The Netherlands are one of the favourites to advance to next year's World Cup out of the final qualifying tournament.

A Napier man will serve 300 hours community service, after he indicated he was interested in buying a plane, said he was a pilot, flew the aircraft - all without a licence.

The Adam Milne question didn't take long, and when it arrived, India's captain, MS Dhoni, had the perfect riposte.

Ronchi rises to occasion as skipper has eyes on stylish series win in Wellington.

Daniel Vettori's contract for his new role coaching in the Indian Premier League is thought to be worth US$450,000 ($542,000).

Amid the wreckage of New Zealand's bowling display at Seddon Park, it was difficult finding a positive to take away from Hamilton.

Justin Langer is backing Australia to regain their No1 test mantle in the not-too-distant future.

Andrew Alderson looks at four ideas to complement a winning formula for the 2015 World Cup.

The new year began with a bang in Queenstown ... bang, crash, wallop to be exact ... Corey Anderson and Jesse Ryder were superb.

If Corey Anderson can steer away from thinking about possible Indian Premier League riches and focus his attention on the standard line of "one-game-at-a-time" after his 36-ball world record one-day international century he either has monastic tendencies

Producing an encore effort to rival Wednesday's ferocious hitting display is probably out of the question so New Zealand will be hoping they can take a crucial 2-1 series lead against the West Indies in Nelson today.