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Super Smash round-up: Kyle Jamieson towers over all

Canterbury's beanpole quick, standing at six feet and eight inches, highlighted the second week of the tournament, as he rang in the New Year with a record haul against Auckland

02-Jan-2019•Deivarayan Muthu

Six wickets, four runs, 15 balls: when Boult wrecked Sri Lanka

With a 20-minute spell of phenomenal late swing, the left-arm quick sent Sri Lanka crashing to 104 all out

27-Dec-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

Overlooked Lakmal rediscovers his fire

In Sri Lanka, he is relentlessly looked down by the spinners, banished to some corner of the field. In Christchurch, Suranga Lakmal was a different beast

26-Dec-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Records galore for Mathews and Mendis

For the first time in more than ten years, no wicket fell in an entire day of Test cricket

18-Dec-2018•S Rajesh

Converting blandness into excellence, a Tom Latham masterclass

The opener batted for more than 11 hours for his unbeaten 264, but for the majority of that time, Sri Lanka were convinced they had bigger problems

17-Dec-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Wellington

Tom Latham registers highest individual score while carrying bat

The batsman also put on the highest individual Test score of 2018 so far

17-Dec-2018•Shiva Jayaraman

The frustrations of being Kane Williamson

The man and his team are among the best current operators, but on the world scale they occupy minimal column inches, airtime, or general intellectual space. They quietly absorb life's little injustices

16-Dec-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Wellington

The importance of Henry Nicholls

He is by no means the finished product but has shown what New Zealand can expect should they keep the faith

14-Dec-2018•Alagappan Muthu

New Zealand-Sri Lanka will be competitive, right? Please let it be competitive

New Zealand have a mighty home record and Sri Lanka are in perpetual chaos, but can they still produce a compelling series?

13-Dec-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Wellington

'Humble, hardworking, pioneering'

It was a memorable win in Abu Dhabi for New Zealand; the team completed their first away Test series triumph over Pakistan since 1969. Former captains were among those celebrating a fantastic performance

08-Dec-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

New Zealand greater than the sum of their parts, again

Kane Williamson's batting was inarguably great, but the captain preferred to focus on the several contributions that made up the series victory

07-Dec-2018•Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan's misfortunes since MisYou's farewell

Williamson's 228 runs were the most by a New Zealand batsman in a Test against Pakistan

07-Dec-2018•Bharath Seervi

The frictionless genius of Kane Williamson

Up-and-down pitch, sizeable deficit, great leggie at his peak. How do you take those ingredients and score a hundred of seeming inevitability?

06-Dec-2018•Osman Samiuddin

Trent Boult and Tim Southee: The curious case of New Zealand's expendable titans

New Zealand's most prolific new-ball pairing kept their series hopes alive in Abu Dhabi. It might seem odd that it was their first joint outing of the tour

04-Dec-2018•Osman Samiuddin in Abu Dhabi

Yasir's match figures second only to Imran

Only two other legspinners in Test history have better figures than Yasir

27-Nov-2018•Bharath Seervi

Yasir Shah joins Abdul Qadir in select club

All the records Yasir triggered during the course of his magical spell in Dubai

26-Nov-2018•Bharath Seervi

The five narrowest Test wins

Pakistan lost their last six wickets for just 24 runs, to succumb to a narrow defeat in Abu Dhabi

19-Nov-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

Struggling Sarfraz laments "soft, cheap dismissals"

The Pakistan captain pointed to Babar Azam's run out as the turning point, while admitting to being disappointed with the shot he himself played to get out

19-Nov-2018•Danyal Rasool

The fifth-narrowest win in Test cricket

New Zealand won by four runs, handing Pakistan their narrowest defeat in Test cricket

19-Nov-2018•Bharath Seervi

'Holy scccchmoly! What a Test match!'

A memorable finish in Abu Dhabi got many talking about the longest format on Twitter

19-Nov-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

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