Chris Martin

Graeme Smith was left a disappointed man as South Africa squandered the advantage of batting first on a pitch both captains expect to get worse sooner rather than later. They were bowled out for 226 in two-and-a-half sessions and New Zealand finished the

Chris Martin has expressed surprise at being selected for the Twenty20 World Championship but hoped he would excel in the tournament

Chris Martin and Brendon McCullum have backed New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on its tough stance against the Indian Cricket League

Shane Bond has been named New Zealand's Player of the Year for the first time since 2003. Bond, who was his country's leading wicket-taker in one-day internationals during the voting period, ended Daniel Vettori's chances of winning the title for the thir

The ICC has so far approved replacements for five players during the World Cup. Apart from Martin, Stuart Clark replaced Brett Lee, ruled out with an ankle injury, in the Australian squad while Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Abdul Razzaq were

A summary of the second day's play in the latest round of State Championship matches

Peter Ingram, Gareth Hopkins and Michael Parlane all scored hundreds in the opening day of the latest round of State Shield matches

Auckland turned in another disciplined bowling performance to set up a five-wicket win over Otago and with it the 2006-07 State Shield title

Auckland booked a place in the State Shield semi-final after beating Wellington at the Basin Reserve by 71 runs. They will now play Otago in the final.

A rapidly fluctuating Test has been left intriguingly poised as New Zealand fought back strongly through Chris Martin and a scrapping performance from their batsmen

New Zealand's resistance lasted just six overs on the final morning at Centurion, as Makhaya Ntini and Dale Steyn combined to complete the job they had started with the new ball the previous evening. Ntini took 5 for 51, and ten in the match, and Steyn to

New Zealand were in tatters at 98 for 7, chasing 249, when rain and bad light forced an early end to the fourth day

AB de Villiers struck a fine innings of 97, and Nicky Boje chipped in with a vital cameo to wrestle back the initiative for South Africa on the third day of the first Test against New Zealand at Centurion

South Africa closed the first day at Centurion Park on 266 for 8 after Kyle Mills took four wickets and James Franklin three.

Hundreds from Stephen Fleming and Brendon McCullum ensured the New Zealanders' tour match at Benoni will go into the final day evenly poised

Daniel Vettori was named The National Bank Player of the Year for the second consecutive time at the New Zealand Cricket Awards Dinner in Auckland

New Zealand clinched the series with an emphatic ten -wicket victory over West Indies in the second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington

New Zealand took full advantage of being asked to bowl first by reducing West Indies to 182 for 8 on a rain-interrupted first day at the Basin Reserve in Wellington

A summary of the first round State Shield matches