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In Christchurch this week, the Black Caps snuckled away their best chance of a home Test victory over their trans-Tasman rivals in decades, putting their latest entry into their catalogue of losses was thrown. The last one was held in Eden Park in 1993, when a Martin Crowe-led team defeated Allan Border's tourists by five wickets. With a sole Kiwi victory - in Hobart in 2011 - in the last 33 outings, Australia's dominance now extends to victories in nine of the last ten Tests.

Smith only played 25 runs before Matt Henry trapped him LBW at Hagley Oval. The call was dispatched immediately, but DRS didn't save him and he was sent packing. Over the two Test matches this season, Smith has averaged 12.75, with Smith promoted to the top of the order in place of the former David Warner.

After being signed by Sunrisers for 20.5 million Indian rupees (roughly £1.945 million)), Australia captain Pat Cummins became the most expensive player in IPL history (around AU$3.66 million or £1.945 million). In last year's auction, Punjab Kings paid for England all-rounder Sam Curran in 18.5 crore Indian rupees.

Virat Kohli declared himself the most prolific white-ball batsman of all time, while Mohammed Shami emerged as the tournament's most dangerous bowler. Kohli became India's first celebrity to tick off 50 ODI centuries, one step ahead of his idol Sachin Tendulkar, who supervised the applause at the Wankhede Stadium, before Shami claimed seven for 57, the highest one-day figures in India's history. Despite a spirited 134 from Daryl Mitchell, it all added up to a 71-run victory over a brave but outclassed New Zealand.

Travis Head's blistering thrashed Rachin Ravindra's gallant 116 as Australia weathered late controversy against New Zealand before winning the highest-scoring match in World Cup history by five runs on Saturday, ending in semi-finals. In his first match of the World Cup, Head smashed 109 runs and forged a spectacular 175-run opening stand with David Warner (81) to lead Australia to a commanding 388 all out. Ravindra led New Zealand's spirited response with his second century of the tournament, while Daryl Mitchell made 54 to hold the 2019 runners-up. Even though Australia recovered control after Ravindra collapsed in the 41st over, James Neesham brought new drama into the game, despite New Zealand ending just shy of their target on 383-9.

Virat Kohli made India's World Cup victory over New Zealand by four wicketts over New Zealand, but he didn't get out on a historic century. India won by 274 points in Dharamshala after Daryl Mitchell had a superb 130 for the Black Caps, who had also won their opening four group stage fixtures. However, New Zealand's undefeated start was put into question, with Kohli leading the charge with a remarkable 95 runs, but only five more runs were needed for victory and his 49th ODI century, which would have brought him right up to Indian great Sachin Tendulkar.

Ben Stokes may have been forgiven for sticking his feet up following an epic Ashes sequence, but this is not how this remarkable cricketer operates. Not a week into his one-day return, but he spanked New Zealand for 182 - the highest score by an England player in 782 one-day internationals dating back 52 years. In 124 balls of mayhem, handshakes from the fielders, and a standing ovation from an appreciative crowd, there were 15 fours and nine sixes, as well as a standing ovation from an appreciative audience. Above all, Stokes was ominous for opponents, and they may have been sent to assist England in defending their title in India. It's odd to think he never reached 102 years old.

RICHARD GIBSON: When he crunched a 52-ball 101 against Northamptonshire last Friday, Croft's name was illuminated on a Lancashire scorecard full of stars, but he chuckled when revealing the source of his attack. 'I had a bit of a niggle early in my innings.' When going for a two-months, I felt my calf a little bit worse, and I did wonder about whether I should hang out there,' he told Mail Sport. 'But Daryl Mitchell said he'd be on strike and that I'd be on alert, and that I should try to whack every ball and see what came out.' Not running too much clearly worked!'

RICHARD GIBSON: The 2023 Vitality Blast takes place in Edgbaston on Saturday with the first Blast Off, where Lancashire and Derbyshire will meet the Birmingham Bears. Following two years of Hundred-Hundred vision, the ECB is treating Twenty20's oldest domestic competition with greater concern, according to its new-look launch in Birmingham on July 15, while the quality of players participating over the next two months, culminating in finals day at the Birmingham venue shows that it maintains both global prominence and relevance. Here's a look at how the 18 squads stack up.

For the third time in four years, Ben Stokes has been praised for leading England's remarkable Test transformation by today being named Wisden's best cricketer. The England captain has been lauded for not only getting a team to new heights, but also the manner in which he did it. In the 160th edition of the almanack, which is published today, Wisden editor and Mail Sport cricket writer Lawrence Booth says, 'It's impossible to imagine another cricketer who could have changed a team's fortunes as quickly as Ben Stokes.'

The Black Caps advanced to the final after needing seven runs and with three wickets remaining. Matt Henry was kicked out of the third ball, but Williamson had a four off the fourth to tie the scores. There was no score off the next ball, but Williamson, although Williamson missed his pull attempt at the final ball, he hurled himself towards the non-striker's end and got his bat over the line just before the ball struck the stumps to win by a two-wicket victory. On the day, rain had beenhed out the morning, with the Black Caps starting the day on 28 for one and needing 285.

PAUL NEWMAN IN WELLINGTON: England lost one of the most exciting Tests of all time on Tuesday morning when Jimmy Anderson was dismissed with just two runs needed for victory. To win New Zealand, two needed Anderson, who had smashed a four off Neil Wagner's previous over, had the faintest of tickles down the legside off the left armer's safe hands of Tom Blundell. England lost their historic seventh straight Test victory, and it was also the first time they've lost after asking others to follow along.

PAUL NEWMAN IN WELLINGTON: On the first day of the second Test, there were some classic shots, a little unorthodoxy, and a lot of electric energy, putting Brook up to his personal record of the highest ever to play the sport. After just nine Test innings, no one in Test cricket has scored more runs than this incredible young Yorkshireman. In Don Bradman, there were two more visits to the crease than Brook to reach his fourth century, not even the best of them all. 'Bradmanesque' was a term used liberally at the Basin Reserve today to describe Brook and why not? His average now stands at over a hundred and his strike-rate at an all-time peak of 99.38. All this after his relative failure in his first Test appearance last summer.

BUMBLE ON THE TEST: England won by 267 runs over New Zealand in Mount Maunganui, bringing it to a ten-run victory over the Test side's longest run. The result was in no doubt when play resumed on the fourth afternoon of this day/night game at Bay Oval, with Stuart Broad ripping the guts out of the top order with an electric four-wicket burst, but tourists wrapped it up with minimal fuss, with Anderson on track. Anderson lost four of the five wickets in the first session, destroying the home team's resistance. New Zealand went from 63 for five overnight to 126 in just 100 minutes, with Daryl Mitchell and Blair Tickner's last-wicket stand taking up more than half of the time.

England's first Test against New Zealand was a rousing half-centuries from Ben Duckett and Harry Brook as England raced to 279 for five after two sessions. The visitors were up and running at the Bay Oval in a rollicking manner, but England was unable to take over until Brook arrived to reclaim the initiative. He was 79no off 64 deliveries, sniffing distance from his fourth Test ton in as many games after his arduous tour of Pakistan.

MATT BARLOW, an exclusive cricketer, has joined Russell Slade's fight for data rights. Slade, the former football manager, is leading a movement to help athletes obtain control of reports that measures their success. The product has traditionally been sold on to gaming and gambling companies, often without their knowledge or consent. Cricket is on the front line of this conflict, with a considerable number of Muslim players being drenched in statistics and with a substantial number of Muslim players who are religiously opposed to gambling.

Kane Williamson, the Black Caps' skipper, put his team in first place, but the Kiwis could only muster 152 on their final four shootout on the field where they smashed 200 past Australia. Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam faced off a flyer in the powerplay, but they kept their foot on the accelerator, leading to a big win in the SCG.

At last year's World Cup, Sam Curran was commenting for Sky after a back injury barred him from participating in the UAE. A year on, and the 24-year-old is now Australia's top guy. The game in Brisbane against New Zealand on Sunday, eerily similar to the semi-finals that the teams played last year. England lost their hopes of the World Cup that night with a devastating spell of death bowling in Abu Dhabi. New Zealand required 57 runs off 24 deliveries, but they arrived with over to spare. However, England did not have Sam Curran.

BRISBANE is a republic in the United Kingdom. Jos Buttler has been hesitant to come out of Eoin Morgan's looming shadow, but there are signals here at the Gabba that he is now a member of the team himself. Buttler was able to bat first against New Zealand on a used pitch when so much of their Morgan-led white-ball triumph came from chasing. An England captain who wanted to lead from the front was given a gem of an innings by an England captain who had to demonstrate that he could lead from the front, despite two poor, decisive dropped catches.

NASSER HUSSAIN AT THE GABBA: They handled the situation they found themselves in after the rain and loss of Melbourne's to Ireland, and I never doubted that they would deliver when it was really important against New Zealand here in the Gabba. In Australia, you were never going to hold England's batting line down for too long. They're going to flourish and reach a total that was above par when they got to a good speed and carry in Brisbane. When Daryl Mitchell smashed Chris Jordan at a critical stage this year and put New Zealand over the line, England seemed to have benefited from a similar situation in the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup earlier this year.

As England held their T20 World Cup hopes alive, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson admitted that his team contributed to their own demise by twice sacking Jos Buttler twice. England's 20-run triumph at the Gabba shocked New Zealand's first loss of the season and boosted their hopes of advancing to a semi-final position. Buttler was dropped by Williamson, who mistakenly thought he'd discarded his diving catch before replays revealed it had bounced loose, and then Daryl Mitchell, who won by 73 runs off 47 balls, beating England to 179 for six.

MOEEN ALI: It's simple for us now. We've got to win all of our games. Our attitude is simple: We're all told that if we win four games, we will win the World Cup. This week, two games are available this week and two more next week. That's it. We know what we need to do. We've got all the knowledge we need. We now have to go out there, hope the weather is good, and play how we can.

With a win over England or Ireland in their last two games, New Zealand will almost certainly qualify for the finals, with net run-rate firmly in their favour. Australia, England, Ireland, and Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will then compete for the last qualifying spot out of the group, needing to win their last two games to have a chance.

Australia clinched the series against New Zealand after a 113-run victory on Thursday, with Adam Zampa taking his first five-wicket haul in one-day international cricket. After being sent in, Australia's top order failed and collapsed to 54-5, but the home team roared to post 195-9. Steve Smith scored 61, while Mitchell Starc (38) and Josh Hazlewood (23) married for an unbeaten 47. In response, New Zealand was tilated for 82, with legspinner Zampa returning 5-35 from nine overs, with three of them being ruled lbw.