Captain Daniel Vettori will call on New Zealand's recent experience at the Champions Trophy to lift them out of a hole at the Twenty20 world champs.

NZ suffered their first loss at the Twenty20 cricket world championship in the West Indies this morning, at the hands of South Africa.

Brendon McCullum has no problem pouring heavy expectation on his older brother Nathan.

It's almost been too easy for NZ at the T20 World Cup but captain Daniel Vettori says that's about to change.

NZ advanced to the Super Eights of the World Twenty20 this morning by beating Zimbabwe by 7 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method.

Keeping the guard up will be a key message for New Zealand before their second world T20 group game against Zimbabwe in Guyana early tomorrow.

A six by Nathan McCullum off the penultimate delivery gave NZ a thrilling two-wicket win over Sri Lanka in their Twenty20 world championship opener.

Scott Styris says the Black Caps could struggle with the bat in the Twenty20 world championships, starting tomorrow.

NZ produced a stunning performance with the ball to claim an unlikely seven-run victory against the West Indies today.

New Zealand have beaten Ireland by 40 runs in a Twenty20 World Cup warm-up match at Providence Stadium.

A decision will be made by the end of the week on whether all of NZ's "fragile five" will be fit for the Twenty20 world champs.

Claims that IPL players were pressured to play after bombs exploded outside an Indian stadium are being investigated.