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.

Australia's test series win over South Africa is their first on foreign soil in almost two years, but could be far more meaningful than just that.

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.

History beckoned for Brendon McCullum when he woke up this morning, and he wasn't about to let it slip, writes David Leggat.

Brendon McCullum made history in the second test by becoming the first New Zealand player to score a triple ton.

Cricketing great Martin Crowe believes Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum can surpass his 299-run record today - and that India will want him to get there too.

New Zealand will start today confident of avoiding defeat and perhaps even contemplating a win in the second cricket test against India which seemed unthinkable 24 hours earlier.

Long-time New Zealand cricket watchers should be immune to batting tumbles. They've had a lot to endure down the decades.

A career-best performance from Mitchell Johnson fired Australia to a 281-run victory over South Africa in the opening clash of the three-test series at Centurion.

The fact Kane Williamson's captaincy prospects are talked about openly in New Zealand cricket circles as a "when" not an "if" probably sums up how his talents are respected.