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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 …

Ravichandran Ashwin Is A Great Bowling All Rounder. Stats Prove That

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Ravichandran Ashwin gave cricket-crazy India the perfect Christmas gift when he finished off the nerve-wrecking chase against Bangladesh in style – hitting a flurry of boundaries against Mehidy Hasan Miraz. At 74/7, chasing a modest target of 145, India stared at a shock defeat before Ashwin joined Shreyas Iyer to register a memorable victory in Mirpur. Ashwin’s second inning heroics in the Mirpur Test overshadowed a significant milestone he achieved in the first innings. Ashwin had completed 3,000 Test runs when he hit Bangladesh captain Shakib al Hasan for a four in the third session of day two. After his Player of the Match performance, social media was flooded with posts comparing him to Kapil Dev, arguably India’s greatest all-rounder. The comparisons, however, were not without a reason. Ashwin had become only the second Indian after Dev to complete a Test double of 3,000 runs and 400 wickets. Only four other cricketers – Sir Richard Hadlee, the late Shane Warne, Shaun Pollock, and Stuart Broad – have completed this feat so far. Moreover, Ashwin (88 …