Tim Southee

For the participants at the Under-19 World Cup, this is where they will go from being boys to being men as they take the first big step in their cricket careers

England's tour of New Zealand begins in earnest on Tuesday, when Paul Collingwood leads his side out for their opening Twenty20 fixture at Auckland, against a Kiwi opposition that has been severely depleted by injuries and unavailability

New Zealand have drafted in the uncapped Jesse Ryder and Tim Southee and recalled Paul Hitchcock for the forthcoming Twenty20 and one-day series against England

Five of the New Zealand Under-19 team's most promising players will join the A side's winter training squad for close to three weeks in Darwin

A bulletin of the second day's play between Canterbury and Northern Districts in the State Championship final

A round-up of the fourth day's play in the final round of State Championship games

New Zealand Under-19 scraped home by one wicket in a thriller at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln to square the series 1-1 after two matches

Ajinkya Rahane and Tanmay Srivastava slammed centuries to help India Under-19 overcome a massive first-innings deficit and set New Zealand Under-19 a daunting target of 391. New Zealand batted out the final day and reached 231 for 6 to draw the third yout

Needing just one wicket to level the series 1-1, the New Zealand Under-19s wasted little time in doing so early on the fourth morning at Carisbrook

The New Zealand Under-19s were one wicket away from an outright victory over the India Under-19s at Carisbrook, as they reduced the tourists to 222 for 9

Eyeing a famous win over New Zealand for much of the match, Ireland eventually fell by three wickets