Neil Wagner

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Black Caps: Neil Wagner won't back down (RNZ)

Little more than a week ago, Neil Wagner bore the brunt of England's Bazball revolution, battered in one of the most expensive bowling spells in test ...

In the first innings in Wellington, they scored a boundary with every 10th ball they faced. And boundaries have the opposite impact on the bowling side. I can't explain it, but when the wicketkeeper is breathing down your neck, judgement outside off stump becomes harder and you feel like you have to hit the ball. This meant batters didn't think they could advance down the wicket, allowing New Zealand bowlers to settle into better lengths, and to use the short ball more effectively. It also meant England's batters played at the ball more often. And that's where things changed in the fourth innings.

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Black Caps test hero Neil Wagner draws inspiration from England's ... (Stuff.co.nz)

The 36-year-old Black Caps test hero says the performances of the 40-year-old England rival suggest he can keep going.

“There's no guarantee, because we lose that by one wicket then people might have been saying different things, but that's the game of cricket we play. You can't look too much, I guess, back in the past and too far ahead in the future.” “I know my role for the team and it's not always an easy role. ”Yeah, I am getting older and your time is sort of getting shorter but it's not something I'm trying to think about too much. *

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Blackcaps v England: Bowling hero Neil Wagner enjoys ... (Newshub)

Former NZ captain Brendon McCullum, now England coach, had proved the architect of Wagner's previous misery.

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Brendon McCullum: Neil Wagner is 'one of the toughest I've come ... (ESPNcricinfo.com)

Neil Wagner, New Zealand's final-day hero at Wellington, was hailed by Brendon McCullum - his former captain and current England coach - as "one of the ...

"It's a tough game, right, and tough characters have to find a way and they do," McCullum said. For him to come in and change the game there, when it looked like Ben and Joe had almost taken it away from us was a massive part of this game, and shows you the ticker that Neil's got. "It shows more about him as a character and a cricketer. "That's the characteristics of this team, we keep having to fight for each other, find a way of doing the hard yards out there, and we did," Wagner said. We trusted his best method and he was able to come in and change the game in this last session, like he has done for a long period of time. "He bought into it, he trusted it, even though it hadn't come off as he'd have liked in the series.

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Neil Wagner powers New Zealand to historic one-run win (The Island.lk)

Neil Wagner's bouncer-infused second-session spell paved the way for New Zealand's dramatic comeback in Basin Reserve as they became just the third team ...

Kasun in the final, while Natasha Gunasekera and Rashmi won the open women’s doubles title when they beat Thiseja Damnadee Herath and Ranumi Suhasni Manage 21-15, 21-11. Malshani displayed superb technique and punching skills to outpoint Army’s MGMT Dasunika in the Flyweight (under 52kg) contest. Earlier, Lochana and Nadeesha Gayathri won the mixed doubles title by defeating Aashinsha and Warangana 21-19, 13-21, 23-21. The Dian Gomes Challenge Cup for the most outstanding woman boxer went to Air Force’s M.P.S.S. Le Graet, who was in office for 11 years and had a mandate until 2024, has previously faced claims of sexual harassment, which he denies. The 81-year-old stood down in January while the French government carried out an audit into the federation.

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New Zealand bowler Neil Wagner bags a four-wicket haul in 2nd ... (All India Radio)

Earlier, record-breaker Kane Williamson hit a superb century on Monday to steer New Zealand to 483 all out in their second innings and set England a victory ...

England became just the fourth team in Test history to lose after enforcing the follow-on. With England needing two runs to win, Wagner dramatically dismissed James Anderson, sparking massive Kiwi celebrations. New Zealand bowler Neil Wagner bagged a four-wicket haul, including the decisive wicket of James Anderson, to power his team to a series-levelling win over England in the second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.

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'Definitely': Winner admits blunder decided epic (Wide World of Sports)

New Zealand wicketkeeper Tom Blundell has admitted the umpires made a crucial mistake as the second Test ag...

Certainly, on TV you had the best view of it, they will also be asking the question." "They will be talking, there will be thoughts about it for sure. "If it was two overs earlier, it might have been called a wide. They are bigger than that. READ MORE: and people have seen it on TV, here at the ground.

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Black Caps v England: Match-winning Neil Wagner sticks to his guns (New Zealand Herald)

The results were wildly different across the series but sticking with his process is what allowed Neil Wagner to decide one of the great tests.

He planned to continue playing while “the fire’s still there” and he was still enjoying his cricket. It was a similar sort of thing yesterday, and it just ended up going my way.” “We just went back to Wags’ biggest strength,” the skipper said. For him to change the game there, when it looked like Ben and Joe had almost taken it away from us, was massive. Obviously that hurt at Bay Oval because no one wants to lose a test match and leak that many runs. “At the Mount there were opportunities created; it just didn’t go our way.

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