New Zealand arrive in Zimbabwe for two-Test series

New Zealand's check squad arrived in Zimbabwe on Wednesday for a two-fit collection, finishing the uncertainty over the excursion that had emerged within the wake of enormous protests in Zimbabwe over civil and economic problems.

The 15-man squad led by means of Kane Williamson had undergone every week-lengthy conditioning camp in South Africa and at the moment are in Harare for a three-day heat-up fixture starting on July 22.

"it is exceptional to in the end be here. We had an amazing excursion here closing 12 months, so i'm sure it is going to be lots the equal," Tom Latham, the brand new Zealand opener, said upon arrival in Harare. "It turned into an excellent week of instruction for us in South Africa.

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Nasser bags a skier, and a Guinness international document

Former England captain Nasser Hussain caught one sent his way from a hundred and fifty feet straight up, to set the document for the "highest catch of a cricket ball" four stocks
At 48, former England captain Nasser Hussain still has it in terms of catching a cricket ball. Albeit with a mismatched pair of gloves on. Armed with one white and purple wicketkeeping glove, and one black and yellow one, he settled underneath a drone at Lord's and caught his way into the Guinness e-book of worldwide records. The drone dropped the ball from a height of 150 toes, the ball reached expected speeds of 74 mph on its descent, it swirled around a bit, however none of it changed into too much for Nasser.

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Have Batty and Foakes grew to become Surrey's season?

"Is that all from one innings?" asked a member of the catering personnel. You failed to need to know the sport to empathise with Hampshire's toil. Surrey declared but it could as nicely were a mercy ruling that ended their first innings on 637 for 7. six hundred and thirty seven.

All pros recognize the pain of relentless grind within the dust. it'll take greater than a shower and a night's sleep to shake off those 163 overs.

A file 8th wicket partnership for Surrey, towards any competition, saw Ben Foakes and Gareth Batty placed on 222 and take a gargantuan lead in this basement warfare at the Ageas Bowl.

It become the timing of this partnership that turned into vital - just while the early wickets of Steven Davies and Sam Curran gave the look of threatening Surrey's properly work from day one. So correct became the recovery that Foakes and Batty notched centuries within the procedure.

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Batsmen want to make each consultation count and deliver time for bowlers: Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane, India's center order batsman, said patience can be key, for each the batsmen and the bowlers, with the intention to be successful on the sluggish West Indian tracks. talking to the media beforehand of the first check in opposition to the hosts, that starts on July 21 in Antigua, Rahane mentioned India's arrangements, Anil Kumble's presence in the camp and the areas the group is focusing in advance of the collection opener, among other things.

Excerpts from Rahane's press conference:

'exercise games have been hard for bowlers'

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Cricketer Karun Nair saved as snake boat capsizes

Pathanamathitta (Kerala), July 17 (IANS) Two youth were still missing while upcoming Indian cricketer Karun Nair had a narrow escape as the snake boat in which around 100 persons were travelling, capsized in river Pampa in this Kerala district on Sunday, police said.

Nair along with the others were taking part in a temple festival, "Valla Sadya', a celebration of the Sree Parthasarathy Temple near here.

Speaking to IANS, an official attached to the Aranmula Police station confirmed that Nair was in the snake boat.

"The boat capsized and immediate rescue services was undertaken and managed to rescue all passengers, while two are still missing," said the official.

Nair, who hails from the state, plays for Karnataka and was in the recent Indian team which toured Zimbabwe.

--IANS

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Why hitting is extra most excellent than batting in T20

T20 Cricket

 A simulation model that predicts outcomes of limited-overs matches drives the point home
I have these days end up interested by the dominance of power hitters in T20, and the idea that constructing innings and making an investment in bowling might not be the most most beneficial way to play in T20. The distinction among hitting and batting seems to me to be foundational to the difference among T20 and cricket. In this article, I gift evidence that shows that in T20, hitting (the willingness to chance dismissal comfortably on the lookout for quicker scoring) is greater greatest than batting (the desire to build an innings and rating runs with truth).

remaining yr I built a model that predicts the outcomes of restricted-overs games. The end result of the model is a win possibility for each of the 2 teams based on the person information, on the start of a healthy, of the gamers worried inside the fit. The method used is that of a easy Monte Carlo simulation. A entire description of the method is available right here. Readers ought as a way to construct the version (or their own variation/improvement) primarily based on the description.

The graph beneath indicates the outcomes of the model over 3750 ODI games. For each game, the version produces an anticipated win opportunity for each crew as well as the expectation of a tie inside the match. The predicted win chances range from zero to a hundred%. within the chart below, teams were grouped by way of anticipated win probabilities within a range of 2% (the first institution represents a group of groups expected to win 0-2% of the time, the second one 2-4% of the time and so on). "actual Win %" is a solution to the query "what number of groups out of the teams anticipated to win within this range of probabilities without a doubt gained?" The graph underneath represents the expected win possibilities in contrast with the actual win percentages.

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Rain forces washout after strong Tallawahs start

Rain abandoned the 12th match of the CPL, between Jamaica Tallawahs and Barbados Tridents, and spoilt Chris Gayle's plans of registering another destructive half-century in the tournament. Rain first delayed the start of the match to reduce it to 12 overs a side, and then returned after 10 overs of Tallawahs' innings to not allow any more play.

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