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☆ NZ confident about future after semi-final exit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Skipper Williamson had no complaints about how the Blacks Caps were manhandled out of the semi-finals by India on Wednesday, possibly bringing to an end his hopes of ever raising the oldest limited-overs World Cup trophy. The batting great, who has played in four World Cup semi-finals and two finals, will be 37 when southern Africa hosts the quadrennial 50-overs showpiece in 2027, while strike bowlers Tim Southee and Trent Boult will be 38. "You can only hope that, as we experienced from some of our leaders as young guys, that we can continue to bring players through. "I love being part of this group and we've got a number of world class players who love being in that changeroom and love playing for New Zealand. Reporting by Nick Mulvenney in Sydney, editing by Shri NavaratnamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kane Williamson, Skipper Williamson, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Williamson, It's, Matt Henry, Jimmy Neesham, Mark Chapman, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell, we've, Nick Mulvenney, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: Blacks Caps, India, Black Caps, Caps, New Zealand, Thomson Locations: MUMBAI, New Zealand, Africa, India, While, New, Sydney

☆ India win toss, bat first against New Zealand in semi-final
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Sudipto Ganguly | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/13] Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - Semi-Final - India v New Zealand - Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India - November 15, 2023 India's Virat Kohli celebrates after reaching his 50th century, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record of most number of ODI centuries REUTERS/Adnan Abidi Acquire Licensing RightsMUMBAI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat in the first World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. The venue, where India won their last 50-overs World Cup title, has hosted four day-night contests so far at this tournament with three of those being won by the team batting first. Australia were the only team to win batting second at the ground after Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten double hundred. For Wednesday's contest, both India and New Zealand were unchanged from their previous match. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said he would have batted first as well.

Persons: India's Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar's, Adnan Abidi, Rohit Sharma, Glenn Maxwell, we've, Sharma, I've, Kane Williamson, Williamson, they've, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitch Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Sudipto Ganguly, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, New Zealand, Wankhede, Rights, India, Black, KL Rahul, Thomson Locations: India, New, Mumbai, Rights MUMBAI, Australia, New Zealand, Dharamsala . New Zealand, South Africa, Eden, Ahmedabad, Zealand

☆ Confident New Zealand ready for business end of World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"We know that if we play the way we want to play, we'll come out on the right side of the draw. "Throughout the World Cup, the bowling attacks that have done well have passed the baton to the next bowler," Ferguson added. "We probably haven't had as much as we'd have liked over the whole World Cup but it was nice to see Boulty and Tim get some early wickets." New Zealand have reached the final of the last two World Cups and beat India to reach the title-decider in 2019, Ferguson's breakout tournament. Ferguson was confident he would be fit to play a role against the hosts if, as is likely, New Zealand's place in the semi-finals for the fourth straight World Cup is confirmed.

Persons: Zealand's Lockie Ferguson, Lanka's Chamika Karunaratne, Adnan Abidi, Paceman Lockie Ferguson, We've, Ferguson, we'll, Duckworth, Lewis, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Mitch Santner, Rachin Ravindra mopped, Tim, Nick Mulvenney, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Chinnaswamy, Lanka's Chamika Karunaratne REUTERS, Rights, Sri, Caps, Pakistan, Zealand, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bengaluru, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sydney

☆ New Zealand's Boult excited by prospect of facing India in World Cup semis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Boult bagged 3-37 to help restrict Sri Lanka to 171 before New Zealand made short work of the chase to snap a run of four straight defeats, finishing their pool stage campaign with 10 points from nine games. "I can't speak on what they're thinking but from our point of view to play the World Cup in India and come up against the hosts, a team that's red hot playing good cricket at a great ground - you couldn't script it any better," Boult said. "Excited if that happens, I feel like we've done all we can from our point of view and we'll wait and see what happens." "But history suggests it's a good wicket," Boult said. Doesn't get any bigger than taking on India in front of 1.5 billion people.

Persons: Zealand's Trent Boult, Lanka's Charith Asalanka, Adnan Abidi, seamer Trent Boult, Boult, Doesn't, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Toby Davis Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Chinnaswamy, Lanka's Charith Asalanka REUTERS, Rights, Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bengaluru, India, Afghanistan, South Africa, Pakistan, , New Zealand, Mumbai, New, Dharamsala

☆ New Zealand restrict Sri Lanka to 171 in vital World Cup game
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Seamer Trent Boult and spinner Mitchell Santner landed timely blows as New Zealand restricted Sri Lanka to 171 all out in their World Cup encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. A big win for New Zealand will put them in a strong position to bag the last semi-final spot and join India, South Africa and Australia, while Sri Lanka need a victory to boost their chances of a top-eight finish for 2025 Champions Trophy qualification. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson's decision to bowl after winning the toss paid off early as pacemen Boult (3-37) and Tim Southee (1-52) ripped through Sri Lanka's top-order to leave them in trouble at 32-3 inside five overs. A fit-again Lockie Ferguson (2-35) struck in his second over to dismiss the aggressive Perera for 51 as Sri Lanka crumbled to 70-5 before folding in the 47th over for a modest total after Santner (2-22) and Rachin Ravindra (2-21) joined the party. Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Seamer Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Kane Williamson's, pacemen Boult, Tim Southee, Kusal Perera, Tom Latham, Boult, Charith Asalanka, Lockie Ferguson, Perera, Rachin Ravindra, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: New Zealand, Sri, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Zealand, Sri Lanka, India, South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka's, New Zealand, Bengaluru

☆ New Zealand in good head-space after Dalai Lama visit
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

New Zealand have the luxury of back-to-back games in the former British hill station where they face a resurgent Australia on Saturday. With the town also the base of the Tibetan government-in-exile, New Zealand players jumped at the chance to meet the organisation's spiritual leader. "This morning most of the group went to meet the Dalai Lama in person at his residence which was amazing," said batsman Will Young. "The boys have had a good chance to obviously get stuck into the cricket but also have a bit of down-time as well." With a 4-1 record midway through the group phase, 2019 runners-up New Zealand are sitting pretty at third in the standings.

Persons: Tom Latham, India's Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Adnan Abidi, Dalai, Tom Latham's, Lama, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Williamson, Young raved, Ian Ransom, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, British, New Zealand, Thomson Locations: India, New Zealand, Himachal, Dharamsala, Australia, Chennai, New, Zealand, Melbourne

☆ India ask NZ to bat first in a clash of unbeaten sides
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Twice champions India left out an injured Hardik Pandya and fellow all-rounder Shardul Thakur bringing in batter Suryakumar Yadav and seamer Mohammed Shami. Rohit said India relished chasing on a track, where dew could make bowling difficult in the second innings. "In training yesterday we thought dew came in early," Rohit said. New Zealand, who are without regular skipper Kane Williamson, fielded the same team that beat Afghanistan in their previous match. "We would've bowled first as well due to the dew," stand-in skipper Tom Latham said.

Persons: Daryl Mitchell, Adnan Abidi, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Suryakumar Yadav, seamer Mohammed Shami, Rohit, India, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit, Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Amlan Chakraborty, Sonali Paul Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, New Zealand, India, KL Rahul, Thomson Locations: India, New Zealand, Himachal, Dharamsala, Afghanistan, Jasprit Bumrah, Zealand, New Delhi

☆ Injuries hamper New Zealand challenge at World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Nick Mulvenney | Thomson Reuters | Leads Coverage Of Sport Across The Asia-Pacific. Still Reports On The Full Panoply Of Sport. Many Olympics World Cups World Championships Grand Slams Grands Prix | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

None was closer than the final of the 50-over World Cup against England four years ago, when New Zealand missed out on boundary countback after two Super Overs failed to separate the teams. The Black Caps accepted the Lord's defeat with admirable good grace, as they had far more emphatic losses to Australia in the 2015 title decider and the 2021 Twenty20 World Cup final. The New Zealand captain made a quite remarkable recovery to take his spot in the World Cup squad but only returned to batting in a warm-up victory over Pakistan on Friday. Williamson will not be available for the tournament opener, a rematch of the 2019 final against England in Ahmedabad next Thursday. The Black Caps have proved highly adept at tournament management in recent World Cups and Stead was unconcerned that they headed to India ranked sixth in the world.

Persons: Zealand's Kane Williamson, Andrew Couldridge, Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Williamson, Southee, Boult, Gary Stead, Kane, Stead, Michael Bracewell, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Jimmy Neesham, Nick Mulvenney, Ed Osmond Organizations: New, England, New Zealand, Black Caps, Indian Premier League, World, Pakistan, Twenty20, India, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, New Zealand, Australia, India, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad

☆ Record Stokes ton leads England to huge win over New Zealand
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Stokes, who last month reversed his retirement from ODI cricket, hammered a 124-ball 182 to record England's highest individual score in the 50-overs format, bettering Jason Roy's previous record of 180. "Coming back into the team after a while out, it's nice to come back and help the team," Stokes said. We weren't able to build partnerships," New Zealand captain Latham said. There's levels that we can keep achieving, there's more in the tank," England captain Buttler said. The series is crucial for both sides' preparations as they look ahead to next month's Cricket World Cup in India.

Persons: Ben Stokes, Will Young, Benjamin Lister, Stokes, Jason Roy's, Glenn Phillips's, Rachin Ravindra, Chris Woakes, Henry Nicholls, Tom Latham, Liam Livingstone, Reece Topley, Latham, Trent Boult, Jonny Bairstow, Boult, Joe Root, Dawid Malan, Malan, Jos Buttler, England's tailenders, Ben Lister, Buttler, Lister, Adam Milne, Aadi Nair, Toby Davis Organizations: New Zealand, New, Zealand, Lord's, Thomson Locations: England, New, London, Britain, New Zealand, Livingstone, India, Bengaluru

☆ New Zealand mount home defence against England's 'Bazball'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

While New Zealand have not lost a test series at home to England since 2008, Stokes's men have little respect for the record books. If New Zealand have a sliver of hope it may lie in England's trouble with day-night tests. England have lost their last five under the lights and neither James Anderson nor Ollie Robinson have much love for the pink Kookaburra ball. England have not looked back since McCullum and Stokes took charge but the series will be a reminder of where it all began for the Anderson-Stuart Broad pace axis. They kept their spots for the third and final clash in Napier, which England won to seal the series 2-1.

☆ Black Caps tweak 2021 squad for T20 World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Martin Guptill will play in his seventh T20 World Cup and Devon Conway will keep wickets in addition to his batting duties at the tournament, which starts for the Black Caps with a re-run of last year's final against Australia in Sydney on Oct. 22. Seamer Adam Milne, who was an injury replacement for Lockie Ferguson at last year's tournament in the United Arab Emirates, was retained in the absence of Kyle Jamieson, who has a back problem. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterHard-hitting batsman Allen and all-rounder Bracewell are the numeric replacements for leg spinner Todd Astle and wicketkeeper Tim Seifert, who both missed out. "With the nucleus of that squad retained along with the exciting additions of Finn and Michael, we should go into the tournament with plenty of optimism." New Zealand also face Afghanistan, England and two as yet undetermined qualifiers from the opening stage of the tournament in Group 1 of the Super 12.

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