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Matt Henry Topples Legendary Richard Hadlee’s ODI Record For New Zealand

Matt Henry Topples Legendary Richard Hadlee’s ODI Record For New Zealand

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With a five-wicket haul against a formidable Indian side in Dubai, Matt Henry surpassed the legendary Richard Hadlee to become New Zealand’s eighth-highest wicket-taker in ODIs. In the final group stage match between India and New Zealand of the ongoing Champions Trophy on Sunday, the experienced right-arm quick went past Hadlee’s tally of 158 scalps in ODIs. With his blistering pace, Henry left the Indian batters in shreds and returned with figures of 5/42. With another searing display, Henry now boasts 163 scalps in 90 matches, at an average of 24.85, while maintaining a strike rate of 28.78. Henry’s wicket pool featured India’s premier batters, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja. He capped off his sublime display with the ball by sending Mohammed Shami back to the dugout on the final ball of the first inning. Henry drew the first blood and took the first step to maintaining his impressive record against India in the powerplay. In the first 10 overs of the format, Henry has scythed 10 wickets, an …

Have to go back to Sir Richard Hadlee’s era, and he could only get one win: Daniel Vettori terms NZ whitewash of IND as Black Caps cricket’s greatest moment | Cricket News

Have to go back to Sir Richard Hadlee’s era, and he could only get one win: Daniel Vettori terms NZ whitewash of IND as Black Caps cricket’s greatest moment | Cricket News

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Former Kiwi spinner Daniel Vettori said that New Zealand whitewashing India in the recently concluded Test series was one of the greatest moment in the Black Caps history. “The expectation for any touring team that goes to India on these types of wickets is that it’s going to be incredibly difficult. We understand the challenge and in a lot of ways it’s just how are you going to compete against them,” he said to ESPNCricinfo. “… given the history with two Test match wins in almost 80 years and a lot of trying. You have to go back to the great Sir Richard Hadlee’s era, and he could only get one win. So for this team to come here and get that first one and then to win a series is probably New Zealand cricket’s greatest,” he added. The clean sweep against India in their own backyard was a highly unexpected result after the Kiwis themselves were thrashed 0-2 by Sri Lanka in the series prior. Add to that, an injury ruling out Kane Williamson …