Cricket News

The coach Mark Greatbatch felt the unit was a balanced one but that few players would need to be tested in the warm-up games

The New Zealand allrounder is determined to force his way back into the starting XI at the ICC World Twenty20

Kyle Mills, the New Zealand fast bowler, has said he is eager to return to international cricket following a lengthy lay-off due to injuries on his knee and shoulder

New Zealand will play three Twenty20s against Sri Lanka in the USA next month in an effort to spread the game into a new market

New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, has said his last few days in India were "nervy" following the bomb blasts outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium

Jacob Oram's catalogue of serious injuries is wearing him down but the lure of the World Twenty20 has motivated another comeback

New Zealand batsman Lucy Doolan has made a quick recovery from a knee injury and is available to take part in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the West Indies

Tony MacGibbon, who died aged 85, was one of the survivors from New Zealand's first Test win over West Indies in 1955-56

Sussex have signed Brendon McCullum for the Twenty20 as a replacement for Tillakaratne Dilshan after he was declined permission to play by the Sri Lanka board

Dermot Reeve, the Central Districts' coach, has ended his tenure after two years at the helm in order to be close to his family in Sydney

Hamish Marshall, the former New Zealand batsman, is aiming to resume his international career with Ireland when he qualifies in April 2011

A round-up of the tenth round of matches in the Plunket Shield

Michael Clarke's increasing seniority within the Test team is set to continue with his likely promotion to No. 4 during the series against Pakistan

Disappointing though the 2-0 result was for New Zealand, it wasn't a shock

New Zealand's marks out of 10 for the two-Test series against Australia

Australia's marks out of 10 for the 2-0 series win over New Zealand

Ricky Ponting is confident Australia are in the best possible shape to regain the Ashes later this year

It's not surprising Daniel Vettori looked a tired man after New Zealand's loss in Hamilton

Mitchell Johnson put his hand up over the past week, now he can put his feet up

New Zealand are sweating on the fitness of a batch of experienced players for the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean next month