Call it a lack of footwork or perhaps 'retrograde steps' but New Zealand's recent World Twenty20 exit to Sri Lanka raised the perennial question: How do you best play spin bowling on the subcontinent?

On the eve of Australia’s match against West Indies, the rookie all-rounder James Faulkner, just six matches into his T20 career, said: “I don’t like them very much.”

Dale Steyn chose a bad time - from NZ's perspective - to once more present his credentials as the world's best fast bowler in Chittagong.

One major global title seems a meagre return over 39 years of competition for New Zealand.

Mark Nicholas, the Englishman who waves the flag with such vigour for Australia now, could never be accused of laying it on thin.

The Black Caps have missed a chance to pick up a confidence-boosting win over Australia in their final warm-up ahead of the World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh.

Jonathan Trott has insisted that his sudden decision to quit this winter's Ashes tour was due to physical and mental burnout, rather than depression.

It seems longer than four months ago that New Zealand were last in Bangladesh.

As Brendon McCullum's beard grew in Wellington during the second test against India, so did his batting strength.

New Zealand won the ICC Knockout trophy at Nairobi in 2000 but this was effectively the poor-cousin Champions Trophy.

It's rare for test series to live up to the hype, especially when they're billed as a clash between the two best cricket sides.

Andrew Alderson identifies four pillars that sustained the New Zealand cricketers through the summer of content and four areas that will require improvement.

Mix of factors explains Black Caps' chalk and cheese change from habitual losers to winners

New Zealand was the only non-member of this test-playing elite club.

Ireland added to their list of giant-killing victories with a six-wicket win over World Twenty20 champions West Indies in the first T20 international.

One of the spinoffs of strong collective test performance is improved global standings for individual performers.

He might have been going for NZ's highest ever test score, but the nerves didn't hit Brendon McCullum until the crowd started to swell at the Basin Reserve this morning.