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Australia vs New Zealand: Aaron Finch Under Microscope As Tough New Zealand Series Looms | Cricket News
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Australia vs New Zealand: Aaron Finch Under Microscope As Tough New Zealand Series Looms | Cricket News

[ad_1] Under-pressure Aaron Finch insisted Monday he was still "a pretty good" player after a horror run with the bat as Australia's limited overs captain bids to find form against New Zealand this week. The 35-year-old opener managed just 15, one and five in Australia's 2-1 ODI series win against Zimbabwe last week, following two consecutive ducks in the final two games of their recent series in Sri Lanka. With the T20 World Cup on home soil in October fast approaching, his position is under increasing scrutiny.Finch has three matches against the world's top ODI side in the Queensland city of Cairns, starting Tuesday, to stop the rot and silence the critics."You're always looking to improve and being able to train consistently and keep tinkering with my game to get better is the most im...
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Australia vs New Zealand: Aaron Finch Under Microscope As Tough ODI Series Looms | Cricket News
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Australia vs New Zealand: Aaron Finch Under Microscope As Tough ODI Series Looms | Cricket News

[ad_1] Under-pressure Aaron Finch insisted Monday he was still "a pretty good" player after a horror run with the bat as Australia's limited overs captain bids to find form against New Zealand this week. The 35-year-old opener managed just 15, one and five in Australia's 2-1 ODI series win against Zimbabwe last week, following two consecutive ducks in the final two games of their recent series in Sri Lanka.With the T20 World Cup on home soil in October fast approaching, his position is under increasing scrutiny.Finch has three matches against the world's top ODI side in the Queensland city of Cairns, starting Tuesday, to stop the rot and silence the critics."You're always looking to improve and being able to train consistently and keep tinkering with my game to get better is the most imp...
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India A vs New Zealand A, 1st Unofficial Test: Tilak Varma Scores Maiden Ton As Match Ends In Draw | Cricket News
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India A vs New Zealand A, 1st Unofficial Test: Tilak Varma Scores Maiden Ton As Match Ends In Draw | Cricket News

[ad_1] Promising batter Tilak Varma scored his maiden first- class hundred while Kuldeep Yadav bowled with much more control as the first 'unofficial Test' between India A and New Zealand A ended in a draw on Sunday. The match ended after New Zealand scored 133 for 4 in their second innings. This was after India A skipper Priyank Panchal declared his team's innings at 571 for 6 with Tilak becoming the third centurion of the innings with a fine 121 off 183 balls.The highlight of Indian bowling was Kuldeep Yadav's 2/38 in 22 overs. While the match meandered towards a draw, the left-arm wrist spinner did his cause no harm, bowling with a lot more control and precision compared to his first innings effort when he gave away 119 runs in 34 overs.The delivery to get rid of right-handed opener C...
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India A vs New Zealand A: Joe Carter Misses Out On Double-Century But Puts New Zealand On Top | Cricket News
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India A vs New Zealand A: Joe Carter Misses Out On Double-Century But Puts New Zealand On Top | Cricket News

[ad_1] Joe Carter plays a shot against India A in Bengaluru.© TwitterJoe Carter missed out on a double century by just three runs but put New Zealand A in a strong position against India A on day two of the first unofficial Test in Bengaluru on Friday. Carter, who resumed the day on 73, went on to bat for 305 balls helping New Zealand A post 400 all out in their first innings. They had resumed the day at 153 for five. It was a one-man show from Carter who was the sole batter to cross the 40-run mark before reaching his highest first class score.In response, India A were 156 for one in 37 overs with opener Abhimanyu Easwaran (87 batting off 120) nearing a century. Captain Priyank Panchal perished after scoring 47 off 83 balls.Ruturaj Gaikwad (20 batting off 19) was in the middle alongside...
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1st Unofficial Test: Mukesh Kumar Shines As India A Restrict New Zealand A To 156/5 On Day 1 | Cricket News
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1st Unofficial Test: Mukesh Kumar Shines As India A Restrict New Zealand A To 156/5 On Day 1 | Cricket News

[ad_1] Bengal seamer Mukesh Kumar bowled to a probing channel in all his spells as India A stifled New Zealand A to 156 for five before bad light stopped play on the opening day of the first 'Unofficial' Test. Playing for a representative national side (India U-19, India U-23, India A or Senior India) for the first time, the right-arm fast-medium bowler got the ball to move both ways and finished with figures of 13-4-34-3, with a wicket in each of his three spells.In fact, Mukesh got wickets with the new (4.3 overs), semi-new (35.3 overs) and old ball (57.4 overs), as only 61 overs of play was possible out of the maximum 90.While two left-arm pacers Yash Dayal (13-2-35-1) and Arzan Nagwaswalla (13-2-34-1) also got a wicket apiece, Mukesh was the best bowler on the day by a fair distance....
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1st Unofficial Test: All Eyes On Sarfaraz Khan, Kuldeep Yadav As India A Take On New Zealand A | Cricket News
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1st Unofficial Test: All Eyes On Sarfaraz Khan, Kuldeep Yadav As India A Take On New Zealand A | Cricket News

[ad_1] Sarfaraz Khan will be aiming to convert his stupendous domestic performances into big runs at the international level when he takes strike for India A in the first unofficial Test against New Zealand A, starting from Thursday. The New Zealand A side includes at least half a dozen of players who have represented the senior national team in some format over the years and would give competition to the home team.Most of the players in the Indian squad are the ones who played an A series in South Africa late last year and would like to consolidate their positions in the Test team's pecking order.But no one would get the kind of traction that Sarfaraz is supposed to as he is back at the same venue where he scored a hundred in the Ranji Trophy final a couple of months ago.While the chose...
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Australia’s Mitchell Marsh Ruled Out Of Zimbabwe, New Zealand Series Due To Injury | Cricket News
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Australia’s Mitchell Marsh Ruled Out Of Zimbabwe, New Zealand Series Due To Injury | Cricket News

[ad_1] File photo of Mitchell Marsh© AFPMitchell Marsh will miss the rest of the ODI series against Zimbabwe and matches versus New Zealand after suffering a minor ankle injury, with Australia taking no chances ahead of the T20 World Cup. The all-rounder was experiencing "ankle soreness" following the five-wicket defeat of Zimbabwe on Sunday in Townsville, according to cricket.com.au on Tuesday.Marsh is expected to be fit for Australia's T20 tour of India next month, which comes prior to the World Cup on home soil.Wicketkeeper Josh Inglis will return from England to step in for the 30-year-old, but he will not arrive in time for Wednesday's second ODI against Zimbabwe, again in Townsville."It's disappointing for Mitch, but there's some pretty important stuff coming up," team-mate Steve S...
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