Cricket News

Hundreds from Michael Bracewell and Jesse Ryder, and a nine-wicket haul from Neil Wagner, powered Otago to their first victory of this season's Plunket Shield

Fans who have followed this series so far may want to sit down before reading the following sentence: rain is not expected to affect the second Twenty20

New Zealand allrounder James Neesham has been ruled out of the second T20 against Sri Lanka on November 21

Even Pallekele wasn't spared of the wet weather as persistent rain abandoned the opening T20 without a ball bowled

New Zealand have delayed naming their Test squad for the first Test against West Indies in order to assess the fitness of key players, with a suggestion that Daniel Vettori may be in line for a quicker than expected return

Ben Laughlin, the Australia fast bowler, took six wickets to set up a comfortable win for Northern Districts over Wellington at Basin Reserve

New Zealand acting captain Kyle Mills has banked on his side's batting form, and their experience in Pallekele ahead of New Zealand's first T20 against Sri Lanka

Rain is expected to interfere again, as Sri Lanka will look to protect their No. 1 ranking while New Zealand will look to build depth going into the World T20 in Bangladesh

Doug Bracewell was stood down from Central Districts' HRV Cup game against Northern Districts on Saturday after team management decided he had compromised his preparation by staying out too late

New Zealand acting captain Kyle Mills has slammed scheduling of his team's tour to Sri Lanka

A 47-ball 88 by Daryl Mitchell helped Northern Districts set up a 31-run win against Central Districts at Seddon Park

Fading light cut New Zealand's feisty middle order short in Dambulla, as they pursued an unlikely 90 runs from the last eight overs with four wickets in hand

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara are the most serious obstacles on New Zealand's path to an elusive series win in Sri Lanka, allrounder James Neesham has said

Otago did not have any standout performers but benefited from a collection of useful innings to secure a three-wicket victory at Seddon Park

The forecast for the third ODI in Dambulla does not look pretty, and if any result is reached, it is almost certain to be arrived at via Duckworth-Lewis

Shanan Stewart's all-round performance was the starring role in Canterbury's six-wicket win against Auckland

Jesse Ryder is among seven international cricketers included in a squad to play the West Indians in a warm-up match at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval from November 27 to 29

New Zealand allrounder Corey Anderson has been ruled out of the remainder of the Sri Lanka tour to begin rehabilitation on the rib injury which ruled him out of the second ODI in Hambantota

Ross Taylor aggravated an injury to his patella tendon after returning from the tour of Bangladesh, but it is not serious and he could be fit in time for the Plunket Shield game that begins on November 26

Angelo Mathews has admitted Sri Lanka did not consider the likelihood of rain when they chose their XI for the second ODI against New Zealand