WTC Final | New Zealand bundle India out, need 139 to win
Sports | June 23, 2021 19:41 ISTNew Zealand need 139 runs to win the first ever World Test Championship final. The number of overs left in the day are above 50 overs.
New Zealand need 139 runs to win the first ever World Test Championship final. The number of overs left in the day are above 50 overs.
The four new cases came from Sri Lanka, the UAE and Russia, who have remained in managed isolation and quarantine facilities in Auckland, according to the Ministry of Health.
Once cabinet approves, 12-15-year-olds will become eligible for vaccination towards the end of the year, after older groups have had their turn.
India's batting superstars struggled to decode the "big riddle" called Kyle Jamieson while the bowlers found new batting sensation Devon Conway a difficult customer as New Zealand finished the third day of the World Test Championship final in a strong position.
New Zealand were the first team to qualify for the final after Australia were docked penalty points for slow over-rate during the Border-Gavaskar series. India booked their berth for the summit clash after defeating England 3-1 at home.
Ahead of the start of the final against India on June 18, we take a look at New Zealand's road to the WTC final.
Delhi Capitals pacer Avesh Khan emerged as one of the four standby players when the BCCI picked India's squad for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand and the five-match Test series against England. The 24-year-old said he and his family was preparing for Iftar when he got news of his selection.
New Zealand suspends entry for all travellers from India for two weeks following a surge in coronavirus cases.
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern temporarily suspends entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, following a high number of positive COVID-19 cases arriving from there. The suspension starts on April 11 and will be in place until April 28: Reuters
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6 on the Richter scale, hit the east coast of North Island of New Zealand on Monday, as per the National Center for Seismology.
Allen went on to get to his half century in just 18 balls, thus equalling Colin Munro's record for the second-fastest half-century by a Kiwi batsman in T20Is. Allen fell in the last over of the innings.
The earthquake was registered at 00:16 GMT, with the epicenter located at a depth of 9 kilometers (over 5 miles) 181 kilometers northeast of the city of Gisborne.
The magnitude 8.1 quake was the largest in a series of tremors that hit the region over several hours, including two earlier quakes that registered magnitude 7.4 and magnitude 7.3.
New Zealand emergency services ordered coastal communities across large swathes of the North Island to evacuate Friday amid fears a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific would generate a tsunami.
A strong earthquake jolted New Zealand on Thursday. The quake measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale and struck east of New Zealand's north Island. NEMA and GNS Science are assessing the earthquake parameters to determine if there is a tsunami risk to New Zealand.
Williamson's 238, along with 157 from Henry Nicholls and unbeaten 102 from Daryl Mitchell, helped the Black Caps declare their first innings on 659/6 in reply to Pakistan's 297.
Williamson-led New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 101 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series.
The Kiwis have now won five Test matches in four series and are on 300 points.
Brenton Tarrant, the Australian-born attacker who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, travelled extensively around the world, including India where he spent nearly three months, before moving to New Zealand to carry out the country’s worst massacre in 2019, according to a detailed report into the shootings released on Tuesday.
West Indies, who were six down for 196 in the second innings after being forced to follow on, are still 185 runs behind.
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