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IPL players will arrive late for England tour

Five New Zealand players signed with the Indian Premier League have been given permission to miss the opening two matches of the England tour

27-Mar-2008•Cricinfo staff

'England deserved to win' - Vettori

Daniel Vettori admitted the better team won and is worried about his side's fragile top order but thinks New Zealand have no worries on the bowling front

26-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Napier

Vaughan savours hard-fought triumph

Michael Vaughan has lauded his team-mates for England's convincing victory in Napier, one which helped them claim their first overseas series win in three years

26-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Napier

Stretched to the limit

New Zealand had their chances to take the series, but their thin resources were eventually exploited by England

26-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller

Sidebottom's transformation

England have bounced back from defeat in the opening Test in Hamilton to take their series against New Zealand with two convincing victories in Wellington and Napier

26-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller

Hoggard and Harmison back to county scene

Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard will have the opportunity to fight for their England places from the start of the domestic season after being released to their counties for all the matches ahead of the first Test against New Zealand

25-Mar-2008•Cricinfo staff

Panesar bowls England to series win

England secured their first overseas series victory in three years with a convincing 121-run win in Napier

25-Mar-2008•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Big, bad and better than his dad

Stuart Broad is big. He's bad. And he's better than his dad. The Barmy Army has always been an organisation for bold statements, but on this occasion they might just have a point

25-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Napier

Fleming 'only just' satisfied

By tea Stephen Fleming had achieved his first aim, the 54 runs required to nudge his career average past 40, but within minutes of the resumption, he was gone - not to a sublime piece of skill from the bowler, Monty Panesar, but to yet another wafty, half

25-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Napier

Fleming's flat farewell

Andrew Miller with the plays of the day from the fourth day of the third Test in Napier

25-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Napier

Panesar and Broad bring England victory closer

Monty Panesar took over from England's quick bowlers as the main threat on the fourth day in Napier as he claimed three wickets to bring a series victory closer

24-Mar-2008•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

'Our 20s and 30s aren't enough on that wicket' - Patel

England lead by 501 with two days remaining in the Napier Test. Jeetan Patel, however, believes that New Zealand can save the match

24-Mar-2008•Cricinfo staff

'It's been one of those happy days' - Strauss

Andrew Strauss, speaking after scoring first hundred after 16 Tests, said his unbeaten 173 was long overdue

24-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Napier

Emotional Strauss rides the wave

Andrew Miller presents the plays of the day from the third day of the third Test

24-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Napier

Strauss and Bell bury New Zealand

Andrew Strauss guaranteed himself a place in England's Test side for the foreseeable future with a career-best 173 on the third day in Napier as McLean Park finally produced the sort of run-scoring that had been expected

23-Mar-2008•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Harmison hits out at Boycott

Stephen Harmison, the England fast bowler, has struck back at Geoffrey Boycott after the former opening batsman had launched a scathing attack at him in a column for Daily Telegraph

23-Mar-2008•Cricinfo staff

Swinging it the right way

"Every dog has his day," was how Ryan Sidebottom modestly brushed aside his latest team-carrying achievement

23-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Napier

Fleming's microcosmic fifty

Andrew Miller with the Plays of the Day on the second day of the Napier Test

23-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Napier

England build on Sidebottom heroics

Ryan Sidebottom's tour de force continued as he sparked an astonishing England resurgence on the second day in Napier as 15 wickets tumbled on what was meant to be a batting paradise

22-Mar-2008•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Pietersen finds karma amid the chaos

Nothing demonstrated Kevin Pietersen's mindset better than the celebration of his century. The shot he brought it up with was streaky, a thick edge through gully off Chris Martin, but the reaction was low-key in the extreme

22-Mar-2008•Andrew Miller in Napier

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