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Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Martin Guptill (8th ODI hundred) and Tom Latham (maiden ODI hundred) were unstoppable as New Zealand squared the series 1-1

Highest ever opening stand against Zimbabwe in ODIs
• Highest ever opening stand in Harare.
• Joint Man of the Match award winners.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

James Franklin debut against Pakistan in Auckland in 2000

Franklin, an effective allrounder, couldn’t buy a run, first trapped in front by Saqlain Mushtaq and then bowled by Mohammad Sami. He was dropped after the series, but returned to the side in the mid-2000s – scoring an unbeaten 122 against South Africa in 2006 – and played the last of his 31 Tests in 2013 in South Africa.

A more-than capable batsman

New Zealand Ken Rutherford managed just 12 runs in his first seven Test innings, having started out with a pair on debut against West Indies in Port of Spain when, as a 19 year old, he had the unenviable task of facing Malcolm Marshall. He was then run out in the second innings to cap a poor debut, but thereafter scored 2465 runs for New Zealand on his way to an average of 27.08 from 56 Tests.