Cricket News

New Zealand have won eight out of eight ODIs at Hagley Oval, while England are looking to make it six series wins in a row

Colin Munro, the New Zealand allrounder, has become the latest international cricketer to shelve his red-ball career to focus on the white-ball

Ross Taylor, the New Zealand batsman, has signed to play as an overseas player for Nottinghamshire during the first half of the season

The team management is still unsure of the extent of the batsman's quad injury, which he aggravated while diving to complete a second run, and are yet to take a decision on his participation in the series decider in Christchurch

The openers added 175 to steer the hosts through a breezy chase after a four-wicket haul from Leigh Kasperek had helped them bowl West Indies out for 194

Ross Taylor will postpone his birthday celebrations as he races to be fit for the deciding ODI against England in Christchurch

Ross Taylor produced one of the greatest ODI innings - a large part of it on one leg - to help New Zealand level the series 2-2

Ross Taylor has revealed he had not been able to pick up the swinging ball for "two or three years" before he had eye surgery 16 months ago

The former allrounder has worked with the team in the past after his retirement and has also coached many of New Zealand's elite women cricketers

In 2015, these two teams played out an epic 3-2 tussle - on that occasion England came back from 2-1 down to take the honours - and now New Zealand need to do the same

New Zealand battled their own nerves, and a domineering onslaught from West Indies' Kyshona Knight, to claim a hard-earned victory in the first ODI in Lincoln

Mike Hesson, the New Zealand coach, called Kane Williamson's century in Wellington his best in 12 months but lamented some poor batsmanship around him

Eoin Morgan thought the match had got away from England at Westpac Stadium when Kane Williamson and Mitchell Santner were together only for a bit of "luck" to turn it back their way

England battled their way to a 2-1 series lead with a thrilling four-run win, achieved in spite of a superb hundred from Kane Williamson

Logan van Beek and Matt McEwan in the record books as the Plunket Shield witnesses its first set of twin hat-tricks

If there was any venue in the country where New Zealand could go to try and wrestle back to the advantage, it would probably be the Westpac

The BPL franchise has signed the former New Zealand captain for the 2018 and 2019 seasons

Kane Williamson's prognosis remains uncertain, with him requiring further assessment on his hamstring injury, while Ross Taylor still faces a fitness test on Friday

Fleming also put forward the name of Daniel Vettori - who also works in the T20 format - but made clear he remained impressed by Mike Hesson's achievements

Corey Anderson has not played since suffering a stress fracture while with Somerset last year