Cricket News

The one day series between the New Zealand and England is taking the appearance of one of those tales that old cricketers tell: the same story a little more exaggerated each time

New Zealand captain Emily Drumm was the difference between the two teams as her aggressive 59 steered the home side to a third straight victory over the touring England side at Auckland with two matches left in the five-match series

A fine all-round performance by Haidee Tiffen was one of the highlights today as the New Zealand women's team opened the five match series against their England counterparts with a seven-wicket victory at Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North

The Australian Southern Stars completed a flawless twelve days of cricket, winning all seven of their one-day internationals

The Australian women's team asserted their place alongside their male counterparts as the number one team in their sport, following their sixwicket victory over New Zealand at the Albert Cricket Ground in Melbourne today

The Australian Southern Stars carried on today where they left off against England

There is presently one immutable rule that you must bear in mind when watching cricket - never dismiss the Australians, no matter how precarious their position

Auckland have ended Canterbury's dominance of New Zealand provincial women's cricket today with a six-wicket win in the final of the State Insurance Cup at Eden Park

West Indies scored a comfortable 56-run victory over New Zealand in the Super League of the Under-19 World Cup at the Nondescripts Cricket Club ground in Colombo on Thursday

The West Indies beat New Zealand by 56 runs at the NCC ground in Colombo

Pakistan scored a comfortable six wicket victory over New Zealand at the Premadasa stadium in Colombo on Tuesday

A brittle Indian top order collapsed to some good seam bowling from Kiwi opening bowlers T Robin and I Butler

Christchurch - The West Indian cricketers made a gallant attempt to win the last match of their tour of New Zealand before 15 000 spectators at Jade Stadium on Tuesday (Monday night Caribbean time)

New Zealand started their World Cup campaign with a resounding victory against the Dutch in Matara on Wednesday

Wellington - The West Indian cricketers must feel rather like some heavyweight boxing champion's punch-bag

There are at least three things that were so very obvious, if one really looked, after the New Zealanders took a 2-0 lead over the West Indies in this five match series

Maybe Stephen Fleming, the New Zealand captain, is right

The West Indies looked like a team intent on revenge for their test series savaging in the opening match of the one-day series against New Zealand

As they seemed fated to do, West Indies lost the second Test to New Zealand by an innings and 105 runs with a day to spare at the Basin Reserve yesterday, but the West Indians had fought tenaciously, and deserved better than what appeared to be

Not even a small classic of an innings by Brian Lara and a fantastic defensive effort by Adrian Griffith could stop the West Indies sliding closer to defeat by the end of the third day of the second Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve