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Ben Stokes hit the highest ODI score by an Englishman with his stunning 182 off 124 balls giving England a 181-run victory

Ben Stokes struck a record-breaking 182 as England stormed to a 181-run victory

The Department of Internal Affairs has come out hard on free-to-play gambling ads.

Analysis of housing data reveals foreigners would need to buy twice as many houses – and many at massively over-inflated prices – for National to pull in its promised $740m tax revenue, Jonathan Milne reports.

Ben Stokes’ record-breaking innings of 182 secured a 181-run victory at the Oval and a 2-1 lead in the four-game series

The four-match series is all square at 1-1 following England’s victory at the Ageas Bowl

The four-match one-day international series is level at 1-1 following England’s win in Southampton

The debate in New Zealand over whether to join “pillar two” of the AUKUS security partnership threatens to overshadow a more important foreign policy challenge: how the country’s allies in the Indo-Pacific region are responding to the war in Ukraine.

Visually, it was the opposite of your average political debate or community meeting in New Zealand. Nary a grey hair in sight. Teens, students and young workers showed their political colours by putting parliamentary hopefuls through their paces on the issues that matter to them.