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NZ claim first Test victory in India for 36 years

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Will Young and Rachin Ravindra led New Zealand to a dominant victory in Bengaluru

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First Test, Bengaluru (day five of five)

India 46: Henry 5-15, O'Rourke 4-22 & 462: Sarfaraz 150, Pant 99

New Zealand 402: Ravindra 134, Conway 91 & 110-2: Young 48*

New Zealand won by eight wickets


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New Zealand captain Tom Latham said it was a "proud moment" after his side claimed their first Test victory in India for 36 years - and only their third ever.

Latham had to watch from the dressing room after being removed for a duck by Jasprit Bumrah as the visitors chased 107 to win.

But Will Young and Rachin Ravindra settled the nerves, guiding New Zealand from a precarious 35-2 through to an eight-wicket win on the final day of the Test in Bengaluru.

It gives New Zealand a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series.

New Zealand's previous Test victories in India came in 1969 at Nagpur and at Mumbai in 1988.

Latham's side set up the victory by bowling India out for 46 - their lowest Test total on home soil - on the first day.

"There have been a lot of teams that have come here over that long period of time, so obviously it's a special feeling," Latham said.

"The work we did in that first and second innings with the ball and with the bat set up the game for us."

It was a resounding first win as full-time captain for the 32-year-old, who replaced Tim Southee earlier this month.

India skipper Rohit Sharma took positives from the way his side battled back in the second innings, as they attempted to become the first team to win a Test after conceding a first-innings lead of more than 350.

"We didn't think we'd be 46 all out but due credit to New Zealand - it set us back and games like this will happen," he said.

Sarfaraz Khan's 150 and 99 from wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant helped India to 462 in their second innings to give the home bowlers a small total to defend on a final-day pitch that had to be covered overnight due to rain.

And Bumrah gave India a glimmer of hope when he removed Latham lbw with the second ball of the day.

He then trapped Devon Conway lbw after a successful review, but that was India's last breakthrough.

First-innings centurion Ravindra hit six fours in his unbeaten 39 and was named player of the match, while Young hit the winning runs with his seventh four as he finished on 48.

"We have got to take the good things forward," added Rohit, with the second Test scheduled to begin in Pune on Thursday.

"We've been here before, conceding home losses, these things happen. We know what it takes and will give it all in the next two Tests."

India have history on their side, having won 18 consecutive Test series on home soil, stretching back to 2012.

 

New Zealand beat SA to win first T20 World Cup

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New Zealand win first T20 World Cup with victory over South Africa

Ffion Wynne
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Women's T20 World Cup final, Dubai

New Zealand 158-5 (20 overs): Kerr 43 (38); Mlaba 2-31

South Africa 126-9 (20 overs): Wolvaardt 33 (27); Kerr 3-24, Mair 3-25

New Zealand won by 32 runs

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New Zealand were crowned surprise champions of the Women's T20 World Cup with a comprehensive 32-run win over South Africa in Dubai.

The White Ferns had lost 10 successive matches coming into the tournament, and this is their first T20 title, after losing successive finals in 2009 and 2010.

They were on top at the halfway point, but the Proteas started strongly in pursuit of 159 for victory, reaching 51-0 inside seven overs before slipping to 77-5 and then stuttering to 126-9.

Leg-spinner Melie Kerr finished with 3-24, becoming the tournament's leading wicket-taker, and seamer Rosemary Mair took 3-25 in an emotional occasion for a team with so little expectation of triumph.

Kerr also added a vital contribution with the bat, scoring 43 from 38 balls in a crucial partnership of 57 with Brooke Halliday to set up the White Ferns' imposing 158-5.

In a fluctuating innings, New Zealand dominated the powerplay with 43-1 before South Africa fought back in the middle overs which included a spell of 48 balls without a boundary.

But Halliday's 38 from 28 balls, alongside Maddy Green's six-ball 12, ensured New Zealand struck 48 from the final five overs to punish an ultimately wasteful bowling performance from South Africa, who gifted 10 wides and three no-balls.

Captain Laura Wolvaardt scored a fluent 33 at the top of the order as South Africa also capitalised on the first six overs, reaching 47-0, before New Zealand's spin trio turned the screw, including the prized wicket of all-rounder Marizanne Kapp for just eight.

The rest of the batting order then succumbed to the growing run-rate pressure as opener Tazmin Brits' 17 was the second-highest score, with batters Anneke Bosch, Nadine de Klerk and Sune Luus all falling in single figures alongside Kapp.

It is the second year running that South Africa have lost the final as New Zealand put in a complete performance when it mattered the most which resulted in tears of joy for two of the sport's most experienced campaigners in Suzie Bates and captain Sophie Devine.

In the first year that the International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced equal prize money for it's men's and women's tournaments, New Zealand will take home $2.34 million (£1.75m) with South Africa taking $1.7m (£878,000).

Kerr shines but South Africa fall short again

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Wolvaardt is caught by Bates off the bowling of Kerr

In a tournament that has been dominated by low scores on bowler-friendly surfaces, it was New Zealand's batting intent from the beginning that was immediately eye-catching.

When opener Georgia Plimmer skipped down the pitch to Marizanne Kapp's second ball - despite missing - the message was clear. They were not going to die wondering.

Plimmer eventually fell for nine and Bates added 32, before Kerr and Devine were tasked with the rebuilding effort after a little wobble to 53-2.

But when Devine was lbw to De Klerk for six in the 11th over, there was a danger of New Zealand wasting their positive start, where they had played with such freedom and found the boundary regularly with little sign of any big-occasion nerves.

Kerr held firm, steadily rotating the strike at a run-a-ball while Halliday played more expansively around her, constantly pushing twos even when the boundaries were not flowing. This kept the pressure on South Africa's bowlers, who were struggling for consistency for the first time in the tournament.

After Halliday's departure, Kerr was rewarded for her patience as she thumped back-to-back boundaries off Nonkululeko Mlaba in the penultimate over, before Ayabonga Khaka's horror final over conceded 16 - including the game's only six from Green - to put New Zealand firmly in the driving seat.

The scoreboard pressure did the rest as South Africa wilted, unable to capitalise on Wolvaardt's knock, with Kerr taking her tournament tally to 15 - a new record in a Women's T20 World Cup, beating England's Anya Shrubsole and Australian Megan Schutt's previous record of 13.

New Zealand's elation was heartbreakingly juxtaposed by South Africa's despair, falling short at the final hurdle once more as the country's agonising wait for a global cricket title - men's or women's - continues.

'I’m a little bit speechless' - what they said
Player of the match and tournament Melie Kerr: "I’m a little bit speechless to be honest. To get the win considering what we have been through, it’s what dreams are made of.

"I was cramping up in the field, but it didn’t stop me bowling. I just want to keep getting better, I have never enjoyed bowling so much. It’s always nice to get the big players out; you want to be a big-match player and make a breakthrough."

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine: "I started to let myself dream a little bit last night about what it would be like, I didn't want to get too far ahead of myself. It's hard to say what it means, not just for myself but for the other players, the team and for New Zealand cricket.

"The results coming into the tournament weren't great but we were moving in the right direction.

"Melie's a once in a generation player. What she was able to do tonight with the bat was incredible."

South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt: "We had a quality opponent in New Zealand and didn't play our best cricket tonight.

"They really came at us hard in that powerplay, we maybe thought we could ride that wave but they put too much pressure on us with the bat."

 

Good weekend for NZ sport what with winning the America's Cup again, not that anyone was following it.....

Fair play to them....

 

A blast from the past .....................

The English batsman who enlisted a hypnotist to get over Lillee and Thomson bombardment.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/the-en...-and-thomson-bombardment-20241021-p5kjvv.html

 

England win toss, choose to bat and are 3 down already.

 

98-5. Awful.

 

Apologies for not looking myself but is this the same pitch as the other 2 Matches?

 

New pitch mate, Rawalpindi.

 

You have to say the spinners are in their element on that pitch. Noman and Sajid have bowled unchanged from the start of England’s 2nd innings in the last test and we don't seem to have the answer...

 

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Pakistan ground staff definately learnt from the first test though.

 

42 overs with just the 2 bowlers

 

Hopefully they've worn their fingers out.

 

A lot keeping low. The England batsmen like to play back to spin mostly, but you can't do that when it doesn't bounce. Get forward.

 

Smith and Atkinson showing some grit at least.

 

Good partnership by these two & playing sensible

 

Really going for it now.

 

Atkinson gone, but Smith playing beautifully. What a player he is.