Cricket: McCullum's masterclass of true grit

Wellington: New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman BJ Watling admitted that a long, hard battle lies ahead of their batsmen in the second Test against India after the visitors took a formidable 246-run first innings lead, riding on Ajinkya Rahane's maiden Test ...

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WELLINGTON: An exhausted Brendon McCullum looked wearily back at the Basin Reserve wicket as the sun that had beat down upon him for almost six hours on Sunday was slowly sinking and knew he would need to do the same again on Monday. The New Zealand ...

Wicketkeeper BJ Watling hit a six off the penultimate ball as Northern Districts chased down a target of 278 to beat Otago by four wickets in the national domestic one-day cricket competition. The Knights needed six off the final over, and then two ...

Updated about 1 hour ago The New Zealand Test cricket wicket-keeper BJ Watling will be out of action for the next couple of weeks after injurying his hamstring playing for Northern Districts at the weekend. Watling will miss the ...

By R Kaushik If New Zealand are still in the second Test, it's largely because of the man who was once the wicketkeeper but is now playing in the side mainly as a specialist batsman - he is, in an aside, also the captain - and the man who is now ...

Summary Thanks to an unbeaten 158-run stand between skipper Brendon McCullum and wicketkeeper BJ Watling that helped New Zealand nose narrowly ahead. Thanks to an unbeaten 158-run stand between skipper Brendon McCullum and wicketkeeper BJ ...

Wicketkeeper BJ Watling will captain an experienced New Zealand A squad on their five-week tour of England. The second-string national team will play nine one-day matches against English county sides and international opposition starting on July 31 ...

Ronchi, who is uncapped at test level, provides genuine wicketkeeping backup to BJ Watling and middle order batting cover. Hesson said last week promising paceman Matt Henry (side strain) wouldn't be considered, and it seems there aren't enough ...