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South Africa's spinners surprise

Stats highlights of the first day of the Wellington Test between New Zealand and South Africa

16-Mar-2017•Gaurav Sundararaman

Taylor's absence could be a hole too big for New Zealand

Kane Williamson shone in the opening Test and now there is even more on the shoulders of the captain

15-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Wellington

Four six-fors in a Test, and the highest last-wicket stand in ODIs

Also: who missed the largest number of Tests over the course of a career?

14-Mar-2017•Steven Lynch

Broom, no more New Zealand's nearly-man

A decade after his first tryst with Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander, Neil Broom is set for a re-match on the biggest stage of them all

14-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Wellington

Rejuvenated Patel finds his second wind

At 36, the offspinner is enjoying the responsibility of leading New Zealand's spin attack, a proposition he didn't expect three years ago

11-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Lowest scoring rate in 19 years

Another sedate day in Dunedin meant that the scoring rate in the first Test is the slowest in New Zealand in the last 19 years

11-Mar-2017•Shiva Jayaraman

New Zealand's day of what could have been

Dropped catches and poor use of the DRS set tone for a frustrating day for New Zealand

11-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

It takes a rare cricketer to reach a century, not just make one

The birthdays of Tom Pritchard and Jack Laver this week draw notice to an exclusive band of cricketers who have lived 100 years and more

10-Mar-2017•Brydon Coverdale

South Africa's Dunedin time machine

Two tightly-contested first innings and the threat of rain spoiling the finish: it might ring a bell for a few of the players

10-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

A rare hundred, a rarer five-for

Kane Williamson scored only the fourth hundred by a New Zealand captain in Tests against South Africa

10-Mar-2017•Shiva Jayaraman

Elgar embraces a different challenge

The first day in Dunedin was a challenge quite different to any of those Dean Elgar had overcome before. This situation called for a different kind of application: a unique combination of stubbornness and resourcefulness that Elgar embodies

08-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Elgar's productive run, South Africa's crawl

Stats highlights from the first day in Dunedin, where South Africa scored at just 2.54 runs an over - one of the slowest scoring rates on the first day in recent years

08-Mar-2017•Shiva Jayaraman

NZ, SA brace for contest of craft and class

New Zealand are unbeaten at home this season, but will have their task cut out against a side keen to re-establish their old mantra of 'success without borders'

07-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

Bat, ball, keeper, spinners: how South Africa and New Zealand stack up

It's the No. 3 side versus the No. 5, so, in rankings at least, there is not much between the two sides

06-Mar-2017•Andrew McGlashan

Elgar and Wagner revive their schoolboy 'hate'

They haven't come across each other much since their careers developed on opposing sides of the world, but it should be a feisty battle between New Zealand's bouncer-happy quick and South Africa's stubborn opener

06-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda in Dunedin

South Africa keep new-ball options open

Kagiso Rabada is the main man in one-day cricket but AB de Villiers believes his team's strength is their flexibility

05-Mar-2017•Firdose Moonda

Tahir tops economy rates for South African spinners

Stats highlights from the deciding ODI between New Zealand and South Africa at Eden Park, where the hosts collapsed

04-Mar-2017•Gaurav Sundararaman

Neesham's six on fire, and Patel's bunny

Plays of the day from the deciding ODI between New Zealand and South Africa at Eden Park

04-Mar-2017•Andrew McGlashan at Eden Park

Want a thriller? Come to Eden Park

Eden Park likes to produce a tight game. Six of New Zealand's last eight ODIs here can certainly lay claim to the tag of a nipper. On the eve of the decider against South Africa (these two have history at the ground) here's a rundown

03-Mar-2017•Andrew McGlashan in Auckland

Charger, Ken, and a right royal battle down south

New Zealand's first tour of South Africa after readmission was a sharp, hard-fought one, featuring a dodgy pitch, much Castle-chugging, and eyebrows raised over umpiring

01-Mar-2017•Luke Alfred

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