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(c)Cricinfo en-gb How India's spearhead has, over the last three seasons, transformed into a far more potent bowler than he used to be https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100700/100702.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/398838.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/398838.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398838 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT History, airports, and more tea than you can shake a stick at https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101300/101373.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/398891.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/398891.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398891 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats review of the three-Test series between India and New Zealand https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101700/101752.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398843.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398843.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398843 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sidharth Monga rates the performances of New Zealand's players in the Tests against India https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101100/101103.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398837.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398837.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398837 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India won a Test series in New Zealand after 41 years. Cricinfo runs the rule over those who contributed to the memorable achievement overseas https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101600/101684.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398836.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398836.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398836 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The final Test of the series summed up where India and New Zealand stood vis-à-vis history and Test rankings. Sidharth Monga reviews the series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101600/101685.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398818.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398818.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398818 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Gautam Gambhir has been the most consistent Test batsman since he made his permanent comeback to the Indian team, in Sri Lanka last year. And dare we say, the best too, Shivnarine Chanderpaul excepting https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101700/101708.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398376.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398376.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398376 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day for day three of the third Test between New Zealand and India in Wellington https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101600/101688.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398362.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398362.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398362 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zaheer Khan has the air of a man on the prowl. When on the field, his every step is measured. He saves his energy for the final act - the kill https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101600/101625.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398265.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398265.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398265 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Plays of the day for day two of the third Test between New Zealand and India in Wellington https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101600/101649.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398224.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398224.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398224 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT James Franklin and Iain O'Brien put pressure on India with testing spells https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101400/101480.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398072.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398072.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398072 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Harbhajan Singh has scored five Test fifties since the start of 2008 and India have lost only one of those games. Four of those have come against Australia. Coming in at 204 for 6 today after a good start had been wasted on the first day of a series-decid https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101500/101507.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398054.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398054.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398054 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Down here at the Basin Reserve a wide swinging delivery in the fourth over was crashed over point for six; the fifty was brought up in the 10th over https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101500/101507.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398027.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/398027.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-398027 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It has been 42 days since India arrived in Christchurch - on February 20, exactly 41 years to the day they first won a Test in New Zealand - to set right what they believed was an aberration https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101300/101351.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397756.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397756.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397756 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India have lost the last four times they've turned up for a Test at the Basin Reserve, and some of their heaviest defeats against New Zealand have been at this ground https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101200/101251.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397712.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397712.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397712 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The shortest format has well and truly come into its own and can no longer be sneered at https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101200/101226.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397560.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397560.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397560 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats highlights from the second Test between New Zealand and India, which ended in a high-scoring draw in Napier https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101200/101247.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397363.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397363.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397363 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There is such assurance and positivity about whatever Laxman does https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101200/101249.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397358.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397358.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397358 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A history lesson from Auckland, the Naked Bus, and Munaf goes native https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100700/100706.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397285.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/397285.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397285 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Napier Test has not yet been saved, but Gambhir has been instrumental in India taking that big step towards doing it, and he has made sure he is there to try and take the final steps as well https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101100/101190.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397244.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397244.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397244 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With 619 on the board for New Zealand, the third day was going to be one where the pitch would be taken out of the equation. It was going to be a day decided by mental and physical battles https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101100/101175.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397136.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397136.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397136 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT This Indian team has taken giant strides over the last year and a half, but when the pitch is flat, and when the batsmen are hard to dislodge, they seem to switch off https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101100/101120.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397015.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/397015.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-397015 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It had all the makings of a dramatic day for India. In fact, things started happening too quickly last afternoon https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101000/101090.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396910.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396910.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396910 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In a summer of gloom, the two silver linings for New Zealand cricket shone bright on a lovely sunny day in Napier today https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101100/101103.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396901.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396901.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396901 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Not only are they making a mockery of the jinxes that have haunted Indian cricket for long, Dhoni's men are also breaking long-standing traditions https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101000/101065.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396715.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396715.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396715 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Daniel Vettori knows the public deserves better than what happened in Hamilton, a tame defeat in four days. It's not the loss that hurts them as much, but the manner in which they lost https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100700/100704.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396702.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396702.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396702 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats preview to the second Test between New Zealand and India in Napier https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396693.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396693.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396693 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats highlights of the third day of the first Test between New Zealand and India in Hamilton https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396033.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396033.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396033 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bring back Shane Warne, Shaun Pollock and Wasim Akram because we have a conundrum here that only they can solve. The way Sachin Tendulkar has batted on this tour, and in the matches leading up to it, it seems he has hit the kind of patch he did in the mid https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100800/100811.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396031.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396031.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396031 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand's captain has made priceless contributions with the bat over the last six years, but his bowling against the top teams has been anything but incisive https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395905.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395905.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395905 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was an exhilarating day's play. Six wickets in the first session, followed by two superb centuries, a good comeback by the bowling side and a blazing start by the visitors https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100600/100697.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395646.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395646.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395646 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The hapless Chris Martin came in to bat with five balls to go in the Harbhajan over, with Ryder looking on from the non-striker's end, two short of a maiden Test century. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100700/100718.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395636.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395636.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395636 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A tough series will maintain the credibility of New Zealand's Test side, a win will set them forward by leaps, but they can't afford to get outplayed https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100400/100470.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395505.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395505.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395505 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT They may not have a Test win in New Zealand since 1976 but India are focused on winning the series instead of worrying about past performances https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395475.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395475.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395475 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand's bowling lacks penetration, and preparing seaming wickets won't be the ticket either https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/97400/97446.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395437.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395437.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395437 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stats preview to the first Test between New Zealand and India in Hamilton https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395429.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395429.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395429 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The first thing Daniel Vettori did upon arriving at Seddon Park, two days before the first Test, was to have a look at the pitch. He inspected it for a good five to ten minutes and then chatted with the curator Karl Johnson https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395388.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395388.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395388 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT If the two teams needed any motivation before the start of the Tests, it has arrived in the form of L Balaji and James Franklin https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395376.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395376.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395376 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Former cricketers - and a hockey star - queue up to be interrogated by our intrepid correspondent, and bowlers get the rough end of the stick https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100600/100601.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395337.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395337.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395337 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jesse Ryder is not your everyday cricketer - on the ratio of natural talent to hard work, he relies heavily on the side of talent https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395233.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/395233.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395233 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Not only in this series, but in the last few years, bowlers have been increasingly marginalised in ODIs in New Zealand https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395019.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/395019.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-395019 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A look at the important numbers from the run-fest in Christchurch, where 726 runs were scored from 95.1 overs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/394276.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/394276.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394276 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT So just how did Tendulkar set himself into a position to aim at the first ODI double-century before he had to retire hurt after 45 overs? https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/394273.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/394273.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394273 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Everybody hopes that the next three matches go the full distance, but don't rule out contingency plans for rain intervals being discussed in team meetings https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/393762.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/393762.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393762 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The joys of auto-check in. Chess in a public square with giant pieces. And meeting an international cricketer who also happens to be colleague… sort of https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/393160.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/393160.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393160 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand's wild child may finally be getting the method his madness needs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/392810.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/392810.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392810 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT He used to partner Richard Hadlee for New Zealand; now Ewen Chatfield drives a taxi around Wellington https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/392473.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/392473.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-392473 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand Cricket knows on which side their bread is buttered. Ergo, expect more favourable conditions for the Indian batsmen this time round https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/391978.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/391978.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391978 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT They all want a piece of the newest entry to India's Test squad, but Dhawal Kulkarni's feet are placed firmly on the ground https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/390673.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/390673.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-390673 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT