Former paceman Shane Bond was appointed New Zealand's bowling coach on Friday, ahead of a tough international season that includes Test series against South Africa, England and Sri Lanka.
Bond, 37, sa

Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe today blamed illnesses picked up touring during a 13-year international cricket career for his diagnosis with the cancer lymphoma.

Crowe said his cancer was "v

Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe has been diagnosed with lymphoma, an invasive cancer of the immune system, his manager said Monday.

Louise Henderson said the 50-year-old Crowe had onl

Injury-plagued spinner Daniel Vettori will miss New Zealand's tour of Sri Lanka, cricket chiefs said today, forcing selectors to draft uncapped leggie Todd Astle into the 15-man Test squad.

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Injury-plagued spinner Daniel Vettori will miss New Zealand's tour of Sri Lanka, cricket chiefs said Thursday, forcing selectors to draft uncapped leggie Todd Astle into the 15-man Test squad.

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The New Zealand government on Wednesday blocked former heavyweight boxing champion and convicted rapist Mike Tyson from entering the country.

Tyson had originally been granted a visa, despite opposit

A New Zealand man who assaulted his wife with an ostrich egg after her pet pig ran amok has been jailed for six months, it was reported Thursday.

Phillip Russell lost his temper when he discovered th

New Zealand revealed on Monday it was considering an early withdrawal from Afghanistan after three of its soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack on their convoy in Bamiyan province.

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Amnesty International has called for Fiji's former leader Laisenia Qarase to be freed from prison, accusing the country's military regime of using politically motivated charges to silence its critics.

Influential spinner Daniel Vettori will miss New Zealand's tour of India after failing to recover from a groin strain picked up in the West Indies, cricket chiefs said on Tuesday.