It was the 1686th ODI in cricket history

It was the 1684th ODI in cricket history

Sri Lanka headed home from their five-game New Zealand tour without completing the clean sweep they were aiming for but also with a worry over the fitness of key bowler, off spinner Mutiah Muralitharan

New Zealand's inexperienced players were starting to show the benefits of the investment made in them by team selectors, coach David Trist said after today's 13-run win over Sri Lanka averted a whitewash

Jacob Oram announced his arrival on the international stage in Christchurch today with a thrilling 59-run innings when taking on the Sri Lankan spinners

New Zealand has spent much of the summer trying to get the formula right in its one-day game and offered a hint in beating Sri Lanka by 13 runs in Christchurch today that when everything falls into place it is not far away from being a much more

New Zealand's cricketers, battling to prevent a 5-0 whitewash in the National Bank One-Day International series at Jade Stadium in Christchurch tomorrow, have not only their self-respect on the line, but the need for a transfusion of confidence to be

It was like a gunfight at the Hamilton cricket corral

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming admitted a sense of relief over his innings of 67 in the fourth loss to Sri Lanka in Hamilton today