Guptill only scored 82 runs in the recent Test series against Australia
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New Zealand have opted to retain opening batsman Martin Guptill and spinner Mark Craig for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka despite their poor performances in the recently concluded series against Australia.
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“The foot won’t rule me out for [the] rest of summer”
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Starc has confirmed that he will delay having his ankle surgically repaired in order to represent his side in the two-match Test series against New Zealand in February and in the World Twenty20 in March.
Australia celebrate after beating New Zealand 2-0
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Australia were crowned winners of the first-ever day-night Test match in history as they snuck past New Zealand by three wickets on the third day of the third Test in Adelaide.
Australia bowled New Zealand out for 202
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Neither Australia nor New Zealand were able to gain the upper hand on the first day of the first-ever day-night Test in Adelaide.
“He’s certainly an option for the Test”
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New Zealand head coach Mike Hesson has revealed that left-arm pace bowler Trent Boult will be required to prove that he is fully fit prior to the third Test against Australia in Adelaide.
“He’s on track to be fit for the third Test”
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New Zealand left-arm pace bowler Trent Boult is set to feature in the third Test against Australia in Adelaide even though he did not bowl in his side’s warm-up match against a Western Australia XI in Perth.
Pattinson’s last Test for Australia came against South Africa in March 2014
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With left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson having retired at the end of the second Test against New Zealand in Perth, Australia believe that James Pattinson could be the man to fill his shoes as he was drafted into the squad for the first-ever day-night Test in Adelaide.
Khawaja is expected to return during the Boxing Day Test against the West Indies
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Australia batsman Usman Khawaja will miss the rest of the ongoing series against New Zealand and could also miss the first Test of the upcoming series against the West Indies after suffering a hamstring injury.
“We have received a proposal from Cricket Australia to play a day-night Test in the 2016-2017 series”
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have said that Cricket Australia want to play a day-night Test when Pakistan tour Australia in 2016-17.
“I’ve actually been against it the whole time”
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Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has voiced his opposition towards day-night Tests on the day that he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in Melbourne.