Ashwin, who was the leading wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with 25 scalps, is 10 rating points ahead of England seamer James Anderson.
At stumps New Zealand was 162-5, still 193 behind with two allrounders at the crease. Daryl Mitchell was 40 and had batted for more than two hours and Michael Bracewell was 9.
Santner returned with miserly figures of 2/11 from his four overs to set up New Zealand's 21-run win over India in the first T20I of the three-match series on Friday.
Kane Williamson and Neil Wagner stole a bye from the last ball of the first cricket Test to beat Sri Lanka by two wickets and emphasize New Zealand's aptitude for extraordinary Test match victories.
In batting for all of the fourth day, in productive partnerships with Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell, Williamson guided New Zealand from a 226 run deficit when England enforced the follow-on Sunday to a...
India were caught in a spin web on the Ranchi pitch and lost the opener by 21 runs on Friday.
Led by Mitchell and Henry with help from the inimitable Neil Wagner, New Zealand eked out a lead of 18. At stumps Sri Lanka was 83-3, a lead of 65 with Angelo Mathews 20 not out.
Chasing a competitive 177, India's top-three, including in-form Shubman Gill (7) were dismissed for just 15 runs inside 19 balls, making the task difficult for the remaining batters.
India suffered a 21-run loss in the opening T20I after New Zealand posted a challenging 176 for six with the last-over thrashing of Arshdeep Singh for 27 runs...
Washington later came up with his maiden half-century in T20Is, scoring 50 off 28 balls and in-form batter Suryakumar Yadav scored a 34-ball 47 but it was not...
Besides Williamson, New Zealand are without the services of pacers Trent Boult and Tim Southee, while coach Gary Stead has also given the white-ball series a...
The 35-year-old Sarfaraz made 118 before the last-wicket pair hung on in dimming light for 21 balls to take Pakistan to 304-9, just 15 runs shy of its victory...
Shakeel batted throughout the day to go unbeaten on 124 off 336 balls in an innings spanned over eight hours.
Babar was not out on 161 with 16 fours and a six and Sarfaraz — playing his first Test since January 2019 — grinded well in his long-awaited 50th Test.
Chasing 220 runs to win, New Zealand were comfortably placed at 104 for one in 18 overs when the heavens opened up.
The young left-arm seamer ended with 4 wickets in two matches of the 3-match T20I series against New Zealand.
A dejected New Zealand captain admitted to being outplayed by Pakistan in the T20 World Cup semi-finals. Pakistan will meet the winner of India vs England in...
In semifinal 1, Pakistan take on New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground and the winner of the game will face the winner of India Vs England in the final.
Glenn Phillips weathered the storm against SL to score his second T20I century, whereas Boult registered his best T20I figures to give NZ a 65-run victory.
This was the 139th ODI meeting between the two teams. Australia now lead New Zealand 93-39 in the head-to-head meetings, with seven matches ending in no...
West Indies rode on Kyle Mayers’ 105 and Nicolas Pooran’s 91 to post 301/8, In reply, New Zealand overhauled the target in 47.1 overs with four Kiwi...
Virat Kohli was the No.1 ranked T20I batter for a total of 1,013 days last decade, but Babar Azam has now surpassed it.
Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root and Daryl Mitchell displayed how Test cricket can thrive by borrowing T20’s ‘outrageous’ strokes!
Ollie Pope (81 not out) and Joe Root (55 not out) are currently at the crease for England against New Zealand. The duo shares an undefeated 132-run partnership...
New Zealand lost five wickets for 168 runs after dismissing England for 360. The Kiwis lead by 137 runs with two days remaining in the third Test.
