Twelve months ago on this day, England had claimed the 50 over World Cup title after beating New Zealand by virtue of a contentious boundary count-back rule
The Super Over, which was the first-ever in a World Cup final, also ended in a tie as both teams scored 15 runs each
New Zealand's top cricketers will return to squad training at the country's High Performance Centre in Lincoln this week after a prolonged break caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
This clarification comes days after some media outlets reported that New Zealand had offered to host the tournament
Peter Fulton has quit as New Zealand's batting coach to take up the job of head coach of the Canterbury men's team, the country's cricket board said on Thursday. Fulton, a former international player who featured in 23 Tests and 49 ODIs for New Zealand, took up the position with the national team in August 2019 and travelled to Sri Lanka and Australia besides being part of the home tours against England and India. Fulton said he had enjoyed his time with the national team but the Canterbury offer was hard to ignore. "It's been an honour to get back involved with the national team and I'd like to thank the players and staff for making me feel so welcome," the 41-year-old former right-handed batsman said in a statement on New Zealand Cricket (NZC) website. "The Canterbury role appealed to me in terms of my aspirations to be a head coach and further my development in the game. "The chance to spend more time at home with my young family and coach my home province were also motivating
Former South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers has recalled the moment when the Proteas were sent crashing out of the 2015 World Cup semi-final at the hands of New Zealand.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson explained his thought-process behind sending in Martin Guptill and Jimmy Neesham during the super over
ICC had attracted a barrage of criticism after England were declared winners in 2019 World Cup final against New Zealand on boundary countback after tie in regulation period and subsequent Super Over
Priest was not included in the White Ferns' list of centrally-contracted players announced earlier month
Former Australia batsman Dean Jones had also suggested that T20 World Cup can be played in New Zealand as the country has eased lockdown measures considerably
I would say it is unlikely, trying to get (teams from) 16 countries into Australia when most countries are still going through Covid spiking is unrealistic or very, very difficult, says CA chairman
There is speculation that the October-November window for the ICC T20 World cup would be taken up by the IPL 2020 if the ICC announces a postponement or cancellation.
New Zealand's health ministry on Monday said that it no longer has any active cases of the novel coronavirus
The New Zealand women's team also known as White Ferns went on to post a mammoth 491/4 in an ODI against Ireland at Dublin
New Zealand has not recorded any new case of coronavirus in the last 12 days and presently has just one active case.
The ICC also launched an inquiry into concerns over the 'confidentiality' of its functioning, which the Board felt has been breached in the past few days
There is very little chance of World T20 going ahead in this situation and I don't think either Cricket Australia or the top boards will mind, says a source
ICC has recommended appointment of chief medical officers, 14-day pre-match isolation training camp, use of gloves by umpires while handling the ball, as cricket set to return from coronavirus hiatus
Brendon played his natural game and it brought a lot of success to us, Brendon was so gifted in his approach to the game, it really complimented the team in a big way, says Williamson
Following New Zealand's 0-3 whitewash in the Australia Test series, questions were put up over Williamson's captaincy, with some saying that he was carrying too onerous a workload