Australia foiled India plans to milk ideal bowling conditions by batting brilliantly on the first day of the World Test Championship final at the Oval on Wednesday.

Black Caps spin bowler Ajaz Patel has not been offered a central contract by New Zealand Cricket a year and a half after becoming just the third player in test cricket to take all 10 wickets in an innings.

Australia tore out Virat Kohli and India’s top order cheaply after finishing on 469 on day two of the World Test Championship final at the Oval today.

Chennai Super Kings won a sensational Indian Premier League final against the defending champion Gujarat Titans off the last ball today.

Trent Boult still has a “big desire” to represent New Zealand in ODIs and tests again and remains hopeful of playing at the Cricket World Cup in India this year.

Long-serving New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White will step down from the role in August.

Pakistan top-order batters continued to prosper as they beat under-strength New Zealand by 26 runs in the third one-day international this morning for an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

All the action from the first ODI between the Black Caps and Pakistan.

The Black Caps will be ruing a strong chance missed after a Daryl Mitchell century came to naught in the opening ODI against Pakistan in Rawalpindi overnight.

An inexperienced New Zealand white-ball team will aim to carry its strong Twenty20 performances over to the five-match ODI series against Pakistan when it starts tonight.