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.

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

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.

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.

The Black Caps are in a good position at the end of the first day of the second test gainst the West Indies at Basin Reserve.

Two uncapped fast bowlers and one wicketkeepr have joined the Black Caps for the second test against the West Indies.

Pace bowlers Jacob Duffy, Zak Foulkes and Blair Tickner as well as Kane Williamson have been included in a 14-strong Black Caps squad for the first Test against West Indies.

Leading bowler Matt Henry will return to the Black Caps for the ODI series against the West Indies, however Kane Williamson is not named.

The Black Caps have scored a two wicket win with 32 balls to spare in Wellington to claim a ODI series sweep over England.

The Black Caps have won the second ODI against England with a convincing five wicket vicotry in Hamilton with 101 balls to spare.

Central Stags pace-bowler Blair Tickner has been added to the squad for the remainder of the ODI series against England.

Central Districts their first T20 match outside NZ, beating the Hobart Hurricanes in the Global Super League.

A double for Central Districts in the latest round of Super Smash cricket as they defeated Canterbuiry in both women's and men's competition

Central Districts were the only victors in Round 3 of the four-day Plunket Shield cricket competition.

Dominated for the better part of two days, Auckland turned their Plunket Shield match on its head on day three.

Will O'Donnell, Gus McKenzie and Dale Phillips were the best on the opening day of domestic cricket.