The home cricket schedule for next summer has been confirmed with the Indian and Sri Lankan men's teams touring New Zealand, while the Bangladesh women will take on the White Ferns.

Half-centuries from Stephen Doheny and Lorcan Tucker and a cameo from Mark Adair delayed the inevitable for Ireland in their defeat by an innings and 79 runs against New Zealand.

New Zealand are looking set to win the tets aainst Ireland after they enforced the follow-on and have the home side 65-2 in their second innings still 246 runs behind the Black Caps total of 490-8 declared.

Day one of the tes against Ireland has ended in a positive way for New Zealand after a faltering start at Belfast as the home side put the visitors into bat

Some big hitting from New Zealand's Finn Allen in cricket's Indian Premier league.

New Zealand's pace-bowling stocks have been bolstered by the return of spearheads Kyle Jamieson and Will O’Rourke for a one-off Test against Ireland in late May and a three-Test series against England in Jun

The Black Caps have beaten Bangladesh by six wickets in a rain-affected and over-reduced third and final T20 International in Dhaka.

An inexperienced Black Caps team have been beaten in the opening T20 against Bangladesh by six wickets with 12 balls to spare in Chattogram.

Bangladesh have won the One Day International series over New Zealand 2-1 after a 55 run victory in Chittagong in the third and final match.

New Zealnad have been well-beaten by Bangladesh in the second ODI by six weeks with 87 balls to spare at Mipur.

Central Districts bowler Blair Tickner took four wickets in the space of three overs to trigger a Bangladesh collapse late in their chase of 248 to help an under-strength New Zealand side take 1-0 lead with a 26-run win.

Auckland Aces seamer Ben Lister could make his first appearance for the Black Caps in more than two years after being called into the ODI and T20 squads to face Bangladesh this month.

Matt Fisher, Will O’Rourke, and Blair Tickner have been named among the 15-man squads to take on Bangladesh in a white-ball series later this month.

White Ferns captainr Amelia 'Melie' Kerr and Black Caps bowler Jacob Duffy have claimed major honours at the New Zealand Cricket Awards.

The Black Caps will play their first four-test series against Australia when they tour later this year in what will be their first four test series against any opponent for 26 years.

South Africa have beaten the Black Caps 3-2 in the T20 series after a 33 run victory in Christchurch as the home side failed to put together partnerships.

A steady fall of wickets has cost the Black Caps the opportunity wrap up the T20 series against South Africaafter losing the fourth match n Wellington by runs

The Black Caps have cruised to an eight wicket win in the third T20 against South Africa at Eden Park.

The Black Caps levelled the T20 series with Sout Africa with a 68 run win in Hamilton after pace bowlers Ben Sears and Lockie Ferguson hit their straps.