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An Australian and a New Zealander are in medal positions after the first round of the men’s standing slalom at the winter Paralympics.
Melbourne’s Cameron Rahles-Rahbula finished the first run in second place with a time of 53.08 seconds.
Adam Hall, of Auckland, blitzed the field at Whistler Creekside to finish in a time of 50.95 seconds, [...]

Wellington, Mar. 15 (ANI): Steven Smith has become the second youngest winner of the Steve Waugh Medal, and now is almost certain to make his Test debut against New Zealand after a brilliant season.
He has scored 772 first-class runs at 77.2 – including four centuries – and claimed 21 wickets, capped by a career-best 7-87 [...]

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting says Michael Clarke will definitely play in Friday’s first Test against New Zealand in Wellington.
The team’s vice-captain missed the final three games of the one-day series against the Kiwis, which Australia won 3-2, to sort out his relationship with model Lara Bingle.
They have since announced the end of their engagement.
While the [...]

Despite having already clinched the series Australia did not cut New Zealand any slack in the fifth and final one-day international at Wellington on Saturday.
Ross Taylor (30) and Scott Styris built a solid partnership of 53 but it was brought undone by Shane Watson as the home side battled to 4 for 114 after 25 [...]

Surprised new Australian one-day squad member George Bailey says his call-up is the kind of breakthrough that has sparked international careers.
The Tasmanian skipper is the beneficiary of Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke’s unexpected dash home from New Zealand for personal reasons.
Clarke is believed to have rushed to the side of his celebrity fiancee Lara Bingle following [...]

Auckland, Mar.5 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has urged his one-day international squad to train harder and lift their performance against New Zealand in the second of five Chappell-Hadlee matches to be played at Auckland’’s Eden Park.
Following their two-wicket loss in Napier on Wednesday, Ponting’’s men are reportedly desperate to show some improvement in [...]

Colombo, Sep.8 (ANI): New Zealand cricketers have expressed relief that swashbuckling Indian opening bat Virender Sehwag will not feature in the tri-series in Sri Lanka and in the upcoming Champions Trophy in South Africa because of a shoulder injury.

A shoulder injury means New Zealand avoid one of the most devastating strikers of a cricket [...]

Lahore, Sep. 4 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is still undecided regarding the venue of the ‘home’ one-day international series against New Zealand scheduled to be held in November.

While it was being speculated that the series would be held either in the UAE or Malaysia, Pakistan Cricket [...]

Bangalore, Sep 1 (ANI): Former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming has said that the upcoming One Day tri-series in Sri Lanka would see a tough competition.

The series in Sri Lanka, which also involves New Zealand and India, will be held from September 8-14.

The hosts are upbeat after clinching a recent two match test series [...]

Wellington, July 7 (ANI): Pakistan will play three ‘home’ Test matches against New Zealand in New Zealand during a series scheduled to be held in November and December.

Both teams will also feature in a four match one-day series and two Twenty20 games to [...]

Lahore, July 3 (ANI): Pakistan would host New Zealand for three Tests and five one-day internationals on a neutral venue, after all efforts by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to relocate the ‘home’ series against Kiwis to New Zealand failed.

Sources said the PCB proposed hosting the series in New Zealand itself , but issues regarding [...]

Wellington, May 15 (ANI): Air New Zealand is all set to run the world’s first matchmaking flight for lonely hearts.

The airline has revealed that a plane with American passengers aboard will be invited to come to New Zealand in October to “get amongst it” with single kiwis.

“If your dating profile says you enjoy fine [...]

Melbourne, Apr.29 (ANI): Former Australian batsman Dean Jones believes that there are still questions in the minds of many about whether Michael Clarke is ready to be a full time captain of the national squad.

“Clearly he showed us that he has some of the qualities [...]

Lahore, Apr.14 (ANI): Realizing that it is difficult to host international matches in Pakistan because of security concerns, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will soon finalize neutral venues for Test and one-day international series scheduled to be played over the next year.

PCB chairman Ejaz Butt and Chief Operating Officer Saleem Altaf would meet the New [...]

Wellington (New Zealand), Apr. 6 (ANI): On the fourth day of the final Test against India, New Zealand could put together only 167 runs at the loss of four wickets before play was suspended due to bad light.

India was just six wickets away from a historic series triumph over New Zealand after marginalizing Kiwis [...]

Wellington, Apr.4 (ANI): An inspired performance by Zaheer Khan on the second day helped India tighten its grip on the third and final Test here.

Khan produced a stupendous spell of fast bowling claiming five wickets for just 65 runs, which handed over India an important lead of [...]

Napier (New Zealand), Mar.30 (ANI): India on Monday proved that it is a side very keen to acquire champion status by converting a no-win situation into which it was placed on the third day into a very creditable draw on the fifth and final day of the second Test against New Zealand at the MaClean [...]

Wellington, Mar 23 (ANI): An untimely injury to New Zealand seamer Brent Arnel has dashed his hopes of a Test cricket debut this week against India.

Arnel, who was a surprise call-up for the first Test squad before being released to play for the Knights, bowled only 1.4 [...]

Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar.20 (ANI): New Zealand cricket team coach Andy Moles on Friday expressed doubts over whether Sachin Tendulkar had taken a slip catch of opener Tim McIntosh’s bat cleanly.

McIntosh was controversially dismissed for a duck as New Zealand began to chase down [...]

Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar.18 (ANI): India was 29 without loss in their first innings in reply to New Zealand’s 279 at stumps on day one of the first cricket test at Hamilton’s Seddon Park today.

Virender Sehwag (22) and Gautam Gambhir (6) safely negotiated the seven overs available before stumps, the Waikato Times reported.

Captain Daniel [...]