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Rachin Ravindra, who was this week named ICC Emerging Player of the Year for his World Cup heroics, was included on Friday in New Zealand's test squad for next month's two-match series against South Africa.
Star batters Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra were named Friday in the New Zealand squad for the two-match home Test series, starting next week, against an inexperienced South Africa side. Williamson returns to the Black Caps after a hamstring strain sidelined him during the recent home Twenty20 series win over Pakistan, which New Zealand took 4-1. Fresh from being named emerging player of the year by the International Cricket Council, rising star Ravindra will take the place of veteran Henry Nicholls, 32, in the middle order.
Star batters Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra were named Friday in the New Zealand squad for the two-match home Test series, starting next week, against an inexperienced South Africa side.
Pakistan's spinners ran through New Zealand to pick up a consolation 42-run win in the fifth and final Twenty20 international on Sunday and avoid a series clean sweep. The tourists lost the five-match series 4-1 but it ended on a positive note as they dismissed the Black Caps for a paltry 92 in defence of 134-8. Part-time offspinner Iftikhar Ahmed produced career-best figures of 3-24 as a weakened New Zealand batting lineup struggled against the turning ball and were skittled for their eighth-lowest T20 total.
New Zealand vs Pakistan 4th T20I Live Updates: With their backs against the wall, Pakistan gear up for the private salvaging 4th T20I against New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. New Zealand's stand-in skipper Mitchell Santner won the toss and opted to field first. Mohammad Rizwan's unbeaten 90-run knock paved the way for Pakistan to post 158/5 on the board in 20 overs on a tricky wicket. (LIVE Scorecard)
The Pakistan cricket team fans are not happy after the DJ at the University Oval, Dunedin played wrestler Big Show's World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) entrance music for wicket-keeper Azam Khan during the third T20I match against New Zealand on Wednesday. As Azam came out to bat in the 11th over of the Pakistan innings, the DJ played the music in the stadium and it enraged a lot of fans. The supporters were not happy on social media and many of them accused the DJ of 'body shaming' the Pakistan cricket team player. The cricketer scored just 10 before he was dismissed by Matt Henry.
Mohammad Rizwan tried to take a run without his bat but the result was not quite what he expected during the third T20I encounter between Pakistan and New Zealand on Wednesday. During the sixth over of the Pakistan innings, Rizwan played a ball from Matt Henry on the on-side but while sprinting to take a run, he lost control of his bat. He did not slow down and after touching down the crease at the non-striker end with his gloves, he ran to complete a second run. Although he had to complete a full-stretch dive at the end, no harm was done. However, the replays showed that during the first run, Rizwan's gloves were just short of the crease and as a result, the umpire decided to signal a short run.
New Zealand opener Finn Allen smashed a record-breaking 137 off 62 deliveries as New Zealand set Pakistan a 225-run target in the third T20I against Pakistan in Dunedin on Wednesday. In the process, Allen went past Brendon McCullum as the player with the highest score by a New Zealander in the shortest format of the game. Not only that, he also also equalled the world record of 16 sixes in an innings held by Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai. He hit Pakistan star Haris Rauf for 27 in an over.