Nathan McCullum

Shoppers at the Provogue Studio in Lower Parel were pleasantly surprised to spot the three cricketers - Murali Karthik, Nathan McCullum and Jesse Ryder.

The thanda thanda, infectiously lazy weather in Delhi these past few days seems to have gotten visitors to the city in the chhutti mood too.

The Karbonn presents Signature After Match Party that was held recently in Mumbai saw a fashion show that had Laxmi Rana as the showstopper.

New Zealand have named four new faces in their 13-man squad for the Twenty20 International match against Australia in Sydney.

It was time once again to party with the Bold & Beautiful at the Karbonn presents Signature After Match Parties. The players sure know how to unwind after a gruelling match.

India A fought back as the bowlers came on top to restrict New Zealand A to 230 in their first innings and snatch a slender 18-run lead on the second day of their four-day match.

In a format that is dominated by the bat, TOI picks out the five best bowling spells in the just concluded World Twenty20 held in India.

On Thursday, a number of Bollywood stars, cricketers, corporate heads and others made their way to a Sobo restaurant to congratulate Yuvraj Singh for his World Cup achievement.

A furious Suresh Raina came down heavily on certain online portals which have been spreading fake news of him being involved in a car accident. The swashbuckling left-hander in a tweet rubbished these reports, clarifying that he is in good health.

Tillakaratne Dilshan hit 53 as Sri Lanka scored 211-8 from 33 overs in the rain-interrupted third one-day international against New Zealand in Dambulla.

Acknowledging that the retirement of Brendon McCullum has left a huge void in the New Zealand cricket team, his brother Nathan said it was time for the players to move on under new skipper Kane Williamson.

NZ skipper Williamson says Test pitches in India different from IPL tracks.

South Africa's new bowling coach Allan Donald plans to create an attack which is "cocky and arrogant in all the right ways" during his stint with the team.

Pakistan will be desperately looking to ensure the painful defeat to India becomes a distant past when they run into an in-form New Zealand here tomorrow with an aim to bounce back into the World Twenty20 and pacify their bitter fans back home.

Graeme Smith and Shahid Afridi have joined a host of former stars for the inaugural St. Moritz Ice Cricket in Switzerland from February 8-9.

Former captain Sunil Gavaskar feels India got a taste of their own medicine in the World Twenty20 loss to New Zealand and the hosts should be prepared to handle quality spin if they want to dish out rank turners for their rivals.

The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League will feature 56 foreign cricketers, not one of them Indian, after the seven franchises made their choices in a closed-door players' draft system.

The qualifying stage is over, and now the major teams come into play as phase two of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 starts with hosts India taking on New Zealand, in their first T20I in the post Brendon McCullum era.

Sourav Ganguly failed to get the practice but India A recovered from a shaky start to post 162 for three in their first innings against New Zealand A on day two .

High-flying New Zealand will have their tails up and eye another upset when they resume the trans-Tasman rivalry with a strong Australian side in the ICC World Twenty20 on Friday.