One of Kiwis's best assets in the attacking unit and a pacey left armer with an eye for wickets. He burst onto the scene with his impressive performances in the 2007 New Zealand A tour of India A. He was in and around the New Zealand senior team for a while till he made his Test debut in 2011. He made an instant impact by taking legend Michael Hussey's wicket and helped New Zealand win a Test series in Australia for the first time since 1985. He has collected wickets against West Indies, England, Australia, India and Sri Lanka and has been a Test regular ever since. Known as a silent assasin on the field with his quick swing, Boult has also been a favourite in the lucrative Indian Premier League and has played for franchises such as Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils. Boult's name is expected to be in the World Cup squad.
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The 29-year-old said an opening batting partnership will be crucial for the hosts.
The home team won despite having been dismissed for 178 in the first innings, that total made competitive by lower-order batsman Tim Southee's 68. Southee was named player of the match.
Jeet Raval (74) and Tom Latham (74 not out) completed half centuries and Kane Williamson made 48 as New Zealand finished the day at 231/2, with an overall lead of 305.
Boult's first five wickets came faster than any other bowler in Test history; from 11 balls, beating Jacques Kallis's record of 12 balls against Bangladesh in 2002.
Boult provided New Zealand early success when the out-of-form Hafeez edged low to Tim Southee at second slip.
New Zealand recovered from Tom Latham's first-ball dismissal to reach 56-1 in its second innings at stumps, trailing by just 18 runs.
An announcement to this effect was made on Monday by James Wear, GM Commercial, New Zealand Cricket, at a special interaction arranged by official broadcasters of IPL.
Danny Morrison and Shane Bond are the other New Zealand fast bowlers to perform hat tricks in ODIs.
It was a double delight for Rishabh Pant, as he also received the Stylish Player Award. Pant ended as the second highest run-getter in the tournament with 684 runs from 14 games.
Leg-spinners Amit Mishra (2/20), Trent Boult (2/20) and Sandeep Lamichhane (1/21) starred for the hosts Delhi in an impressive bowling effort that restricted Chennai to 128/6 in 20 overs.
The match had everything involved, but the standout alone was Boult's breathtaking catch. AB de Villiers struck 90 off 39 balls for RCB while Rishab Pant thrashed 85 of 45 balls for DD.
The hosts slumped to 36/5 in their first innings with all of its recognized batsmen dismissed before wicketkeeper BJ Watling and all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme stitched a record partnership for New Zealand against England of 142 for the sixth wicket
New Zealand defeated England by an innings and 49 runs in the first Test to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.
Kiwi pacers - Trent Boult took a career-best 6/32 and Tim Southee took 4/25 in the first day-night Test played in New Zealand to jointly bowl out England for 58 in 20.4 overs on day 1.
It's the sixth lowest score for England and their lowest against New Zealand as their debacle lasted only 93 minutes at Eden Park, Auckland.
Santner took 3/15 from five overs and Boult had 3/18 as West Indies' run chase crumbled.
Trent Boult bagged a career best of seven wickets as he ripped pas the West Indies batting line-up, handing them a huge loss of 204 runs.
Shaw gave glimpses of his immense talent, scoring 66 off 780 balls, to help Board President's XI comfortably beat New Zealand by 30 runs in their opening warm-up game.
The audiences at the Indore stadium today witnessed a rare Cricketing incident as India was handed a five-run penalty when Ravindra Jadeja ran straight down the middle of the pitch despite getting a warning by
London: England was all out for 389 less than an hour into the second day of the first cricket test at Lord's on Friday, as New Zealand fast bowlers Trent Boult and Matt Henry finished
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