News | Cricket
5 Jul 2025 9:31
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Sports > Cricket

    Star batter Steve Smith is set to return for Australia's second Test against the West Indies, just 20 days after suffering a nasty compound dislocation of his finger

    Star batter Steve Smith is set to return for Australia's second Test against the West Indies, just 20 days after suffering a nasty compound dislocation of his finger


    The 36-year-old missed the first test win but has joined the tam and batted in the nets ahead of Friday's second test in Grenada .

    Smith will continue to wear a splint and is unlikely to field in his usual position in the slips.

    NEWSTALK ZB's INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COVERAGE WITH RESENE. QUALITY PAINTS AND STAINS MADE IN NEW ZEALAND

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Cricket News
     04 Jul: England finishes day two of second Test at 3-77, India scores 587 in first innings
     04 Jul: Australia have reached 286 all out at stumps on the opening day of the second cricket test against the West Indies in Grenada after choosing to bat
     01 Jul: Proverbial white smoke has emerged from the Australian cricket team's HQ in the Caribbean on their West Indies tour
     01 Jul: Black Cap Ish Sodhi's desperate to show his spinning evolution after earning a reprieve under incoming coach Rob Walter
     28 Jun: A bowling masterclass from veteran quick Josh Hazlewood has powered Australia to a resounding 159-run victory over the West Indies in the test series opener at Bridgetown
     28 Jun: A Calypso collapse has seen Australia crush the West Indies by 159 runs in the first cricket test in Barbados
     26 Jun: Hope springs eternal for New Zealand Cricket that starting an international summer on October 1 works out against Australia at Mt Maunganui's Bay Oval
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    New Zealand has surged to an historic quarter-final win against Switzerland at basketball's Under-19 World Cup in Lausanne More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Indonesia to sign $52.3b trade pact with US in effort to avoid higher tariffs More...



     Today's News

    Soccer:
    New Zealand football defender Tyler Bindon is joining Sheffield United for the season in the UK's second-tier Championship 9:26

    Entertainment:
    The BBC has said it should have cut away from a live broadcast of Bob Vylan's controversial Glastonbury performance 9:06

    Politics:
    Witnesses to 1998 riots in Indonesia speak out after minister questions mass rape history 8:36

    Entertainment:
    Stray Kids' Lee Know has been appointed a global ambassador for Gucci 8:36

    Motoring:
    And there's a number of road closures across the North Island because of slips 8:17

    Motoring:
    Liam Lawson's Racing Bulls Formula One team won't be making major changes to their car ahead of qualifying for the British Grand Prix 8:17

    Christchurch:
    A person's died after a vehicle collided with two pedestrians in the Canterbury town of Leeston last night 8:16

    Basketball:
    New Zealand has surged to an historic quarter-final win against Switzerland at basketball's Under-19 World Cup in Lausanne  8:06

    Motoring:
    A large slip has forced the closure of State Highway 3 between Mangaorongo and Wall roads near Piopio in the Waikato 8:06

    Entertainment:
    Olivia Munn developed trichotillomania over a paparazzi shot 8:06


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd