In Cricket, Australia has replaced India at the top of the world's test rankings with a 2-nil test series victory over New Zealand in Christchurch today. Captain Steven Smith and Joe Burns hit fifties on the final day as Australia achieved target of 201 set by the hosts losing just 3 wickets in their second innings. Joe Burns was selected as man of the match for his 170 and 65 runs from both innings. With this match, New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum bid farewell to test cricket. The 34- years old wicket keeper batsman has scored over 6000 test runs at an average of 39.
News On AIR | February 24, 2016 8:37 AM
Australia replace India as world No.1 in ICC Test rankings