England's fielding masterclass

12:36 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff England put in an outstanding fielding display during the first half of the second ODI at Mount Maunganui. David Willey started it, Jason Roy grabbed two excellent catches and four run-outs equalled England’s most in an innings. Here are the highlights Mark Chapman: c Willey b Woakes Woakes to Chapman, OUT, Willey runs back from midwicket and takes it with a slide on his knees….

February 28, 2018
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England's fine fielding keeps New Zealand to 223

February 28, 2018

Mark Chapman made 37 but couldn’t quite take New Zealand home © Getty Images New Zealand 223 (Santner 63*, Guptill 50) v EnglandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details After defeat in Hamilton, England talked about being sharper in the field. They delivered in some style in Mount Maunganui barely putting a foot wrong as they restricted New Zealand a seemingly under-par 223 although Mitchell Santner’s maiden ODI fifty gave them something…

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Stokes 'owes' England after missing Ashes – Steve Waugh

February 28, 2018

Ben Stokes picked up Colin De Grandhomme with a slower ball © Getty Images Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has said that Ben Stokes “owes” England following the fallout from the incident in Bristol last September which led to a charge of affray – which Stokes has pleaded not-guilty to – and meant he missed the Ashes. Stokes returned to England colours in the first ODI against New Zealand in…

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Chapman, Ferguson in for NZ as England bowl first

February 28, 2018

Mark Chapman made 37 but couldn’t quite take New Zealand home © Getty Images England chose to bowl against New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the second one-day international in Mount Maunganui due to a hamstring strain with Tim Southee taking over the captaincy. Mark Chapman, who played in the T20 tri-series, comes into the side. He previously played two ODIs for Hong…

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Wood plays down ankle fears after 'grown-up' withdrawal

12:59 PM ET Mark Wood used his experience of past mistakes in making a “grown-up decision” to pull himself out of the opening ODI against New Zealand when he felt pain in his troublesome left ankle, but has been reassured by the results of scans which have not shown any further damage to cause alarm. Wood has had three surgeries on the ankle since 2015 and the scans have shown…

February 27, 2018
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Afghanistan stun West Indies in warm-up win

12:58 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Afghanistan 163 for 9 (Gulbadin 48, Shenwari 44) beat West Indies 110 (Dawlat 4-26) by 23 runs (DLS)Scorecard Afghanistan gave West Indies a hint of the struggle that could be in store in their bid to reach the 2019 World Cup, after battling back from the brink of a crushing defeat to pull off a remarkable victory in their warm-up encounter in Harare, ahead of…

February 27, 2018
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The Beast from the East stops play

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February 27, 2018
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BCCI accepts Dravid's request to halve his Under-19 World Cup reward

Rahul Dravid sports a smile at the post-arrival press conference of the India Under-19 team  12:15 PM ET Nagraj Gollapudi It can be assumed that Rahul Dravid doesn’t take anything for granted since he has twice declined doctorates that were being conferred on him by two different universities in Karnataka. Dravid believed in earning the honour. No surprise then that Dravid recently asked the BCCI to halve the monetary reward…

February 27, 2018
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Ashwin, Iyer to lead Deodhar Trophy squads

11:34 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A day after being named Kings XI Punjab’s captain, R Ashwin has been given the leadership of another team. The BCCI selection committee has named the India spinner captain of the India A side that will compete against Karnataka – who on Tuesday won the Vijay Hazare Trophy – and India B in the 50-overs Deodhar Trophy from March 4 to 8 in Dharamsala. India…

February 27, 2018
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Elgar wants SA to continue playing four quicks

Wessels: South Africa will target Smith and Warner (1:22) Kepler Wessels also says Kagiso Rabada’s aggression and the battle between David Warner and Vernon Philander will be interesting to watch out for (1:22) 10:59 AM ET Firdose Moonda in Durban Dean Elgar wants South Africa to unleash all four of their frontline quicks against Australia. The opening batsman has also stressed the need for a slower bowler to change the…

February 27, 2018
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