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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.

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: Taylor keeps faith despite big loss
Ross Taylor has refused to let the Black Caps' latest defeat dent his belief that the side can win the World Cup.

Cricket: Time to make amends says McCullum
Brendon McCullum feels the time is ripe to make amends for two past World Cups in which he has harvested just 152 runs.

Cricket: We know we can beat the best, says confident Styris
Scott Styris say India's quest for cricket's World Cup is similar to the All Blacks' Cup challenge later this year.

Cricket: Spin pivotal to World Cup says Taylor
Ross Taylor has acknowledged the importance of spin as the Black Caps prepare for their final pre-World Cup warm-up match against India.

Cricket: Franklin content with bowling role
Black Caps all rounder James Franklin believes his days of opening the bowling are over.

Cricket: Black Caps start with warmup win
New Zealand settled into their World Cup campaign with a 32-run win over Ireland in their opening warmup game at Nagpur yesterday.

Players' boss says Southee issue poorly handled
Black Caps manager Dave Currie has been slammed for poorly handling accusations that Tim Southee acted untoward on a flight to Dubai.

Southee opts for mid-air leg before cricket
Rumours were rife yesterday that one of NZ's rep cricketers had found a different kind of form in the airspace over the Indian Ocean.

Southee cleared of wrongdoing over plane incident
Black Caps management has cleared player Tim Southee of alleged lewd behaviour on a flight from Sydney to Dubai.

Black Cap involved in alleged incident on plane
A passenger on an Emirates flight says a Black Caps player has been involved in an incident with a woman on a flight between Sydney and Dubai.

Cricket: Auckland set Otago 341 to win
A century from Tim McIntosh has helped Auckland set Otago a mammoth total of 341 to earn a spot in the domestic one day final.

Cricket: Vettori sees a chance to toughen up
Expect a hardline attitude from New Zealand in their two warmup games for the cricket World Cup in India.

Cricket: Williamson to miss flight
Black Caps batsman Kane Williamson will not leave on today's flight with the team to India for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.