The race for the World Test Championship final has heated up after India and Australia sealed their respective series wins against England and New Zealand. India, Australia and New Zealand currently acquire the top three spots but this could change in the coming months.
Mitchell Marsh stitched up a 140-run stand with Alex Carey to take Australia within touching distance of the target. Marsh scored 80 off 102 balls with the help of 10 fours and a maximum.
One of the modern-day superstars of Test cricket, Steve Smith, continued to find his feet as an opener as he was dismissed for another low score while batting at the top of the order for Australia. Smith himself had volunteered to open the innings after David Warner's retirement.
New Zealand's fightback that started on Day 2 transformed into a full-blown dominance on the third day of the second and final Test against Australia as the Kiwis were on top with the visitors still needing 202 runs to win. Rachin Ravindra was the star of the show with the bat for the Kiwis.
Matt Henry has recorded the second-best bowling figures by a Kiwi against Australia in Test cricket. Sir Richard Hadlee's 9/52 is still the best bowling figures by a Kiwi against Australia in the red-ball format.
Virat Kohli has missed the five-match Test series against England due to personal reasons. But former New Zealand Test captain Kane Williamson has been in action right through and despite not making his 100th Test a memorable one, he has gone past Kohli.
Former New Zealand Test captain Kane Williamson walked out to standing ovation at Christchurch's Hagley Oval playing his 100th Test against Australia on Friday, March 8. Not just Williamson, Tim Southee, the current Kiwi Test skipper is also playing his 100th Test match.
New Zealand lost the first Test by a huge margin of 172 runs and are also troubled with an injury to William O'Rourke, their recent Test debutant. Earlier, they had tinkered the idea of calling back Neil Wagner within one Test of his retirement but the coach Gary Stead had denied any such chance.
Meg Lanning became the fastest batter to score 9,000 runs in T20 cricket surpassing her compatriot Beth Mooney while Devon Conway has been ruled out of the first half of IPL 2024 due to scheduled surgery on an injured thumb. Here's a look at the top 10 trending sports stories on March 4.
New Zealand skipper Tim Southee hasn't ruled out a possible comeback of Neil Wagner after the 37-year-old announced his retirement from international earlier this week. New Zealand lost the first of the two-match Test series against Australia in Wellington by 172 runs.
Australia took a 1-0 lead against New Zealand in the two-match Test series after winning the opening game in Wellington by 172 runs while Mumbai Indians returned to winning ways in the 2024 edition of the WPL beating RCB by 7 wickets. Here's a look at the top 10 trending sports stories on March 3.
Australia's win in the first Test against New Zealand in Wellington helped India move up to the top of the World Test Championship points table. Australia won the series opener by 172 runs after Nathan Lyon took six wickets in the fourth innings and 10 in the match.
New Zealand fought back on Day 3 to stay alive in the first Test against Australia but still need 258 runs with just seven wickets in the bag. Glenn Phillips starred with the ball taking his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests while Rachin Ravindra with an unbeaten fifty has kept the Kiwis afloat.
Puneri Paltan became the 7th team to win the Pro Kabaddi League trophy beating the Haryana Steelers in the final of the 2024 edition while MS Dhoni was present at the Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant pre-wedding celebrations in Jamnagar along with several other celebrities in top news of the day.
The only 4-dimensional player in modern-day cricket Glenn Phillips showed his prowess with the ball as the New Zealand off-spinner with his maiden five-wicket haul helped his side bowl out Australia for just 164 in the second innings on Day 3 in Wellington. New Zealand need 369 runs to win.
Australia didn't enforce the follow on and lost two wickets in the second innings for just 13 runs before stumps. But they now have a lead of 217 runs overall and will be keen on driving home the advantage on the third day. However, Cameron Green was the star of the day for the visitors.
Australia posted 383 runs in the first innings after being invited to bat first thanks to Cameron Green's unbeaten knock of 174 runs. The visitors then skittled New Zealand for just 179 runs to gain a massive lead of 204 runs to be in the ascendancy in the Test match.
Kane Williamson has come into the series on the back of some blazing form. He scored six hundreds, including a double hundred in the last ten Test innings before the ongoing Wellington Test against Australia.
Cameron Green registered the second hundred of his Test career. He is still unbeaten on 103 off 155 balls and is batting alongside Josh Hazlewood.
Usman Khawaja scored 33 runs off 118 balls during his stay at the crease and smashed three fours and a maximum. Khawaja aggregated 61 runs for the opening wicket alongside his new partner Steven Smith.
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