Andre Adams completed a great year of cricket when he was named Auckland's Cricketer of the Year at annual awards dinner held last night

Have New Zealand flattered to deceive with their first-up victory over Sri Lanka at Sharjah

Scott Styris may have been coming back from injury this summer, but he had reward for all his hard work when awarded the Northern Districts Cricketer of the Year Award last week

Three Test wins, four draws and a loss represent a reasonable summer for New Zealand, given that two of the wins were against Bangladesh

Cricket season may be over for most of New Zealand's non-international cricketers, but not for this year's Academy intake

Former international fast bowler Kerry Walmsley has been named Otago's cricketer of the year

Wellington's Stadium Trustees have been given a deadline of May 31 to provide assurances to the board of New Zealand Cricket that the Basin Reserve will receive a substantial upgrade before next summer

Lou Vincent got into the New Zealand side and held his place at Mathew Sinclair's expense, and now that Vincent is injured, Sinclair has been recalled for the one-day tour to Sharjah

Taken overall at the end of the National Bank Test Series, you would probably want to be in New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming's shoes more than you would want to be in his opposite Nasser Hussain's

New Zealand selection chairman Sir Richard Hadlee gave his side a pass mark for the summer after their National Bank Test Series-equalling 78-run win over England today

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming came into the National Bank Test Series wanting his side to be respected for its achievements, past, present and future, and today's 78-run win to draw the series with England 1-1 went a long way towards ensuring

England might have failed to win a Test series during their winter campaign but the longer term benefits from player development and experience gathering are likely to serve the side well in the future

Retiring New Zealand wicket-keeper Adam Parore achieved the goal that he has always targeted, reaching 200 wicket-keeping dismissals when taking one of the key wickets for New Zealand in their 78-run win over England in Auckland today

Former international Dipak Patel's connection with Central Districts has ended

New Zealand's aggressive last session batting under artificial light at Eden Park tonight kicked down the English barricades to tying the National Bank Test series with England and set up a superb final day to the series tomorrow

Career-best figures he may have had but New Zealand fast-medium bowler Daryl Tuffey wasn't resting on his glory at stumps on day four of the third National Bank Test in Auckland today

Lou Vincent's chest injury is not expected to be bad enough to keep him out of New Zealand's tour to Sharjah and Pakistan starting at the weekend

Chris Drum's surprise retirement, the elevation of Robbie Hart to the Test wicket-keeping role and the dropping of Otago's Brendon McCullum, are the features of New Zealand teams named today for the tours of Sharjah and Pakistan

New Zealand created the slightest chance for themselves in 6.4 overs of fireworks in the third and final National Bank Series Test match with England at Eden Park today

Before ground lighting can be used to allow Test cricket to benefit by extending the hours of play, changes will need to be made to lighting at New Zealand grounds