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Ireland's men's cricket team will host the world number one sides in both the One Day International (New Zealand) and T20 (India) formats this year and also play a T20 series against South Africa in England.
Cape Town — Cricket South Africa (CSA) have praised Proteas’ Men’s team for the "fighting spirit" shown in the emphatic victory over New Zealand in the second Test of the two-match Series at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Tuesday morning.
Star Australian batsman Steve Smith said Tuesday he was "feeling good" after recovering from concussion and hopes to replicate his big scoring from the Ashes during Australia's tour of Pakistan, their first in 24 years. The 32-year-old fell heavily and banged his head attempting a boundary catch in the second Twenty20 against Sri Lanka in Sydney last month, ruling him out of the rest of that series. Smith, who is expected to be a batting mainstay for the tourists in the three-match Test series starting in Rawalpindi Friday, said he is looking forward to some big scores.
The South African men's cricket team came back strongly after the defeat in the first to draw the two-match series 1-1 through a 198-run victory in the second Test at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch against New Zealand. This could be considered a regular Test win by many; however, statistics prove that the triumph in Christchurch helped South Africa maintain a record which they will be extremely proud of. It has been exactly 90 years that both the Test playing nations have been battling it out in the longest format of the game. However, astonishingly New Zealand, the defending World Test Champions, are yet to win a Test series, home or away, against South Africa.
New Zealand stand-in skipper Tom Latham has not written off his team's chances of claiming back-to-back World Test Championships (WTC) despite defeat in the second Test to South Africa leaving the Black Caps' defence on shaky ground. Held to 1-1 home series draws by South Africa and Bangladesh after losing 1-0 away to India in late-2021, New Zealand are languishing at sixth on the WTC table ahead of a tour to England. Latham said his team believed "100%" they could still make next year's WTC final and would look to sweep England in the three-Test series starting in June. "Obviously we set out with with the ambitions of winning every Test match you play, especially at home," he told reporters after the 198-run loss to the Proteas at Hagley Oval. . "For us, I guess, when we get to England in a few months' time, it's obviously important that we shift our focus to that and try our best to win that series over there and get as many points as we can."
(Reuters) - New Zealand stand-in skipper Tom Latham has not written off his team's chances of claiming back-to-back World Test Championships (WTC) despite defeat in the second test to South Africa leaving the Black Caps' defence on shaky ground.
New Zealand stand-in skipper Tom Latham has not written off his team's chances of claiming back-to-back World Test Championships (WTC) despite defeat in the second test to South Africa leaving the Black Caps' defence on shaky ground.
World Test champions New Zealand suffered another disconcerting defeat at home, losing to South Africa by a massive 198 runs in the second Test in Christchurch on Tuesday.