Nathan Mccullum

Indian fans were out in force as India beat New Zealand by seven wickets to level the T20I series at 1-1.

Brendon McCullum rubbished rumours of his brother's death and vowed to find the person responsible for spreading the fake news.

Adam Voges slammed his second double century and was the last batsman to be dismissed in Australian's first innings of 562. At stumps New Zealand were 178-4 in their second innings, still trailing Australia by 201 runs.

Veteran Nathan McCullum, Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi were all included in the 15-man New Zealand squad for the World Twenty20, which will be captained by Kane Williamson.

Australia continued their dominance in Brisbane as they thrashed New Zealand by 208 runs to go 1-0 up in the three-Test series.

Nathan McCullum has played 84 One-Day Internationals and 61 Twenty20 internationals for his country, having made his debut in 2007.

Nathan McCullum said New Zealand's consistent performances, that has helped them seal the ODI series 3-0, will continue as the teams prepare to play the fifth and the final ODI in Wellington

Brendon McCullum's 60 helped New Zealand post a challenging 189 for 5, while, his brother Nathan, took 4 for 24 in New Zealand's 81-run crushing win over the West Indies at Eden Park, Auckland.

The 22-year-old debutant removed Sangakkara (55) with the last ball of his tenth over and then had Jayawardene off the first of his next to leave Sri Lanka at 186-4 in their second innings at close on the third day on a Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch which had eased out for batsmen.

Cheteshwar Pujara became the second fastest Indian to get to 1000 Test runs, during the course of his double hundred against Australia in March at Hyderabad, where he put on a 370-run record second-wicket partnership with Murali Vijay. The 25-year-old Pujara has 1310 runs in 15 Tests at an average of 65.50.

The Black Caps, set a revised Duckworth-Lewis target of 198 in 23 overs, replied with 203-6 as Nathan McCullum hit spinner Rangana Herath for three sixes and a four to seal a last-ball win.

New Zealand were 13-1 in reply to Sri Lanka's 288-9 when heavy rain lashed the southern port city and wiped out the rest of the match. Earlier, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews hit half-centuries to lead Sri Lanka to a big total.

The 49-year-old, who played 93 Tests and 269 ODIs for his country, also seemed disappointed with the way Indian cricket board has functioned over the past few years.

After Nathan McCullum starred with the ball to strangle Sunrisers Hyderabad with clinical precision, Brendon McCullum led the 144-run chase with great intensity and purpose, completing a five-wicket victory without so much as breaking sweat.

Shikhar Dhawan's magnificent 71 was easily the innings of the night as it put to shade half-centuries from three other left-hand batsmen in the match.

Indian fans were out in force as India beat New Zealand by seven wickets to level the T20I series at 1-1.

Brendon McCullum rubbished rumours of his brother's death and vowed to find the person responsible for spreading the fake news.

Adam Voges slammed his second double century and was the last batsman to be dismissed in Australian's first innings of 562. At stumps New Zealand were 178-4 in their second innings, still trailing Australia by 201 runs.

Veteran Nathan McCullum, Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi were all included in the 15-man New Zealand squad for the World Twenty20, which will be captained by Kane Williamson.

Australia continued their dominance in Brisbane as they thrashed New Zealand by 208 runs to go 1-0 up in the three-Test series.

Nathan McCullum has played 84 One-Day Internationals and 61 Twenty20 internationals for his country, having made his debut in 2007.

Nathan McCullum said New Zealand's consistent performances, that has helped them seal the ODI series 3-0, will continue as the teams prepare to play the fifth and the final ODI in Wellington

Brendon McCullum's 60 helped New Zealand post a challenging 189 for 5, while, his brother Nathan, took 4 for 24 in New Zealand's 81-run crushing win over the West Indies at Eden Park, Auckland.

The 22-year-old debutant removed Sangakkara (55) with the last ball of his tenth over and then had Jayawardene off the first of his next to leave Sri Lanka at 186-4 in their second innings at close on the third day on a Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch which had eased out for batsmen.

Cheteshwar Pujara became the second fastest Indian to get to 1000 Test runs, during the course of his double hundred against Australia in March at Hyderabad, where he put on a 370-run record second-wicket partnership with Murali Vijay. The 25-year-old Pujara has 1310 runs in 15 Tests at an average of 65.50.

The Black Caps, set a revised Duckworth-Lewis target of 198 in 23 overs, replied with 203-6 as Nathan McCullum hit spinner Rangana Herath for three sixes and a four to seal a last-ball win.

New Zealand were 13-1 in reply to Sri Lanka's 288-9 when heavy rain lashed the southern port city and wiped out the rest of the match. Earlier, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews hit half-centuries to lead Sri Lanka to a big total.

The 49-year-old, who played 93 Tests and 269 ODIs for his country, also seemed disappointed with the way Indian cricket board has functioned over the past few years.

After Nathan McCullum starred with the ball to strangle Sunrisers Hyderabad with clinical precision, Brendon McCullum led the 144-run chase with great intensity and purpose, completing a five-wicket victory without so much as breaking sweat.

Shikhar Dhawan's magnificent 71 was easily the innings of the night as it put to shade half-centuries from three other left-hand batsmen in the match.