New Zealand Cricket

Wednesday, after all, will be the day every single cricket fan in the world takes notice of one name: Finn Allen. The New Zealand opener made a mockery of the 170 runs South Africa had set in their T20 World Cup semi-final in Kolkata, with the Black Caps chasing it down inside 12.5 overs. Allen's century came off just 33 balls — the fastest ton in T20 World Cups and the joint third-fastest of all time across T20Is. Allen's ton off 33 balls

New Zealand trounced Canada despite a spectacular century by Yuvraj Samra in their Group D match and with it booked their place in the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup at Afghanistan's expense on Tuesday. Glenn Phillips (76) and Rachin Ravindra (59) clobbered unbeat half-centuries as New Zealand eased to a target of 174 with 4.5 overs to spare for their third win out of four. Pool leaders South Africa had already progressed to the super eight from the group with a hat-trick of

Daryl Mitchell hit an unbeaten 131 off 117 balls to lead New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over India on Wednesday in the second one-day international and level the three-match series at 1-1. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat in Rajkot, restricting hosts India to 284/7. The visitors overhauled that target with 15 deliveries to spare to set up a series decider. Mitchell, in good form in ODIs having scored 761 runs last year at an average of 54.35, walked out with New Zealand

Virat Kohli scored 93 to lead India’s thrilling four-wicket win over New Zealand after chasing down 301 in the first one-day international on Sunday. On-song Kohli notched up his 77th ODI half-century but failed to make a ton as India were reduced from 234-2 to 242-5 before they got past the finish line with six balls to spare in Vadodara. Skipper Shubman Gill hit a 56 in a stand of 118 for the second wicket with Kohli, who also combined impressively with Shreyas Iyer (49). Late