Tim Southee joined a special club on Wednesday, becoming just the sixth New Zealander to take 100 wickets in tests and one-day internationals.

NZ's one-day cricket team held their nerve in the cauldron of Seddon Park last night to post consecutive victories over India, the world's No 1-ranked team.

The Black Caps have beaten India by 24 runs in the first ODI in Napier today.

New Zealand Cricket maintains a plan to shift the power over the world game to three countries can be a good thing for the Black Caps.

After topping the tests and drawing the one-dayers, the Black Caps sealed a 2-0 Twenty20 series victory over the West Indies.

Amid the wreckage of New Zealand's bowling display at Seddon Park, it was difficult finding a positive to take away from Hamilton.

The West Indies hammered New Zealand by 203 runs to draw their ODI series at Seddon Park tonight.

The new year began with a bang in Queenstown ... bang, crash, wallop to be exact ... Corey Anderson and Jesse Ryder were superb.

If Corey Anderson can steer away from thinking about possible Indian Premier League riches and focus his attention on the standard line of "one-game-at-a-time" after his 36-ball world record one-day international century he either has monastic tendencies

Producing an encore effort to rival Wednesday's ferocious hitting display is probably out of the question so New Zealand will be hoping they can take a crucial 2-1 series lead against the West Indies in Nelson today.

Corey Anderson's sensational display of power hitting came as no surprise to those who watched him destroy bowling attacks as a teenager.

A world-record century by Corey Anderson could put him in line for a lucrative contract in the Indian Premier League.

''It is probably only ever going to happen once for me,'' Corey Anderson said after smashing the fastest ever ODI century.