First T20 Rutherford and McCullum Set up NZ dramatic win

The New Zealand has won a remarkable come upon ended England by five runs in the opening Twenty20 match at a sold-out Oval in London and the New Zealand player record for the second wicket partnership of 114 runs between the Otago Volts pair of Hamish Rutherford and Brendon McCullum was the back of the victory as it force the BLACKCAPS to an inspiring total of 201.

The England though was hard in their big chase and was surrounded by one strike of pulling off the massive chase as they finished 196-5 and the New Zealand were the winner in a match that collective 397 runs as a full house at The Oval lap up a as you would expect rambunctious T20 international and the second and final Natwest International T20 match between England and New Zealand on Thursday night.

Scorecard:

England won the toss and elected to field

New Zealand: 201/4 for 20 overs

Brendon McCullum 68
Hamish Rutherford 62 for 35 balls(6 fours  4 sixes)

Luke Wright 31/2

England: 196/5 for 20 overs

Luke Wright 52
Ravi Bopara 30 not out

Ronnie Hira 34/1

New Zealand won by 5 runs

Man of the match Hamish Rutherford (New Zealand)

England in West Indies 2014

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Feb 28 Fri	1st T20I - West Indies v England	-	Antigua
Mar 02 Sun	2nd T20I - West Indies v England	-	Antigua
Mar 05 Wed	3rd T20I - West Indies v England	-	Antigua

England in Australia 2014

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Jan 29 Wed	1st T20I - Australia v England	14:05	Hobart
Jan 31 Fri	2nd T20I - Australia v England	14:05	Melbourne
Feb 02 Sun	3rd T20I - Australia v England	14:05	Sydney

Australia tour of United Kingdom 2013

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Aug 29 - Thu	England v Australia, 1st T20I	23:00	Southampton
Aug 31 - Sat	England v Australia, 2nd T20I	19:00	Chester-le-Street

New Zealand Miss Out on 34-year-old left-armer spinner Daniel Vettori

The injury also sideline all-rounder Grant Elliott and seamer Tim Southee from next week's two Twenty20 matches against England at The Oval, while batsman Kane Williamson and wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi have also left out the squad and the test opener Hamish Rutherford and middle order batsman Tom Latham will join the squad for the Twenty20 game by the side of with spinner Roneel Hira and close added that Vettori's operation in London on Wednesday had gone well.

The New Zealand test cricket team had beaten 2-0 by England in a Test series this season but 2-1 winners in a following one-day international campaign, motivation get ready for the Twenty20 fixtures with a warm-up game against Kent in Canterbury on Saturday.

New Zealand Squad to face England in two T20 matches:
 
Brendon McCullum (Otago Volts, capt/wkt), Corey Anderson (Northern Knights), Doug Bracewell (Central Stags), Ian Butler (Otago Volts), James Franklin (Wellington Firebirds), Martin Guptill (Auckland Aces), Roneel Hira (Canterbury Wizards), Tom Latham (Canterbury Wizards), Mitchell McClenaghan (Auckland Aces), Nathan McCullum (Otago Volts), Kyle Mills (Auckland Aces), Colin Munro (Auckland Aces), Hamish Rutherford (Otago Volts), Ross Taylor (Central Stags)

KP Come Back England play two T20 Internationals against New Zealand

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) named a 14-man squad for the two-match Twenty20 series at The Oval in London on June 25 and 27, with Middlesex's Eoin Morgan captain the side and the England all-rounder Pietersen is consider as the most brilliant batsman in the England set-up and has scored 7,499 runs, including 22 hundreds, in 94 Tests at an remarkable average of 49.01 and he played Twenty20 internationals has scored 1,176 runs at an average of 37.93.

England Squad to face New Zealand in two T20 matches:

Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, capt), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Ravi Bopara (Essex), Danny Briggs (Hampshire), Jos Buttler (Somerset), Jade Dernbach (Surrey), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire), Kevin Pietersen (Surrey), Boyd Rankin (Warwickshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), James Tredwell (Kent), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Luke Wright (Sussex)

New Zealand tour of England 2013

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Jun 25 - Tue	England v New Zealand, 1st T20I	23:00	London
Jun 27 - Thu	England v New Zealand, 2nd T20I	23:00	London

Caribbean Premier League 2013 Schedule

Teams:

BARBADOS - Barbados Tridents
STLUCIA - St Lucia Zouks
GUY - Guyana Amazon Warriors
T&T - Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel
ANTIGUE - Antigua Hawksbills
JAM - Jamaica Tallawahs

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Jul 30 Tue	1st T20 - BARBADOS v STLUCIA	05:00	Barbados
Jul 31 Wed	2nd T20 - GUY v T&T	05:00	Guyana
Aug 01 Thu	3rd T20 - BARBADOS v ANTIGUE	05:00	Barbados
Aug 02 Fri	4th T20 - GUY v JAM	05:00	Guyana
Aug 03 Sat	5th T20 - BARBADOS v T&T	05:00	Barbados
Aug 04 Sun	6th T20 - ANTIGUE v JAM	00:30	Guyana
Aug 04 Sun	7th T20 - ANTIGUE v JAM	05:00	Guyana
Aug 06 Tue	8th T20 - STLUCIA v ANTIGUE	05:00	St Lucia
Aug 07 Wed	9th T20 - T&T v JAM	05:00	Trinidad
Aug 08 Thu	10th T20 - STLUCIA v BARBADOS	05:00	St Lucia
Aug 09 Fri	11th T20 - T&T v GUY	05:00	Trinidad
Aug 10 Sat	12th T20 - STLUCIA v JAM	05:00	St Lucia
Aug 11 Sun	13th T20 - BARBADOS v GUY	00:30	Trinidad
Aug 11 Sun	14th T20 - T&T v ANTIGUE	05:00	Trinidad
Aug 13 Tue	15th T20 - ANTIGUE v BARBADOS	05:00	Antigua
Aug 15 Thu	16th T20 - JAM v GUY	00:30	Jamaica
Aug 15 Thu	17th T20 - ANTIGUE v STLUCIA	05:00	Antigua
Aug 17 Sat	18th T20 - STLUCIA v T&T	20:30	Jamaica
Aug 17 Sat	19th T20 - JAM v BARBADOS	00:30	Jamaica
Aug 17 Sat	20th T20 - ANTIGUE v GUY	05:00	Antigua
Aug 18 Sun	21st T20 - JAM v T&T	00:30	Jamaica
Aug 22 Thu	1st Semi-Final T20 - TBC v TBC	05:00	Trinidad
Aug 23 Fri	2nd Semi-Final T20 - TBC v TBC	05:00	Trinidad
Aug 24 Sat	Final T20 - TBC v TBC	05:00	Trinidad

South Africa tour of Sri Lanka 2013

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Aug 02 Fri	1st T20I - Sri Lanka v South Africa	19:00	Colombo
Aug 04 Sun	2nd T20I - Sri Lanka v South Africa	19:00	Hambantota
Aug 06 Tue	3rd T20I - Sri Lanka v South Africa	19:00	Hambantota

IPL T20 Cricket 2013 Best Strike Rates

Player	Mat	Overs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR
AC Gilchrist (KXIP)	13	0.1	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	1.0
Z Khan (RCB)	2	6.0	5	4/17	9.40	7.83	7.2
CH Gayle (RCB)	16	4.0	3	2/5	13.33	10.00	8.0
DJ Bravo (CSK)	18	62.3	32	4/42	15.53	7.95	11.7
Sandeep Sharma (KXIP)	4	16.0	8	3/21	14.87	7.43	12.0
S Ladda (KKR)	1	2.0	1	1/18	18.00	9.00	12.0
AB McDonald (RCB)	1	2.0	1	1/17	17.00	8.50	12.0
SK Raina (CSK)	18	2.0	1	1/4	23.00	11.50	12.0
TL Suman (PW)	7	2.0	1	1/15	15.00	7.50	12.0
CL White (SH)	13	2.0	1	1/14	16.00	8.00	12.0

IPL T20 Cricket 2013 Best Economy Rates in an Innings

Player	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Opposition	Ground
STR Binny (RR)	2.0	3	1	1.50	v Daredevils	Jaipur
KV Sharma (SH)	4.0	8	0	2.00	v Super Kings	Chennai
MG Johnson (MI)	4.0	8	2	2.00	v Warriors	Pune
A Mishra (SH)	4.0	8	2	2.00	v Royals	Hyderabad (Deccan)
SL Malinga (MI)	3.0	6	2	2.00	v Super Kings	Mumbai
L Balaji (KKR)	3.0	7	0	2.33	v Mum Indians	Mumbai
P Kumar (KXIP)	4.0	10	2	2.50	v Royals	Jaipur
GH Vihari (SH)	2.0	5	0	2.50	v Kings XI	Mohali
DW Steyn	4.0	11	2	2.75	v Daredevils	Delhi
SP Narine (KKR)	4.0	11	0	2.75	v Sunrisers	Hyderabad (Deccan)