All eyes will be on young quick tomorrow as South Africa's tour begins at Eden Park with a T20 match.

Adam Milne could be forgiven a few days in the last couple of years when ''why me?" dominated his thought processes.

You can't fault Imran Tahir for timing.

Ross Taylor's days as an international T20 batsman are not necessarily over, despite his omission from the squad to play South Africa.

Martin Guptill will drop into Auckland's middle order in a bid to regain his place in New Zealand's test team.

The victories at Eden Park and Seddon Park took New Zealand's record since the start of 2015 to 26 wins from 30 completed ODIs at home.

The Northern Districts all-rounder celebrated his 25th birthday on his home ground with a backstage display to keep the Black Caps in the contest.

New Zealand turned the tables, with the 2-0 win over Australia lifting their home record to 22 wins in the last 24 completed ODIs in NZ.

A career-best six wickets for Trent Boult helped New Zealand regain the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy at Seddon Park today.

The structure of Test and one-day international cricket appears set for a radical overhaul after consensus on the future was reached at a high-level meeting.

Dean Brownlie looks set to renew his one-day international cricket career for New Zealand in the second Chappell-Hadlee match.

Until Marcus Stoinis went boom boom today, you wondered what it is about Eden Park and Australian batsmen.

In baseball language, Mitchell Starc's batting .1000 in New Zealand - or maybe that should be bowling.

Canterbury opener Tom Latham will take the wicketkeeping gloves in tomorrow's opening Chappell Hadlee ODI match at Eden Park.

How will T20 fare when the crowd get bored with the ramp shot, the endless succession of sixes, bowlers as sacrifices and when the hype is just...hype?

David Warner and Travis Head have set an Australian record opening partnership while plundering Pakistan in Thursday's one-dayer in Adelaide.

A virtuoso performance by New Zealand in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy would be handy for keeping the series relevant.

COMMENT: Should New Zealand feel shortchanged by the absence of David Warner from Australia's Chappell-Hadlee squad? Tough.

Wellington wicketkeeper-batsman Tom Blundell looks poised to make his one-day international debut.

New Zealand's catching woes suffered another setback on the opening day of the second test against Bangladesh at Christchurch.

Somewhere, somehow, sometime over the course of the next five days the Bangladeshi batsmen know it will happen.

Chris Lynn has been ruled out for the rest of the series against Pakistan and the upcoming one-day tour of New Zealand because of a neck injury.

Former New Zealand coach Warren Lees has called for changes around short-pitched bowling and says umpires need to get tougher.

There remains an unknowable quality to Ross Taylor.

Veteran Australian batsman Adam Voges admits his international career is finished.

New Zealand would have no issue if the rules for bowling bouncers were enlarged to cover the chest area.

New Zealand won the test, but Bangladesh earned plenty of compliments from the rival captain last night.

Whenever a batsman is struck on the helmet one name rushes to mind - Phil Hughes.

The cricketing calendar suggests quality Twenty20 players could eschew nationalism in favour of a decent living travelling the world swinging a bat or a ball.

New Zealand test cricket officials maintain all the correct protocols were followed when Neil Wagner was getting his helmet pummelled in a spiky period.