The last New Zealander to make a one day international century against Australia, Grant Elliott, doesn't rate his 115 in 2009 "all that highly".

Hearing-impaired cricket fans are missing out on the World Cup because they do not have access to captioning, the Foundation for the Deaf says.

Shane Watson is a good bloke - and hated. "He is the most misunderstood sportsman I've ever come across," says source.

Sri Lanka punished Bangladesh for some shoddy fielding, scoring 332-1 in their cricket World Cup match at the MCG last night.

England don't have much time to get their Cricket World Cup back on track. What can they do?

Only one New Zealander in the World Cup squad has a one-day international century against Australia and a Cricket World Cup ton. Enter Ross Taylor.

The Afghans overhauled Scotland's total of 210 with just three balls to spare and one wicket in hand in today's Cricket World Cup action.

Daniel Vettori put on his Captain Sensible hat today, amid all the kerfuffle about Saturday's World Cup game between NZ and Australia assuming huge historic proportions.

Irish batsman has lucky escape after bails knocked into the air and then resettled in the groove.

Gary Wilson struck 80 runs from 69 balls in a defiant late innings to help Ireland edge the United Arab Emirates by two wickets Wednesday in a World Cup match that was finely balanced until the last over.

The last time mighty Australia rolled into Auckland for a Cricket World Cup match, just over 23 years ago, they left with their tails between their legs.

If it's not rugby and the All Blacks aren't winning by 17 points with 11 minutes to go, you'll be hard-pressed to hear a New Zealand crowd using their epithelium vocal folds to support their team.

As Auckland welcomes the Black Caps ahead of crunch match with Australia, Captain Brendon McCullum jokes he can't escape the World Cup, even on his days off.

Modern-day sledging is utterly charmless, simply not funny or clever any more, and is just verbal assault.

Ahead of this Saturday's Black Caps v Australia fixture at Eden Park, we look back on three of the more infamous moments from previous clashes between the sides.

Shane Watson has taken a battering at Australian training this afternoon... before he faced a delivery.

It's been 1464 days since the last time the Black Caps played Australia in an ODI match

The game’s most violent batsman is feeling his age but he has defied the odds - and critics - again.

Eden Park's crowd has received an open invitation to get rough with the verbals at Australia's players in Saturday's World Cup showdown.