England wore the bright pink safety vests, but it was New Zealand who needed them, having been run over in a T20 match at Manchester.

A contrite Chris Rogers has apologised for his attempt to start a tour group to the Lord's Test.

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson gave the closed-ended question considered thought: Are you pleased with your side's performance on the England tour?

Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt is facing allegations of defamation from one of his city councillors.

England may have beaten NZ in the cricket this morning, but one of England's greatest comedians has paid tribute to the Black Caps captain.

Three key moments from New Zealand's 56-run T20 loss to England.

Amid all the grumbling and "boys aren't happy" talk over the idea of using a pink ball for the first time in a test, if it comes to fruition, why not just get on with it?

England have crushed NZ by 56 runs in the sole Twenty 20 international against England today.

Tomorrow morning's Twenty20 cricket match between New Zealand and England has much to aspire to after the compelling test and one-day international series.

A sober student who streaked naked at a Cricket World Cup match has avoided a conviction after a judge found that "stupidity can't be legislated against".

A week ago England's cricket team were called 'pretenders' but after beating the Black Caps the UK press are in hype-mode ahead of the Ashes.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum may have played his 254th and last one-day international.

A career-defining 83 off 60 balls from Jonny Bairstow resuscitated England's hopes and helped them earn a 3-2 series win over NZ.

Live: England win fifth and final one-day international against New Zealand with six balls to spare.

It is inconceivable that New Zealand would send out a side in whites or colours without Kane Williamson at No 3

The days of bowlers walking off the field after a one-dayer with figures of 2-40 are long gone, says New Zealand's best bowler.

At the risk of channelling Karl Marx, bowlers must rise up, unite and fight their way out of their current one-day international repression.

It has the ideal setup in the sense that this fifth game decides what has been a rollicking rubber, unless you're a bowler, David Leggart writes.

Trent Boult will spend the weekend vacuuming and doing laundry, but he has never been your typical macho fast bowler.

With the series locked at 2-2 ahead of tomorrow's deciding ODI we break down five key areas from the stats of the series.

Injured Black Caps fast bowler Trent Boult speaks to Dylan Cleaver about his injury and the good and bad media the team receives, along with his passion for Test cricket and the drive to be the best in the world.

The Black Caps and England face off in a game five decider on Saturday night. Just what does history say about New Zealand's record in a must-win game?