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Day 1 Highlights : New Zealand vs England Live Score: New Zealand William O'Rourke 0 (25) Tom Blundell 10 (16) England Gus Atkinson 1/21 (6) New Zealand vs England Live Score: New Zealand William O'Rourke 0 (22) Tom Blundell 9 (13) England Brydon Carse 2/28 (8) New Zealand vs England Live Score: New Zealand Tom Blundell 9 (13) William O'Rourke 0 (16) England Gus Atkinson 1/20 (5) New Zealand vs England Match Details 2nd Test (Day2) of England tour of New Zealand, 2024 between New Zealand and England to be held at Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington at 03:30 AM.

Data reveals a clear preference among these women for Western partners. In South Korea, 28% of international marriages in 2023 involved American men, followed by 18% with Chinese men. Marriages to men from other Western countries, including France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, accounted for approximately 17%. A similar trend appears in Japan, where American men were the top choice among foreign grooms for Japanese women. Japanese men seeking foreign brides, however, primarily choose women from China and the Philippines.

U.S. officials are urging telecommunication companies to boost network security following a Chinese hacking operation that gave officials in Beijing access to the private texts and phone conversations of Americans

Allan Border has expressed his disappointment over the team's inability to contain Virat Kohli during the first Test in Perth and feels that can potentially cost the hosts the five-match series. Kohli, who had not scored a Test century in 18 months, roared back to form with an unbeaten 100 in the second innings as India secured a thumping 295-run victory over the hosts. «I was really disappointed in the way we let Kohli roll on to a hundred without much resistance,» Border told SEN radio on Friday morning. «We don't want this guy full of confidence for the rest of the series.»

On the second day of the opening Test against New Zealand in Christchurch, Root fell for a duck, dismissed by debutant Nathan Smith, who also claimed the wicket of Jacob Bethell in the same over. England's solid start of 43/1 quickly deteriorated to 45/3. This was Root's 13th career duck in Test cricket and his eighth in the World Test Championship (WTC), the most by any batter in the competition's history alongside Rory Burns, Kusal Mendis, Jason Holder, and Zak Crawley. Root now surpasses Steve Smith and Virat Kohli, who each have seven ducks in the WTC.

Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Wednesday announced the launch of toripalimab, an immune oncology drug to treat adults with a rare and aggressive form of head and neck cancer that originates in the nasopharynx, the upper part of the throat. Toripalimab, a new biological entity (NBE), is approved by various regulatory authorities around the world including the US Food and Drug Administration, European Medicines Agency and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for the treatment of adults with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (RM-NPC). Last year, Dr Reddy's entered into a licence and commercialisation agreement with Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co. for toripalimab. Under this agreement, it obtained exclusive rights to develop and commercialise the drug in 21 countries including India, South Africa, Brazil and various countries in South America. The agreement also allows Dr Reddy's to expand the scope of the licence to cover Australia, New Zealand and nine other countries.

bond yields slipped as traders took to the sidelines ahead of the US Thanksgiving holiday. Shares in Japan swung between gains and losses while those in Australia climbed alongside Hong Kong equity futures. Contracts for US stocks edged up after the S&P 500 fell 0.4% Wednesday, retreating from a record high in the prior session. The Nasdaq 100 dropped 0.9% as tech stocks weighed on the US market. Nvidia Corp. and Tesla Inc. were among the hardest hit big-tech companies.

The New Zealand dollar rose after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut benchmark rates by 50 basis points to 4.25% while noting that inflation had declined to near the mid-point of its targeted range.

Warner Music Group said on Monday its Australasia president Dan Rosen would take on the additional role of the president of its music publishing arm, Warner Chappell Music, in the region. The move will make Rosen the leader of both the recorded music and publishing businesses across Australia and New Zealand. «Dan has been an exceptional leader for Warner Music Australasia… this expanded role will enable him to strengthen our entire proposition in the region and set a new standard for how we serve the creative community,» said Simon Robson, president of EMEA, recorded music at Warner Music.

The X account for internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom says he has suffered a “serious stroke.”

Noor Ahmad was picked by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 10 crore in the IPL 2025 mega auction on Sunday at Jeddah. The left-arm wrist spinner was initially sold for Rs 5 crore to CSK. Gujarat Titans opted to use their Right to Match card, but CSK raised the bid to Rs 10 crore to which GT disagreed. The youngster has played 23 IPL matches and picked 24 wickets with an economy rate of just over 8 an over.

Chennai Super Kings have resigned Rachin Ravindra for Rs 4 crore in the in the IPL 2025 auction on Sunday at Jeddah. The New Zealand all-rounder was first bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 3.2 crore, but CSK used the RTM and the bid was increased to Rs 4 crore to which CSK agreed.

Virat Kohli scored his 81st international century against Australia during the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Perth's Optus Stadium on Sunday. Virat slammed his first Test century in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) conditions in almost six years, breaking the Test ton curse at Perth with an unbeaten knock that witnessed him play plenty of 'Vintage Kohli' shots. His last ton in SENA came in December 2018 in Australia, at the same venue Taking to X after his century, South Africa's batting legend AB de Villiers called Virat as the 'Greatest of All Time (GOAT)'.

Rachin Ravindra, the rising star from New Zealand, has emerged as one of the most talked-about overseas players ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Following his stellar performances in the 2023 ODI World Cup and his recent exploits in the India series, Ravindra has become a highly sought-after name among franchises.

Outlander Season 7 Part 2 returns this week, promising eight episodes of gripping storytelling. The season continues the saga of Jamie and Claire Fraser against the backdrop of the Revolutionary War.

India vs Australia Live Score, 1st Test, Day 1: India and Australia will renew their rivalry in the Border Gavaskar Trophy when both teams face off in the first Test at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Friday (November 22). While Australia are coming into this Test match fresh, the visitors were humiliated 0-3 by New Zealand at home. A lot of talk has been around Virat Kohli coming into this Test series.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian Premier League (IPL) laid out a level playing field through player auctions from the very outset in 2008. Every team has a fixed purse, ensuring that the richest franchises cannot dominate the league simply by buying the best players.

Hulu have renewed The Artful Dodger for a second season. The Australian original series will continue to explore the adult life of Jack Dawkins, a character inspired by Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist.

Tax Justice Network's 'State of Tax Justice 2024' report was made public on Tuesday. It has dropped like a grenade into the neatly-raked zen garden of global finance. The report reveals a staggering $492 bn lost annually to global tax- dodging that's lounging in secret offshore accounts, funding billionaire jets, yachts and even booking for future intergalactic travel. This is a tale of two kinds of tax-avoiders: one, corporate; the other, personal. Two-thirds of the total $347.6 bn comes from MNCs playing an elaborate game of offshore hopscotch to underpay taxes. The remaining third, $144.8 bn, stems from HNIs hiding their treasure chests in tax havens. So, who's enabling this grand evasion? Eight countries, the 'Elite Eight', are at the forefront: Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Britain and the US. Together, these economic heavyweights are responsible for nearly half of global tax abuse losses.

Australia prepares to take on India during the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at Perth's Optus Stadium, a batter extremely crucial in deciding the match would be the Aussie number three Marnus Labuschagne, currently ranked at number 10 in Test rankings and considered as the glue of the batting line-up along with Steve Smith, keeping an attacking, high on intensity unit together. The 30-year-old Labuschagne has not been in the best of form as of late. Since his side's ICC World Test Championship win in 2023 against India in July, Marnus has gone on to display an average run of form during the next WTC cycle, having made just 653 runs in 12 matches, averaging a sub-par 29.68, with a century and five fifties in 24 innings, with best score of 111. His century came against arch-rivals England during the Ashes at Manchester in July, more than an year ago.

Ricky Ponting pointed out that star India batter Virat Kohli is popular in Australia because of his passionate and aggressive approach to the game, especially to its longest format. After a disastrous home season with the bat against Bangladesh and New Zealand and underwhelming Test numbers over the years, which includes just two centuries, Virat would be making his fifth and one of his toughest tours to Australia. All the speculation around Virat's form, future in Test cricket and lack of centuries have not affected his hype in Australia as newspapers feature posters and attractive images/slogans highlighting the larger-than-life status the batter enjoys in Australia. Ponting spoke with host Sanjana Ganesan on the most recent episode of The ICC Review and the Australian legend spoke glowingly of the former India captain ahead of the upcoming battle for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Under.