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2nd Test: Glenn Phillips leads NZ fightback against Bangladesh on gloomy third day | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Glenn Phillips displayed resilience with a determined half-century, helping New Zealand stay competitive before their bowlers reduced Bangladesh to 38-2 in the second innings on Friday. Bad light intervened, bringing an early end to the third day's play in the rain-affected second Test.Opener Zakir Hasan remained unbeaten on 16, partnering with Mominul Haque, who had yet to score.Bangladesh managed to build a slender lead of 30 runs after Mahmudul Hasan Joy and skipperNajmul Hossain Shanto fell in fading light.New Zealand's spinner Ajaz Patel made an impact with his third ball, while captain Tim Southee dismissed Shanto in the eighth over, leaving the hosts in a precarious position before play was halted and eventually called off.In an assertive innings, Phillips hammered nin...
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‘It’s all about points’: Rahul Dravid defends spin-friendly tracks | Cricket News – Times of India

Rahul Dravid says every team wants home wins to qualify for WTC FinalAHMEDABAD: For a better part of the day, the playing surface for the fourth Test between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium was kept under wraps, seemingly to protect it from the unforgiving sun. It was only late in the afternoon when things had cooled down a bit that the ground staff lifted the tarpaulin covers to give everyone a glimpse of the pitch.The mower was out and so was the scrubbing brush to polish off the grass near the good length spot. The wicket, as has been the norm in this series, has been well rolled in the middle with a tinge of green.With another day remaining for the Test to begin and India's place in the World Test Championship Final still at stake, it remains to be seen how the pitc...
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2nd Test: New Zealand spinners strike after Saud hundred in Karachi | Cricket News – Times of India

KARACHI: Saud Shakeel registered his maiden Test century but Pakistan's lower-order collapse left the second Test against New Zealand evenly poised at Karachi's National Stadium on Wednesday.The hosts, replying to New Zealand's first-innings 449, finished day three on 407-9 after losing four quick wickets in the final session.Saud, who forged a 150-run partnership with Sarfaraz Ahmed for the fifth wicket, was unbeaten on 124, which included 17 fours.Abrar Ahmed, who denied Ish Sodhi a hat-trick, was yet to open his account at the other end.Saud went into the match with five half-centuries in his first four Tests and the hundred duly arrived in his fifth, on his home ground.Earlier, Pakistan lost Imam-ul-Haq, who made 83 before falling caught behind off New Zealand captain Tim Southee in...
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Imam-ul-Haq anchors Pakistan after New Zealand pile on 449 in second Test | Cricket News – Times of India

KARACHI: Opener Imam-ul-Haq anchored Pakistan with a pugnacious half-century as the home team reached 154-3 at the close Tuesday after New Zealand piled up a handy 449 in their first innings of the second Test in Karachi.At the close of day two, Haq was unbeaten on 74 and Saud Shakeel 13 as the home team need another 96 runs to avoid the follow-on.Pakistan started chaotically, losing opener Abdullah Shafique (19), Shan Masood (20) and skipper Babar Azam (24) before the Haq-Shakeel stand added 55 runs for the unbroken fourth wicket.In contrast, New Zealand's tail wagged furiously, with Matt Henry (68 not out) and Ajaz Patel (35) both scoring Test-bests as they added an invaluable 104 runs for the last wicket.The two-match series is tied after the first Test, also in Karachi, ended in a d...