A sober student who streaked naked at a Cricket World Cup match has avoided a conviction after a judge found that "stupidity can't be legislated against".

A week ago England's cricket team were called 'pretenders' but after beating the Black Caps the UK press are in hype-mode ahead of the Ashes.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum may have played his 254th and last one-day international.

A career-defining 83 off 60 balls from Jonny Bairstow resuscitated England's hopes and helped them earn a 3-2 series win over NZ.

Live: England win fifth and final one-day international against New Zealand with six balls to spare.

With the Brendon McCullum-era likely to close by the end of next summer, if not earlier depending on his troublesome back, how are NZ placed to continue their legacy?

It is inconceivable that New Zealand would send out a side in whites or colours without Kane Williamson at No 3

The days of bowlers walking off the field after a one-dayer with figures of 2-40 are long gone, says New Zealand's best bowler.

At the risk of channelling Karl Marx, bowlers must rise up, unite and fight their way out of their current one-day international repression.

It has the ideal setup in the sense that this fifth game decides what has been a rollicking rubber, unless you're a bowler, David Leggart writes.

Trent Boult will spend the weekend vacuuming and doing laundry, but he has never been your typical macho fast bowler.

With the series locked at 2-2 ahead of tomorrow's deciding ODI we break down five key areas from the stats of the series.

Injured Black Caps fast bowler Trent Boult speaks to Dylan Cleaver about his injury and the good and bad media the team receives, along with his passion for Test cricket and the drive to be the best in the world.

As the NBA and one-day cricket shows, it's adapt or die. Mark and Andrew weigh in on the week's sporting matters.

The players don't want it, so why are cricket ball makers Kookaburra confident their pink ball is ready for test cricket?

The deciding fifth one-day international between New Zealand and England starting tomorrow night will likely come down to bowling savvy.

Three reasons New Zealand lost the fourth one-day international against England.

England have produced their highest ever chase in yet another high-scoring affair against the Black Caps.

New Zealand have hit 99.42 runs per 100 balls this year to follow 93.71 last year; no other year has surpassed 85.

Commentary recap the fourth ODI between the Black Caps and England at Nottingham.

The New Zealand cricket team's last two one-day internationals illustrate why strike rate - the number of balls between bowlers' wickets - has become a more important variable than economy rate in....