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WELLINGTON : New Zealand's Matt Henry made a memorable return to test cricket in the opening match against South Africa and the 30-year-old said it was "surreal" to match a benchmark set by Richard Hadlee, who cheered him on at the Hagley Oval on Thursday.
Australia's white-ball captain and longtime opening batsman, Aaron Finch, could bat as low as five if needed, the 35-year-old said as the team experiments with strategies ahead of its Twenty20 World Cup defence on home soil this year.
Ireland's Brendan 'Bubba' Newby finished 20th of 23 competitors in qualifying for the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe in snowy conditions at at the Winter Olympics.
Johannesburg - The Proteas have no other option but to look ahead to tomorrow, the sun rising and hopefully better fortunes for them in the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch.
The Proteas had a dismal day with the bat against New Zealand on the day 1 on the first Test against New Zealand. Stuart Hess looks at the highlights of the day.
Christchurch on Thursday after Matt Henry spearheaded the attack with a career-best seven for 23. Henry's bounce and movement saw South Africa fold for 95 before tea, and at stumps New Zealand had benefitted from the wicket browning off in the late afternoon and were 116 for three. Henry Nicholls was not out on 37 with nightwatchman Neil Wagner, dropped in the final over, on two. Crucial to New Zealand's performance was Tom Latham winning the toss -- for the first time in the nine Tests he has been captain -- and putting South Africa in to bat.
The Crusaders are preparing to play their first match of Super Rugby Pacific, against the Hurricanes under the roof in Dunedin this weekend, and head coach Scott Robertson has named a strong side to kick off their 2022 campaign.
Staring at another series defeat, a struggling India will welcome the return of star opener Smriti Mandhana for the third women's ODI against New Zealand here on Friday. Mandhana, the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year, had exited mandatory quarantine in Christchurch to join the squad ahead of second ODI but needed a few days to get match ready.