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David Leggat: Perfect timing by Sky for decider

Cricket: Drama in Sth Africa lives up to the hype

It's rare for test series to live up to the hype, especially when they're billed as a clash between the two best cricket sides.

Cricket: Players must learn to handle fame - Hadlee

Cricket: The cornerstones of success

Andrew Alderson identifies four pillars that sustained the New Zealand cricketers through the summer of content and four areas that will require improvement.

Cricket: The big turnaround

Mix of factors explains Black Caps' chalk and cheese change from habitual losers to winners

David Leggat: Picking the first XI of a summer like no other

New Zealand was the only non-member of this test-playing elite club.

Cricket: Ireland take Windies' T20 scalp

Ireland added to their list of giant-killing victories with a six-wicket win over World Twenty20 champions West Indies in the first T20 international.

NZ on the rise in rankings

One of the spinoffs of strong collective test performance is improved global standings for individual performers.

Cricket: McCullum moves up test rankings

Cricket: McCullum's masterclass of true grit

New Zealand will start today confident of avoiding defeat and perhaps even contemplating a win in the second cricket test against India which seemed unthinkable 24 hours earlier.

Cricket: Johnson destroys Proteas

A career-best performance from Mitchell Johnson fired Australia to a 281-run victory over South Africa in the opening clash of the three-test series at Centurion.

Cricket: Advice from masters help Rahane a ton

Mark Richardson: We don't need a green top now

Cricket: Kane leading by example

The fact Kane Williamson's captaincy prospects are talked about openly in New Zealand cricket circles as a "when" not an "if" probably sums up how his talents are respected.

Cricket: Survival at Basin test of Kiwi mettle

Cricket: Taylor's absence immediately felt

If fans doubted the influence Ross Taylor wields, they only had to look at yesterday's first innings of 192 against India to be convinced otherwise.

T20 selection a poser at head and tail of team

New Zealand will name the T20 squad for next month's World Cup tomorrow and in large part it should be a straightforward exercise.

Cricket: Lion proves himself with a roar

The question was put to the wise Indian scribe: "When did you last see Ishant Sharma bowl better than at the Basin Reserve yesterday?".