When things are going well in a cricket game, you don't change a thing. You stay put, in the same chair, same position, you don't make a move.

New Zealand have laid their cards on the table, choosing an unchanged XI for a fifth-straight game at the World Cup.

The rule of thumb in Napier is bat first every time on the best batting strip in the country. But Afghanistan's stronger suit is their bowling by some distance, writes David Leggat.

Australian paceman Pat Cummins will miss today's crucial match with Sri Lanka because of the side injury he picked up in last weekend's defeat to New Zealand.

Brendon McCullum’s cricket leadership is captivating Kiwi fans. All Blacks captain Richie McCaw’s success has come over a long period. Andrew Alderson looks at how the pair compare.

Afghanistan's cult hero Hamid Hassan, dubbed the Rambo of world cricket, is out to take First Blood against the Black Caps.

The Black Caps’ rampant charge through pool-play has seen tickets for their matches become hot property. And now some fans are looking to turn a quick profit on the tickets.

A wild 24 hours delayed a Cricket World Cup clash, brought flooding to Wellington and the South Island and forced the postponement of a music festival.

Pakistan's pace attack found their range and Sarfraz Ahmed brought adhesive wicketkeeping gloves as they secured a 29-run victory against South Africa in their World Cup match with potentially match-ending rain starting to fall.

A yachtsman who narrowly missed out seeing the Black Caps' spectacular win over Australia has been invited to the cricket team's next World Cup match.

If you'd suggested 10 years ago that NZ would face Afghanistan in the World Cup, chances are you'd have been laughed out of the park, writes David Leggat.

Bowlers operate in a hard world. Cricket is a batsman's game and always has been, writes Kyle Mills.

A tantalising equation awaits today: S African captain + no Eden Park boundary greater than 65m - the prospective loss of Pakistan bowling dignity = the potential for another 400-plus innings.

There was a remarkable pool of talent gathered in Malaysia in February of 2008.

Live commentary and ball-by-ball statistics of the Cricket World Cup pool B match between India v West Indies in Perth.

A serial streaker who ran naked across the pitch during the opening match of the Cricket World Cup has been fined $1500 for his 'idiotic and exhibitionist' stunt.

The Black Caps will swap bats and balls for pens this evening as they continue with rest and relaxation before taking on Afghanistan this weekend.

The leader of the bowling attack, Tim Southee, struck a confident tone when the topic of the death overs was raised yesterday.