Should Luke Ronchi make a bundle of runs in New Zealand's key Champions Trophy game against England tomorrow night, cue discreet sighs of relief around the group.

Cricket Australia has suspended opening batsman David Warner from playing at the Champions Trophy after his skirmish with England cricketer Joe Root in a Birmingham bar.

Daniel Vettori has had further pain relief treatment for his Achilles tendon as he seeks short-term survival at the Champions Trophy.

Alastair Cook admits England know nothing about legspinner Fawad Ahmed, who is looming as a likely inclusion in Australia's Ashes squad.

It's unusual for a news bulletin to elicit guffaws from a carful of blokes.

Nestled within Loughborough University in Britain's East Midlands lies a building of shimmering steel, plate glass windows and a roof which filters in natural light - the National Cricket Performance Centre.

Surely belief is high right now for our team - but where it will get tested, and where it has failed them in the past, is in the big game.

New Zealand's paramount match at the Champions Trophy comes on Wednesday night against Australia.

Fitness and fielding have emerged as two important areas giving New Zealand a point of difference at cricket's Champions Trophy.

New Zealand should approach the Champions Trophy with a high degree of optimism.

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson wants the team to take an all-or-nothing approach to Sri Lanka in the side's first game of the Champions Trophy tomorrow.

Shikhar Dhawan smashed 114 off 94 balls as India overcame a valiant South Africa by 26 runs in the opening match of the Champions Trophy in Cardiff yesterday.

New Zealand's cricketers celebrated their one-day series over England by spraying champagne at one another like Formula One drivers, but the team need a pitstop to assess their one-day form before the Champions Trophy.

As the cricketing world's focus turns to the Champions Trophy in England and Wales, Andrew Alderson picks a Curiosity XI worth setting the alarm for

Martin Guptill scored 189 not out, his second century in 48 hours, as the Black Caps eased to an 86-run win, taking the three-match series over England.

New Zealand might have been swept 2-0 by England in the away test series but looking at early Ashes intelligence data, Australia can expect much the same.

NZ needs cricketing respect and they won't gain that on a diet of short form success alone, writes Mark Richardson.

The great old game of cricket is doing itself a massive disservice by allowing the bowlers with the bent arms to lead a new epidemic of wrong - and New Zealand is not exempt.

Daniel Vettori's prospects of playing for New Zealand at the Champions Trophy have worsened. The 34-year-old withdrew from the first of three one-day internationals against England after aggravating his Achilles injury at Lord's on match day.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is trying to pinpoint why his team cannot translate limited overs success to the test arena.

Test cricket continues to serve up a cocktail of technical and psychological torment to New Zealand's batsmen, regardless of the team's belief they are preparing meticulously.

It seemed appropriate Martin Guptill should bring up his third ODI century, and the first by a New Zealander at Lord’s, with a pull shot.

Martin Guptill produced the first ODI century by a New Zealander at Lord's to give the visitors a five-wicket win in the first match of three against England.

New Zealand can thank former Australian wicketkeeper/batsman Adam Gilchrist for the acquisition of Luke Ronchi.

Ian Butler could play cricket in one of two destinations tomorrow.

New Zealand's batting is sometimes like watching the opening credits to the cartoon Danger Mouse. A fuse is lit on a big black bomb which, at some point, you know is going to explode.