Lockie Ferguson

New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson entered the history books here on Monday, recording the most economical spell for any bowler in T20I history, that too in a World Cup fixture, returning with figures of 4-4-0-3 against Papua New Guinea. Ferguson's stunning spell saw him becoming only the second bowler in the history of the format to have sent down each of the four overs allotted to a player as maidens, joining Canada's Saad Bin Zafar in the process. Zafar had recorded 4-4-0-2 against Canada in November 2021 during T20 World Cup Americas Regional qualifier match, but Ferguson bettered his numbers. The right-arm New Zealand pacer struck on the first ball of his spell to remove PNG captain Assad Vala for six, which set the tone for his following overs as the opposition batters went into a shell. While PNG batters struggled for strike rotation, Ferguson maintained a tight line with pace and slight movement off the surface to make their job tougher. On the second ball of the 12th over,

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New Zealand's bowling unit has been underwhelming for a large part of the World Cup, and skipper Kane Williamson on Wednesday hoped returning pacer Lockie Ferguson could impart some fire to their attack alongside new ball pair Trent Boult and Tome Southee. Ferguson had missed the last couple of games with right Achilles injury. His presence could be vital for New Zealand as they face Sri Lanka in a must-win match here on Thursday. "He (Ferguson) balances out our attack nicely and made some really valuable contributions in the tournament and brings a bit of experience as well." "So, naturally comes in and bowls with that high pace and it complements our new ball bowlers. So, we'll have to have a look at the surface and decide on our balance," said Williamson during the pre-match press meet. Williamson backed left-arm pacer Boult to come good in the crunch game against the Lankans. Boult has taken 10 wickets from eight matches in the tournament but he really has not been to able to

New Zealand team injury update: As many as five players, including regular skipper Kane Williamson (thumb), are battling injuries.

India made two changes in their Playing 11, bringing in Suryakumar Yadav and Mohammed Shami in place of Hardik Pandya and Shardul Thakur.

From 91 for no loss in the 11th over, KKR slumped to 125 for 8 in the 17th over in a dramatic batting collapse to lose the final

Opting to bowl, KKR dished out another superlative bowling display to restrict Delhi Capitals to 135 for 5 on a slow Sharjah track

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Monday defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by four wickets in the IPL 2021 Eliminator to set up the Qualifier 2 against Delhi Capitals on October 13

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Iyer (53 off 30), playing his second IPL game, displayed the wide range of his strokes alongside Rahul Tripathi (74 not out off 42) to enable KKR to chase MI's modest total of 155 for six

Lockie Ferguson restricted SRH to 2/2 in Super over, KKR won with two balls to spare

The six New Zealand players who are set to play in the IPL are James Neesham (KXIP), Lockie Ferguson (KKR), Mitchell McClenaghan and Trent Boult (MI), Kane Williamson (SRH) and Mitchell Santner (CSK)

The Super Over, which was the first-ever in a World Cup final, also ended in a tie as both teams scored 15 runs each

The Department of Personnel and Training issued a notice that announced postponing the start of a post-graduate degree course for senior bureaucrats at IIM Bangalore

Ferguson was quarantined after he reported a sore throat following the first ODI of the now-postponed Chappell Hadlee series

The BCCI has already said that it is going ahead with the IPL as scheduled from March 29.

The trio of Boult, Henry and Ferguson was ruled out of the recent one-day series victory over India with injuries but will return as the specialist seamers alongside Tim Southee, Kyle Jamieson.