Black Caps fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan spoke to the media as the English and Kiwis traveled to Wellington to contest the deciding T20 match with the teams locked at one game all.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum played down his personal contribution to his side's emphatic 55-run Twenty20 win over England in Hamilton last night. He had no need to. Without McCullum's rasping 74 off 38 balls, New Zealand would have been in big trouble. As it is, he carried them to 192 for six, then found his bowlers in purposeful mood to seal a convincing win, bowling England out for 137.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has played down his personal contribution of 74 off 38 balls in his side's emphatic 55-run Twenty20 win over England in Hamilton.

Black Caps all rounder Ian Butler talks about the teams loss at Eden Park, and what the team needs to do to get back to winning matches.

Black Caps coach Mike Hesson and England player Luke Wright front the media as the two teams prepare for the second T20 international on Tuesday.

With the England cricket team set to line up against NZ in the first Twenty20 match tomorrow, APNZ looks back on some standout moments of previous trips.

New Zealand Cricket have been given a $2.14 million handout by the ICC in a bid to help the Black Caps become more competitive over the next three years.

As they assessed the wreckage of New Zealand's two tests against South Africa last month both captain and coach made a similar observation.

Sri Lanka's tour of Australia finished in ugly scenes as players clashed on field and had to be physically separated following Sri Lanka's two-run Twenty20 win.

Two or three salty little droplets squeezed from my 36-year-old tear ducts as the New Zealand cricket team embraced like first-time ecstasy users after their first series win in South Africa.

Any advantage gained by the Black Caps following AB de Villiers' two-game suspension could be offset by the absence of in-from batsman BJ Watling.

A piece of advice from his father has paid an impressive dividend for fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan.

Jesse Ryder says he will meet with Black Caps coach Mike Hesson at the end of the month to discuss a return to the side for the England tour of New Zealand.

Captain of the world's best team, heading for his 100th test in charge when Pakistan arrive in Johannesburg for the February 1 start of the first of their three tests, and he's got a peach of a fast bowling operation to oversee.

Former captain Ross Taylor is preparing to return for the England tour, but Brendon McCullum says a process will be needed to ensure "smooth integration" back into the side.

Shane Watson hopes to bowl during the Ashes series later this year but for now is keen to resume his 38-test career purely as an opening batsman.