New Zeaand have set England a big challenge for the fifth day of the third test at Trent Bridge as Ben Stokes went into retirement

England have fought back on day two of the third test against the Black Caps, reaching 223 for 2 at stumps to trail by 215 runs at Trent Bridge.

A strong performance from Henry Nicholls and a 161-run partnership with Rachin Ravindra has the Black Caps in complete control after three days of The Oval test.

A tense first day of the second cricket test between New Zealand and England at the Oval with a fightback from the visiting side

Devon Conway and Blair Tickner have returned to the 20-strong list of contracted Black Caps for the 2026-2027 period.

New Zealand have lost the first test at Lords against England by 115 runs on the fourth day after being dismissed for 138 runs.

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

The Northern Brave have fallen agonisingly short of pulling off a spectacular run chase against the Wellington Blaze in their T20 Super Smash at the Basin Reserve

The Volts won the men's Super Smash clash by six wickets after scoring 152-4 in response to the Wellington Firebirds 150-7.

Central Districts have escaped the Basin Reserve with two victories over Wellington in Super Smash cricke

One win to Wellington, one for Central Districts in the first completed Super Smash games of the season.

Ajaz Patel has been selected for the third and final Test against the West Indies starting this Thursday, 18 December in Mt Maunganui.

Northern Districts pace bowler Matt Fisher has been called up to the Black Caps for the first time as part of the 15-player squad for the two Test tour of Zimbabwe later this month.

The Wellington Firebirds have used the talents of their international players to beat the Auckland Aces by six wickets

The Black Caps suffer a humiliating defeat in the second test against England at the Basin Reserve.

Black Caps looking at a big second test defeat to England after another tough day at the Basin Reserve.

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

Plunket Shield four day cricket gets underway this week with some big names in New Zealand cricket taking part in preparation for England

The Black Caps are on the verge of something unthinkable as they lead India by 301 runs in the second test at Pune.