No one hates an England defeat more than the English media. And as you'd expect, the backlash was quick and it was fierce.

New Zealand have put together arguably their most uncompromising display in one-day international cricket, smashing England with 37.4 overs to spare.

Cameron McMillan looks back on the history of limited over encounters between New Zealand and England.

Today's one-day international between the Black Caps and England could be decided by the guile of the pace attacks.

NZ are rolling along nicely and England are all over the shop, but the Black Caps are sure to have their guard up when the teams meet on Friday, writes David Leggatt.

Picture this: you're huddled over a laptop with your mates in a hotel room while around the other side of the world someone is forking out over $800,000 for you to do a few weeks' work with a cricket ball.

It was not pretty, but the Black Caps scraped past Scotland by three wickets yesterday in the first of three Cricket World Cup matches in Dunedin.

New Zealand are two from two at the Cricket World Cup after beating Scotland by three wickets at University Oval today.

The New Zealand Herald's expert sports panel provides commentary on all the action at University Oval in Dunedin.

New Zealand swing man Trent Boult has scooped a top contract in this year’s Indian Premier League.

Expect a torrent of runs in this World Cup. In the first five games of the tournament, the sides batting first - New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, India and the West Indies - have piled up....

It was Valentine's Day yesterday and New Zealand were feeling the love after the World Cup co-hosts kicked.

Yesterday's World Cup opener between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was a line-in-the-sand game and the Black Caps delivered through composure and pressure.

The early rounds of the World Cup have a phony-war feel to them but they will help determine one crucial aspect.

On a tide of national goodwill, Brendon McCullum delivered the catalyst for New Zealand's victory against Sri Lanka at Hagley Park yesterday.

It's easy to forget, especially for someone predicting a meeting of South Africa and New Zealand - two sides who have never made the final.

New Zealand Cricket have pinpointed talent identification and coaching development as weaknesses to address, despite being on the cusp of a halcyon era.

Black Caps fans left Christchurch's Hagley Oval beaming with delight after Brendon McCullum's men smashed Sri Lanka in the World Cup opener yesterday.

As it happened: The New Zealand Herald's expert sports panel provides commentary for all the action at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

Every ball, every run, every wicket from the opening game of the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Years of scientific research will lie hidden behind every Black Caps ball sent hurtling down the pitch at Christchurch's Hagley Oval tomorrow.