A bouncer, delivered with an oval-shaped ball, came New Zealand Cricket's way yesterday. Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney confirmed he had taken the captaincy off the mercurial Benji Marshall in World Cup year and handed it to Warriors captain Simon Mannering

A cricket mad tech company has been picked by NZ Cricket to take all its scoring system online which will allow scorekeeping on smartphones and tablets.

New Zealand cricket coach Mike Hesson and bowling coach Shane Bond have apparently forged a solid working relationship.

NZ coach Mike Hesson doesn’t believe the Ross Taylor saga had a significantly undue effect on his team.

New Zealand Cricket's director of cricket John Buchanan has broken his silence but appears to have stuck largely to his employers' script explaining his future and his role supporting Ross Taylor during the captaincy coup.

Like a "whodunnit" with the crucial last page ripped out, New Zealand Cricket has sent fans on their annual summer breaks without knowing the contents of board chairman Chris Moller's "additional material" mentioned during the Ross Taylor captaincy saga.

Brendon McCullum wants Tim Southee to be his vice-captain, he's said as much, writes Dylan Cleaver. "He wants him to be his v-c for all the right reasons."

New Zealand's greatest batsman, Martin Crowe, is understood to have set fire to his New Zealand cricket blazer in protest at the demotion of Ross Taylor as captain.

Ross Taylor has revealed the depth of his relationship breakdown with coach Mike Hesson on the day he relinquished the reins of the national team.

New Zealand Cricket has today confirmed the worst-kept secret in the game with the appointment of former strike bowler Shane Bond as New Zealand bowling coach.

The former Otago and Kenya coach Mike Hesson has been appointed John Wright's successor as coach of the Black Caps.