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Williamson Urges More Fighting Spirit From New Zealand

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said his team need to mirror the fighting spirit of century-maker Tom Blundell if they are to bounce back from their second-Test thrashing by Australia.

Opener Blundell was the last man out in Melbourne after compiling a battling 121 as team-mates threw their wickets away in the improbable 488-run chase to save the match.

Williamson called it a “magnificent” innings.

“Obviously it was hard work out there, the task was immense. But you look at some small positives… that was a truly fantastic innings,” he said after the 247-run defeat — their second Test loss …

Python Dance (4) Cannot Kill Biafran Spirit - IPOB, MASSOB

Python Dance (4) Cannot Kill Biafran Spirit – IPOB, MASSOB

Two leading pro-Biafra groups; the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have condemned the proposed military exercise in the South East, code-named “Operation Python Dance 4.”

IPOB said they would continue to resist perpetuation of extra-judicial killings by the military in Igboland; including the murderous activities of herdsmen.

This came as the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo asked the military to call-off its impending operation because the governors have beefed up security in the five states in the region.

Rising from a two-day National Executive Committee meeting in Enugu, on …