Nathan McCullum

The opening shots of the ICC World Twenty20 were fired in the beautiful setting of Wormsley as New Zealand edged a last-ball four-wicket win over Bangladesh

New Zealand have rung the changes ahead of their Twenty20 match against Australia, bringing in four players who have not been part of the Chappell-Hadlee Series

Brendon McCullum has been named New Zealand's Player of the Year following a prolific season during which he starred at both international and domestic level

A career-best 6 for 90 from Nathan McCullum, the offspinning allrounder, helped New Zealand A take firm control of the opening day of the unofficial Test against India A in Chennai

Grant Elliott is one of seven players to be awarded a winter contract list with New Zealand which will run from May to September

Canterbury and Auckland will battle to meet Wellington in the State Championship final during the last round of preliminary matches starting on Sunday

Brendon McCullum continued his winning ways with his unbeaten 108 steering Otago into the State Shield final against Auckland on Sunday

Any of New Zealand's inexperienced players who excel at the Twenty20 World Championship have a strong chance of making the ODI team, according to the new captain Daniel Vettori

Daniel Vettori has got his wish of more responsibility after being named captain of the New Zealand squad for the Twenty20 World Championship

New Zealand A overcame their latest challenge in the Emerging Players Tournament

A round-up of the State Twenty20 games that took place on January 14

A round-up of the State Twenty20 games

Craig McMillan, the middle-order batsman, has been left out of the 30-man squad for the Champions Trophy to be played in India from October

State Championship second day round-up

A summary of the first round State Shield matches

Canterbury face a 24-hour wait before knowing whether they will have to travel to Central or Northern Districts for their State Shield semi-final on Wednesday after they lost their last preliminary round game to Otago by four wickets

Central Districts lost their hold on the lead of the State Shield when Canterbury beat them by seven wickets

An interesting final day is on the cards in the first match of Sri Lanka's A tour of New Zealand, after two enterprising declarations on the second day at Alexandra

Otago retained their lead after four rounds of the State Shield, but Canterbury moved to within one point of them