More regular Chappel-Hadlee Trophy cricket against Australia is in the pipeline.

Among the pile of questions thrown at Brendon McCullum yesterday, was whether he'd rein his style in given the size of the occasion at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today.

Aucklander Paddy Singe and his wife, Anne, will be among the 100,000-strong crowd at the MCG for today's Cup final - a last-minute present for the couple's 34th wedding anniversary.

This New Zealand cricket team is our GOAT, the Greatest Of All Time.

I fell in love with cricket when I was 6. Weirdly, I remember the exact place it happened - Melbourne, February 13, 1983.

In the immediate aftermath of New Zealand's thrilling Cricket World Cup semifinal victory over the Proteas, various members of the Black Caps' team and management were asked whether they wanted to....

Increased public transport services are planned to cater for cricket fans heading to the Takutai Square fanzone in downtown Auckland tomorrow.

The Beige Brigade are today making emergency deliveries of Black Cap gear to under-dressed Kiwi supporters in Melbourne ahead of the World Cup final.

Here are seven key issues that are likely to play a role in the outcome of the Cricket World Cup final.

Aussie talk of the "fortress of doom" MCG undoing the Black Caps had the Herald thinking of another plucky band of rebels who took down an all-powerful empire.

MS Dhoni has been forced to defend his future in the game as Indian fans took to the streets to protest his side's semifinal exit at the hands of Australia.

Ten-year-old Max is so obsessed by the heroic Kiwi team that he's begun taking heat from his parents to wash his beloved Black Caps shirt.

A cricket career which has inspired millions is set to culminate in one of sport's grandest cathedrals tomorrow.

For all the high achievements of individual New Zealand players in the World Cup, there's one senior who will be hoping he's saving his best until tomorrow.

James Faulkner is out to fill Michael Bevan's shoes in the World Cup final, even though he's already living in his penthouse.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground, with its large empty green acres, can be an intimidating place to play cricket.

If there's one player New Zealand need to be wary of, among a phalanx of top quality cricketers in the Australian team tomorrow, it could be Steven Smith.

Brendon McCullum’s unbeaten team have started a new history chapter for New Zealand cricket.

The man responsible for one of New Zealand's most painful sporting defeats is tipping more transtasman misery tomorrow night.

A bigger high or a deeper low - that's the gamble you make with watching tomorrow's big game among other fans at the pub, psychologists say.

They may question the size of our ground-hood. They may call us bludgers. But we will not let it get under our skin. Because that's what they want.

Kiwi classical-turned-pop singer Lizzie Marvelly will get to merge both of her loves after being chosen to sing the New Zealand national anthem tomorrow.

Bacon and eggs, gin and tonic, Southee and Boult: it's not quite right having one without the other.

Black Caps fan posing as Williamson pokes fun at Australia's sledge about the size of the MCG: "I walked out to inspect the pitch yesterday and I still haven't gotten there."

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