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Thursday, Jun 26, 2025
New Zealand, who won the first match of the two-Test series at Bay Oval in Mt. Maunganui by an innings and 65 runs, were 241/2 in their second innings and holding a 140-run lead when rain started to fall and forced the players from the field.
Peters was part of the 1966 World Cup-winning side and scored in the final against West Germany.
Matthew Wade's 117 could not prevent England from registering a 135-run victory in the final Ashes Test.
Stokes, who was England's hero in the ICC World Cup which they won in dramatic fashion, on Tuesday slammed the Sun for publishing details about his personal life and family.
Steve Smith continued his outstanding Ashes form, striking an unbeaten 60 as Australia recovered from another failure by their openers to reach 170-3 at the close of the rain-affected first day of the fourth test against England at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
Four uncapped players - Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Matthew Parkinson and Saqib Mahmood - have been called up to the Test squad.
The series is level at 1-1 with the final Test to come at The Oval next week and England need to produce another remarkable comeback to avoid defeat.
'I don't want to see the crowd talking about how funny he is. I want to see him winning matches for England with his bowling,' Kevin Pietersen said.
The Dutch will face hosts Portugal in Sunday's final in Porto, while England were left to contemplate a fourth successive competitive semi-final defeat following their losses at the 1990 and 2018 World Cups and Euro 96.
Medium-pacer Mitchell Marsh took four wickets to boost Australia's bid to secure a 3-1 series win after their captain Tim Paine won the toss and surprisingly sent England in to bat.
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