Rain cruelly deprived New Zealand of a drought-ending test win at University Oval today. Needing 112 to beat the West Indies in the

The West Indies were scrapping hard to stay alive in the first test against New Zealand.

Prime Minister John Key said it would be "very, very serious'' if match fixing allegations against three former New Zealand cricketers were proved true.

Not for the first time in my life I wondered: "How could you cheat this magnificent sport?" writes Dylan Cleaver.

Kane Williamson has been ruled out of tomorrow's test against the West Indies, with his injured thumb failing to heal in time for the first home test of the summer.

The Greens may have wanted Prime Minister John Key to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Sri Lanka along with India and Canada, but it does not have a view on whether New Zealand teams including the Black Caps should engage in a sport

As much as I despise the way India has used its strength to manipulate world cricket to suit itself, I immensely respect the quality of the Indian cricketers.

The smiles were back on New Zealand faces as they ended a grim limited-overs leg of their Bangladeshi tour on a winning note in Dhaka.

How does a team go from beating South Africa and England in ODI series in their own back yard to being Bangla-washed?

It's being called 'Bangla-wash' by the locals who clearly enjoyed the Black Caps third successive ODI defeat to Bangladesh.

How much interest this current tour of Bangladesh has been generating is debatable. It's not been one of the more eye-catching, nor, anticipated series our team has been involved in.