Cricket News

Victoria against Central Districts Stags should have the passion of any Australia-New Zealand sporting clash

Action Indoor Sports, who currently sponsor the New Zealand women's team, will now play a role in the domestic circuit as well

Canterbury Wizards have snapped up Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate for New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 competition in the coming season

Opening batsman Shahriar Nafees was the only surprise inclusion in Bangladesh's 14-member squad for the five-match home ODI series against New Zealand

The Canterbury fast bowler Hamish Bennett has said he was "stunned" by his call-up to New Zealand's ODI squad for their upcoming tour of Bangladesh

James Franklin has not given up on fighting into New Zealand's World Cup squad next year, despite losing his national contract during the off-season

New Zealand Cricket has moved closer to resuming bilateral ties with Zimbabwe after a break of five years by naming an A team to tour the country in October

A back stress fracture has ruled the allrounder Scott Styris out of New Zealand's upcoming tour of Bangladesh

S Badrinath led a strong counterattack after early losses to guide Chennai to 151, a score that their varied bowling attack defended easily under lights to launch their side's Champions League campaign with a win

Not many expect much from the unheralded Central Districts, which puts them in perfect position to hurt a bigger team, especially one like Chennai, which tends to start slowly

Brendon McCullum has said his decision to give up wicketkeeping in Tests in order to prolong his career was "gutsy" and could the "worst call" he's made in his career

Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand captain, has called for life bans on players found guilty of fixing

The New Zealand captain retained the Player-of-the-Year award and the Winsor Cup for first-class bowling, and also won the Walter Hadlee trophy for being the best ODI bowler

Otago have signed Kent allrounder Darren Stevens and Sussex middle-order batsman Chris Nash for New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 tournament

Jamie How, the Central Stags captain, has said the Champions League Twenty20 is an opportunity for the youngsters in his side to stake claims for higher honours

NZC is bracing for a financial hit in their home series against Pakistan later this year, due to what chief executive Justin Vaughan called a "residual impact" of the spot-fixing controversy

Shane Bond, the former New Zealand fast bowler, has been appointed assistant coach of Central Districts for the Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa

An allocation of $65 million for grassroots funding is one of the salient features of an eight-year agreement between the New Zealand board, the players association and the six major domestic associations

New Zealand allrounder Jacob Oram has said that he is not yet ready to retire and is determined to play the 2011 World Cup despite another knee injury

Chris Moller is New Zealand Cricket's new chairman following Alan Isaac's promotion to the ICC vice-presidency