Cricket umpires might do more than judge dismissals, count deliveries and assess wides and no-balls this summer.

The Beatles famously sang about wanting a revolution; now chief executive David White is no John Lennon, but all around him change is swirling at New Zealand Cricket.

Significant change is coming at board level for New Zealand Cricket.

With relations strained between John Parker's movement for change and New Zealand Cricket's current administration, middle ground is required to govern cricket productively and constructively.

The Canberra Raiders are hoping home ground advantage and the X-factor of a little known youngster will turn their NRL season fortunes around today against the Sydney Roosters.

Former New Zealand cricketer Mark Greatbatch has admitted his involvement in John Parker's movement for better governance.

That's what happens when you sweep something under the carpet. It rarely disappears; it just gets bigger and bigger until you trip over it.

New Zealand Cricket would be "crazy" not to tap into the wisdom of its former test captains, according to chief executive David White.

For different reasons, the third test between the Black Caps and England starting at Eden Park today is a huge contest for New Zealand.

A bouncer, delivered with an oval-shaped ball, came New Zealand Cricket's way yesterday. Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney confirmed he had taken the captaincy off the mercurial Benji Marshall in World Cup year and handed it to Warriors captain Simon Mannering

A cricket mad tech company has been picked by NZ Cricket to take all its scoring system online which will allow scorekeeping on smartphones and tablets.

NZ coach Mike Hesson doesn’t believe the Ross Taylor saga had a significantly undue effect on his team.

New Zealand Cricket's director of cricket John Buchanan has broken his silence but appears to have stuck largely to his employers' script explaining his future and his role supporting Ross Taylor during the captaincy coup.

As a lifelong cricket fan trapped in a city without a suitable test venue it is not easy to admit this - but Western Springs should stay exactly as it is.

Like a "whodunnit" with the crucial last page ripped out, New Zealand Cricket has sent fans on their annual summer breaks without knowing the contents of board chairman Chris Moller's "additional material" mentioned during the Ross Taylor captaincy saga.

Brendon McCullum wants Tim Southee to be his vice-captain, he's said as much, writes Dylan Cleaver. "He wants him to be his v-c for all the right reasons."

New Zealand's greatest batsman, Martin Crowe, is understood to have set fire to his New Zealand cricket blazer in protest at the demotion of Ross Taylor as captain.