already secured the series but .

NZ vs Pak: Playing 360 degrees can sometimes lead to downfall, says Seifert

Tim Seifert is famous for hitting the ball in different parts of the ground, but the wicket-keeper batsman feels like having a lot of shots can sometimes result in the downfall as well

PAK vs NZ 1st Test: Mohammad Rizwan to lead Pakistan in absence of Azam

In Babar's absence, Mohammad Rizwan will captain the Pakistan side at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui

NZ vs PAK: Azam, Imam-ul-Haq ruled out of first Test against New Zealand

Pakistan captain Babar Azam and opener Imam-ul-Haq were ruled out of the first Test with thumb injuries, prompting the tour selection committee to include rookie Imran Butt in the 17-member squad

NZ vs PAK 1st T20I: Shadab Khan wins toss and elects to bat first

Pakistan captain Shadab Khan won the toss and elected to bat Friday in the first of three Twenty20 cricket internationals against New Zealand at Eden Park

PAK vs NZ T20Is: Azam's absence should not affect our chances, says Miandad

Javed Miandad does not believe that the absence of captain Babar Azam due to injury should affect Pakistan's chances of doing well in the upcoming T20 International series in New Zealand