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:Harry Brook scored a brilliant century to drag England right back into the first test in Christchurch on Friday, driving the tourists to within 29 runs of New Zealand's tally of 348 on 319 for five at the end of day two.
New Zealand vs England 1st Test Day 2 Live Updates: England captured the vital wicket of Kane Williamson for 93 in a dramatic five-wicket final session to leave New Zealand 319 for 8 after day one of the first Test in Christchurch on Thursday. The hosts went to Tea at a healthy 193-3 and slumped to 252-7 before Glenn Phillips (41 not out) and Matt Henry (18) halted the collapse with a spirited 46-run stand for the eighth wicket. Shoaib Bashir, the only specialist spinner in the Test, was England's chief destroyer with 4-69. It left the contest finely balanced. (Live Scorecard)
England lost Zak Crawley, Jacob Bethell and Joe Root cheaply to reach lunch on 45-3 after finally bowling out New Zealand for 348 on the second day of the first test at Christchurch's Hagley Oval on Friday.
SRH Full Squad, IPL 2025: SRH have one of the most balanced squads heading into Day 2 of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. However, SRH they only have a purse of Rs 5.15 crore to spent on the second day. On Day 1, SRH bought Mohammad Shami (Rs 10 crore), Harshal Patel (Rs 8 crore), Ishan Kishan (Rs 11.25 crore), Rahul Chahar (Rs 3.2 crore), Adam Zampa (Rs 2.4 crore), Atharva Taide (Rs 30 lakhs), Abhinav Manohar (Rs 3 crore) and Simarjeet Singh (Rs 1.5 crore). They still have a minumum of 5 slots to fill in the squad. (Full Squad)
IPL 2025 Auction Day 2 LIVE: The IPL 2025 Auction Day 1 saw the ten franchises buy 72 cricketers with RIshabh Pant attracting a record-breaking bid of Rs 27 Crore from Lucknow Super Giants. There were no shortages of big money deals as Shreyas Iyer was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 Crore while Kolkata Knight Riders brought back Venkatesh Iyer for a staggering Rs 23.75 Crore. Day 2 will have more talents on offer with big names like Mayank Agarwal, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Phillips, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw in the fray. Some uncapped Indian talents are also expected to fetch surprising prices.
Kane Williamson will definitely return to the New Zealand team to play England in a three-test series that starts this week despite missing the tour of India with a groin strain, coach Gary Stead said on Monday.
After a total of 83 players went under the hammer on Day 1 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 auction, nearly 500 players are set to find out what fate has in store for them on Monday. The Day 2 unfolds with some capped batters being put up for auction, including the likes of Mayank Agarwal, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Phillips, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, etc.
SRH Full Squad, IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad impressed everyone with their aggressive brand of cricket and despite finishing runners-up in IPL 2024, the franchise showed great promise in almost all sectors. Ahead of the IPL 2025 auction, they paid a mammoth sum of Rs 24 Crore for South Africa star Heinrich Klaasen. Apart from Klaasen, the 2016 champions also paid huge money to retain the Australian duo of Travis Head and Pat Cummins. When it comes to the Indian players, they went for youth as both Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Reddy found a spot in the retention list.