New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI: Ronchi and Elliot flatten Sri Lanka with record partnership

Ronchi and Elliott both made centuries during their record-breaking 267-run partnership

Ronchi and Elliott both made centuries during their record-breaking 267-run partnership

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New Zealand wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi and batsman Grant Elliott broke the record for the highest sixth-wicket partnership in ODI history as the Blackcaps flattened Sri Lanka by 108 runs in the fifth ODI in Dunedin.

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‘The guys are hurting’, admits Ian Bell

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“As an England team we haven’t done anything close to what we are capable of doing”

England batsman Ian Bell has admitted that the “guys are hurting” after they were once again the victims of a brutal spell of bowling by Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson during the third day of the second Test in Adelaide.

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