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Glad they like the taste of their own medicine....

hope the aussies give them a whitewash across all the games
 
Glad they like the taste of their own medicine....

hope the aussies give them a whitewash across all the games
 
^^, NZ looking really dangerous in T20 games over the last month or so...so much firepower in their batting. Guptill, Munro, Anderson, Taylor providing the fireworks with Williamson pulling the strings at the top of the order. I can see them posting some ridiculous scores if they manage the conditions at the T20 WC.
 
Pak all out cheap.


NZ proving how dangerous they can be in T20. Pity they play second fiddle to the Kangaroo men
 
SinghDude said:
Pak all out cheap.


NZ proving how dangerous they can be in T20. Pity they play second fiddle to the Kangaroo men
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I hope they meet in the T20 world cup. Should be a humdinger. If Guptill gets going, watch out...
 
Another cricketing great calls it a day. :(

Chanderpaul retires from all cricket

After more than two decades and 164 Test matches, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, one of West Indies' finest batsmen, has retired. Chanderpaul finishes as the second-highest West Indian Test run-maker, 86 runs short of Brian Lara: Lara got 11,953 (11,912 for West Indies and the rest for the ICC World XI), while Chanderpaul scored 11,867 (all for West Indies).

Chanderpaul, 41, had not played for West Indies since May 2015; the West Indies selectors dropped him after a weak performance during the three-Test series at home against England. While Chanderpaul entertained hopes of a comeback, the selection panel, headed by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, had provided enough hints that they had moved past Chanderpaul as they ignored him for the various series in the last eight months. Chanderpaul was also not part of the 15 players handed annual contracts by the WICB in December.

Last June Chanderpaul had said he would decide by the end of the year when he would exit the international scene. "Definitely, but I am on the outside, just waiting to see what is happening," Chanderpaul told cricket365.com, when asked if he wanted to play Tests again. "Retirement isn't on the cards at the moment. Not for now, probably the ending of the year maybe then."

That his desire to play on continued to be strong was evident from the fact that he remained part of the regional domestic tournaments and, in fact, played his last match just three days ago, in the semi-final of the Nagico Super50 one-day tournament for Guyana.

The WICB said in a release that Chanderpaul formally notified the board "in an email that he will no longer be available for selection for West Indies". "The WICB acknowledges the invaluable contribution Shiv has made to the game globally, and we wish him all the best," WICB president Dave Cameron said.

One big reason for Chanderpaul to re-think his international career could be his involvement with the Masters Champions League (MCL), a tournament for players who have left all professional forms of the game including domestic cricket, which begins on January 28 in Dubai. To participate in the MCL, players have to get no-objection certificates from their respective boards stating that they have retired from all forms of cricket. Incidentally, till Thursday the WICB had not been approached for an NOC by any player. Chanderpaul was signed for $30,000 to represent Gemini Arabians in the tournament.

Chanderpaul is only the second modern-day player, after Sachin Tendulkar, whose career stretched over two decades. He might not have been as celebrated and revered as Tendulkar, but Chanderpaul had worked hard, quietly, to become one of the strongest pillars of West Indies cricket.

He scored 30 Test centuries and averaged 51.37 in the format, and held numerous records that are likely to last for a long time, including batting for more than 25 hours in a Test series between dismissals - he did it against India in 2002, when he faced 1050 consecutive deliveries without losing his wicket.

Unorthodox stance and great determination aside, Chanderpaul never allowed his emotions to overpower him or pour over on the outside. Perhaps that reserved nature of his explained why he led West Indies only 14 times in Tests. He also played 268 ODIs for 8778 runs at 41.60 (the last of which was during the 2011 World Cup), and 22 T20Is.
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35 off 18 needed, Dhoni and Pandey (new kid, came up through the IPL) at the crease. Faulkner doing the business with the ball at the moment.
 
Great stuff from a young player...Manish Pandey 102* of 80 balls.

India finally come out on top of one of these runfests.
 
Neoprod said:
Great stuff from a young player...Manish Pandey 102* of 80 balls.

India finally come out on top of one of these runfests.
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Maiden century. They'll be wondering why they didn't use him earlier.
 
Ouch! Nasty blow for NZ batsman as ball smashes through grille


Wellington - New Zealand's Mitchell McClenaghan is to undergo surgery for a fractured eye socket after suffering a nasty blow to the face in Monday's one-day international victory against Pakistan.

An express delivery from Anwar Ali smashed through the grille of McClenaghan's helmet and hit him on the left eye on the penultimate ball of the New Zealand innings in Wellington.

The tailender was left prone on the ground for a few seconds before getting up to cheers from the crowd and making his way off the field with blood and bruising around the eye.
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WaxLyrical said:
http://www.samaa.tv/sports/2016/01/nasty-blow-for-nz-batsman-as-ball-smashes-through-grille/
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Scary visual.

An express delivery from Anwar Ali smashed through the grille of McClenaghan's helmet and hit him on the left eye on the penultimate ball of the New Zealand innings in Wellington.

The tailender was left prone on the ground for a few seconds before getting up to cheers from the crowd and making his way off the field with blood and bruising around the eye.

He was taken to hospital for the wound to be stitched and later tweeted he had suffered "a few broken bones"
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