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Cricket: Donald ducks new deal

New Zealand's bowling attack has made strides since the introduction of their South African coach, writes Andrew Alderson.

Nathan Astle: Win gets Black Caps back on track

Cricket: Black Caps openers set up 10 wicket romp

New Zealand made short work of an inadequate Zimbabwe in a one-sided romp in Ahmedabad last night.

Cricket: Black Caps cruise past Zimbabwe

New Zealand's openers barely broke sweat as they coasted to a 10-wicket win over a disappointing Zimbabwe.

Adam Parore: Zimbabwe unlikely to surprise

Cricket: NZ braced for all-out spin attack

Cricket: Coach backing rookie Bennett

New Zealand bowling coach Allan Donald has gone in to bat for beleaguered young fast-medium bowler Hamish Bennett.

Chris Rattue: Bennett copping it fair and square

Cricket: Donald working on ball preservation

Black Caps bowling coach Allan Donald has identified ball preservation as the key to New Zealand continuing to get reverse swing at the Cricket World Cup.

Dylan Cleaver: Bennett's form poses selection dilemma

Hamish Bennett has given Daniel Vettori and John Wright a pleasant problem ahead of Friday's clash against Australia.

Cricket: Black Caps smash Kenya

The Black Caps have opened their World Cup campaign by thrashing Kenya by 10 wickets in less than 32 overs of action.

Mark Richardson: Pool rounds ideal time to fix failings

Cricket: Leadership race hotting up

Cricket: No seriously, we could win

The Black Caps' form has been poor of late but it is not overstating things to say they have a chance of beating Australia in the pool rounds.

Cricket: Kenya key early win for Kiwis

There's the whiff of an upset in the Chennai air, a growing sense that New Zealand might catch Kenya unawares and win tomorrow night.

<i>David Leggat</i>: A first clear view of the gulf in quality