Black Caps

Days before his terrific series against England, his baby son was rushed to hospital "spewing green vomit".

“Now it’s feeling comfortable at this level and I think it was last summer against South Africa. For me once I got to the Mount it was just cricket and do what you’ve done for a number of years. “It was a little bit hard and difficult. Blundell enjoyed a dream start to his test career scoring a century on debut at his Basin home against the West Indies in December 2017. His three and a half week old son Freddie was rushed to hospital on the eve of the series with what turned out to be a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). he started spewing green vomit and our midwife said take him to ED right now and it was quite a scary time, but thankfully he’s back home now,” he said.

Tim Southee set his sight on Sir Richard Hadlee as Sri Lanka began well in the first test.

After a second rain delay, Southee’s consistent length encouraged Dinesh Chandimal to drive and nick to slip, before Henry found the edge of Angelo Mathews and Michael Bracewell trapped Niroshan Dickwella in his opening over. Southee and Henry offered multiple tests an over in the opening hour. “It’s always a frustrating day when you’re beating the bat like that,” Henry told Spark Sport at stumps. “We need to break this partnership,” Henry said. Sri Lanka were on 27-1 after 13 overs, with bounce and a review saving a streaky Kusal Mendis. Despite the ball moving and the bat regularly beaten on a green pitch offering plenty, the tourists ended a rain-interrupted opening day in Christchurch on 305-6.

The Black Caps went up against Sri Lanka in their fist test match. This match gave the Black Caps an opportunity to win their first test series since 2021.

Black Caps' test captain says his side need to start making better use of their reviews after squandering three in 48 overs on Thursday.

In a quirky occurrence, Southee also overtook Vettori for the most wickets by a New Zealand bowler internationally across all three formats with 706 scalps. New Zealand lost their third and final review in the 48th over after Blair Tickner had Angelo Mathews struck on the pad in front of his stumps. He was given not out on-field with New Zealand reviewing. “All I wanted to do as a kid was play for New Zealand and I’ve been very fortunate and very lucky to have been able to play for a long period of time. Hopefully we don’t need a couple [on Friday].” Southee reviewed, but replays suggested it was pitching outside leg.

The achievement was accomplished by Kiwi captain Southee on day one of the first Test match against Sri Lanka at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. He finished ...

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