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Cricket: Fireworks promised for transtasman series

NZ and Australia will eyeball each other for the first time tomorrow night hoping to draw a line in the sand ahead of the Twenty20 cricket World Cup in April.

Cricket: Conquering Aussies in for a fight

Australia arrived yesterday, primed to carry on the carnage of their splendid summer.

Cricket: IPL staying in India, says Modi

NZ's top cricketers face tough decisions after the IPL confirmed next month's tournament will not shift countries despite terror threats.

Cricket: IPL report not favourable, says Taylor

A security report for cricket's IPL, commissioned by the NZ players association, paints a bad picture, star batsman Ross Taylor admits.

Cricket: Players advised to skip the IPL

<i>Mark Richardson:</i> Victory fails to lift confidence

Cricket: Bond and Styris return to ODI team

Cricket: 'Dramatic improvement' needed

<i>David Leggat:</i> Urgent work needs to be done

Another Bangladesh tour has come and gone and how much the wiser are we about the state of New Zealand's game?

Cricket: NZ look to make runs count

New Zealand have plenty of runs in the bank thanks to two big individual deposits in the one-off test against Bangladesh.

Cricket: Guptill, McCullum have day to remember

Cricket: Guptill, McCullum fall just shy of new world record

Cricket: NZ targeting 450

Black Caps hoping Guptill and McCullum can kick on when test match resumes in Hamilton today.

Cricket: Guptill, McCullum lead NZ recovery

Cricket: Black Caps put in to bat

Cricket: Injury delays debut

Multisports: Mark and Ian push new boundaries

Cricket: Only Vettori seen as a threat

Bangladesh have been the entree before the main. Cricket writer Alex Malcolm gives an Australian perspective of their upcoming tour here