Gritty Kane Williamson fights to keep New Zealand alive

Wicketkeeper BJ Watling can remember when the New Zealand team was very different to the confident, winning group who assembled in Christchurch yesterday for a bumper home international summer. The Northern Districts' gloveman is now a 27-test ...

Williamson and Watling set a new record for a sixth-wicket stand. Source: AFP A RECORD sixth-wicket partnership has seen New Zealand bat their way back into the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka in Wellington. Kane Williamson and B.J. Watling ...

WELLINGTON Jan 4 (Reuters) - New Zealand will have a fight to ensure they get back into the second test against Sri Lanka on Monday but the wicket was aiding a recovery, according to wicket-keeper BJ Watling. The hosts, who have a 1-0 lead in the ...

Photosport GOOD HIT OUT: BJ Watling on his way to a record breaking sixth wicket partnership with Kane Williamson. OPINION: There was plenty of light hearted banter in the commentary box at the Basin Reserve when the fantastic ...

Maarten Holl/Fairfax NZ FULL STRETCH: Regular test wicketkeeper BJ Watling will don the gloves for the Knights The World Cup will soon overshadow domestic cricket but Northern Knights coach James Pamment says his players can still ...

New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman BJ Watling had nothing but praise for the way their bowlers kept going on a dry third day of the first Test in Christchurch, to keep the hosts on top in the match. Sri Lanka, following-on, ended the day on 293 for ...

WELLINGTON (New Zealand) Fifteen wickets fell in a bowlers blitz on Saturday as Sri Lanka ended the first day of the second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington at 78-5 in reply to New Zealand's first innings 221. Sri Lanka's response in their ...

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum (centre R) and Tim Southee (centre L) celebrate … New Zealand's BJ Watling (2nd R) and Ross Taylor celebrate the dismissal of Sri … Sri Lanka's Lahiru Thirimanne plays a shot on day five of the second ...

CHRISTCHURCH Two late wickets by Trent Boult put New Zealand back in control of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday after a maiden Test century by Dimuth Karunaratne had briefly given the tourists a glimmer of hope. Sri Lanka were closing ...