Stan Cowman, who died in Upper Hutt on February 2, aged 79, loved cricket, and that love is represented in the National Cricket Museum housed at the Basin Reserve

Conjecture that New Zealand might now reconsider its objection to playing its World Cup group match in Kenya as a result of Monday night's loss to Sri Lanka appears misguided

All Black legend Don Clarke was the subject of much eulogising for his many rugby feats, and most notably his goal-kicking, after his death on December 29, aged 69, but Clarke also enjoyed a significant cricket career

Only a miracle can save New Zealand's World Cup now after a poor 47-run loss to Sri Lanka in their opening game at Bloemfontein

New Zealand's selectors believe they have chosen the best combination with which to play Sri Lanka in their opening game of the World Cup tonight (NZ time)

As New Zealand prepare for their World Cup opening match against Sri Lanka, on Monday, their need for success is heightened not only by the possibility of lost points for their refusal to play in Kenya but the daunting opening they have to the

New Zealand Cricket chief executive Martin Snedden flew out for South Africa today armed with some possible compromises for New Zealand's decision not to play its World Cup match in Kenya

Motivated by a desire to see why a country of four million people like New Zealand could hold a third ranking in world Test cricket, Englishman Phil Relf has been studying what makes New Zealand cricket tick over the summer

No other decision than that made today by the board of New Zealand Cricket regarding forfeiture of their World Cup match in Kenya was possible

Concerns over prospective terrorist action against Westerners in Kenya is expected to be a catalyst for the removal of World Cup games planned for that country back to South Africa

New Zealand selectors have learned never to breathe sighs of relief, but they must have some measure of satisfaction that their chosen 15 look likely to be all available to step on board their flight for the World Cup in South Africa tomorrow

Auckland's Matt Horne gave the national selectors a healthy nudge to remind them that he wasn't prepared to be discounted as an opener's alternative for international cricket when guiding Auckland into the State Shield final today

Precaution has become the name of the game with New Zealand's World Cup players

Today's rain has left Sunday's final round of State Shield matches as absolutely vital for all the teams in the competition

Runs, high-scoring, batting of quality - it hasn't really been a feature of New Zealand's summer, but Canterbury and Northern Districts produced them all in a last-over State Shield thriller at Timaru's Aorangi Oval today

Traffic on the New Zealand site of CricInfo, nzcricket.co.nz, has grown by 20 million page impressions in each of the last two years

Lessons from the National Bank Series between New Zealand and India don't really concern the quality of cricket, but the attitude of cricket followers in this country

Stephen Fleming makes no apologies, he rates his New Zealand team as a World Cup-winning prospect

Stephen Fleming: holds aloft the ODI series trophy after comprehensive victory It's over, the longest one-day series played in New Zealand cricket history and thanks to an unbeaten innings of 60 by captain Stephen Fleming the home

India have enough time before the World Cup to recoup their forces and become a competitive unit in South Africa, according to skipper Sourav Ganguly