Hosting the opening ceremony and the first match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 early next year will cement Christchurch's position as the sporting capital of New Zealand, Mayor Lianne Dalziel said today.
This is the World Cup preliminary squad you weren't going to see. NZ Cricket originally intended the original group of 30 players to remain under wraps.
New Zealand Cricket has submitted its 30-man squad for World Cup. As expected, it doesn't include Otago opener Jesse Ryder.
Martin Guptill can hardly help but hear the criticism when he fails at the batting crease.
Holding a bat atop the Auckland Harbour Bridge, Stephen Fleming spied a chance for long-awaited revenge.
International security experts have ordered NZ cricket bosses to beef up security ahead of next year's World Cup.
The chance to earn a place in next year's World Cup squad has been a significant incentive if the New Zealand A cricket tour to England is any gauge.
Should the proposed day-night transtasman test late next year be a success, expect New Zealand Cricket to step up plans to follow suit.
Auckland's NRL Nines tournament is under threat next year because of an impasse between the National Rugby League and organisers of the Cricket World Cup.
Interviews for people who want to be volunteer helpers at next year's Cricket World Cup will start next month.
Therese Walsh doesn't play cricket, but she's captain of a team that has fans of the game daring to hope
Victories for Kenya and the United Arab Emirates condensed the Super Sixes standings at the Cricket World Cup qualifying tournament in Christchurch yesterday.
Pre-tournament favourites the Netherlands were squeezed out of the Super Six stage of the World Cup qualifying tournament in thrilling fashion at Lincoln yesterday.
Whiff of ambush as only three countries appear to be planning game's future.
Papua New Guinea's flying start to the World Cup qualifying tournament has come as no surprise to their best-known player.
Boilovers on day one; just what the Cricket World Cup qualifying tournament needed yesterday.
Andrew Alderson looks at four ideas to complement a winning formula for the 2015 World Cup.
It is still over a year away, but the World Cup clock is beginning to tick loudly for those eyeing selection in the New Zealand squad.
NZ police have held talks with the International Cricket Council to sign a formal information-sharing agreement before the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
Four months ago Therese Walsh was downplaying the prospect of New Zealand having an equal share in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
Mark Cameron calls it "a perfect outcome for New Zealand".