The Sports Bee

  “Cricket in New Zealand is a white sport”, are the words of Ross Taylor in his autobiography Black & White. He said he and some other New Zealand players have been subjected to racism and that people often think he is Maori or Indian. Ross Taylor has stated that he was a brown face and that many of the comments made against him during his career may seem like jokes to the white players of New Zealand cricket, but that is often not the case. New Zealand Cricket stated that they will soon approach Ross Taylor to discuss the matter. Ross Taylor has played 112 Tests, 236 ODI's and 102 T20I's for New Zealand x

  Sikandar Raza  and  Innocent Kaia  struck brilliant centuries helps Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh in an ODI after a long nine years. The pair added 192 runs for the fourth wicket which is a record breaking partnership and becoming the new best for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh. Raza and Kaia also became only the second Zimbabwean duo to score centuries in the same ODI innings. They came together when the score was 66 for 3 and the game was almost slipping away from them and managed to take Zimbabwe back into game and secure them the lead.

 India's T20 tour of West Indies starts with a magnificent victory. India beats West Indies by a big margin of 68 runs. India who lost the toss are sent to bat first. Rohit Sharma,the captain lead in front his side by scoring 64 runs of 44 balls.   Thanks to the special and quick fire knock of Dinesh Karthik who scored 41 not out of just 19 balls which helps the team to put a target of 191 on board.  West Indies failed in front of Indian spinners in their dream of chasing the target and having a lead in 5 match T20 series. Ravi Bishnoy and Ashwin took 2 wicket each to destroy west Indies batting line up.

 Moeen Ali hits the record for fastest t20 fifty by an English batsman. He thrashed South Africa to score 50 in just 16 balls.