Brendon McCullum

A late fightback by Chris Cairns and Brendon McCullum ensured that New Zealand and South Africa shared the honours after the first day of the final Test at Wellington

A thrill-a-minute 57 from Brendon McCullum, allied to the obduracy and strength of Jacob Oram, dug New Zealand out of a hole on the third day of the opening Test against South Africa at Westpac Park

Jacques Kallis fell a couple of muscular drives short of becoming the first man since Donald Bradman to score centuries in five consecutive Test matches as South Africa dominated the opening day of the series against New Zealand at Westpac Park in

Shaun Pollock's three sixes in the final over gave South Africa hopes of an incredible win

Michael Papps has been called into New Zealand's one-day squad for their forthcoming series against South Africa

Imran Farhat and Yousuf Youhana steadied the ship and then shifted to cruise control as Pakistan cantered home in the second one-dayer at Queenstown

Centuries by Canterbury batsmen Michael Papps (119) and Gary Stead (105) made a mockery of Wellington's decision to field first at the Basin Reserve in the final game of round three of the State Championship

Australia sneaked a thrilling two-wicket win off the penultimate ball of the match to seal a place in the final of the TVS Cup

Central Districts fast-medium bowler Michael Mason and Auckland one-day specialist Paul Hitchcock are the big winners in the New Zealand cricket teams to tour India and Pakistan named today

New Zealand Cricket selection manager Sir Richard Hadlee today named the TelstraClear Black Caps Test and one-day squads for the up-coming tour of India and Pakistan

Pardon me for interrupting, but in a game which revels in spurious statistics there is one that defies belief doing the rounds in New Zealand cricket at the moment

As new coach John Bracewell ponders the direction the New Zealanders take over the next few years, he would do well to ponder on performance statistics from the last summer

McCullum: moving from Otago to Canterbury for the 2003-04 season © Reuters Otago cricket has suffered another body blow with Brendon McCullum's decision to base himself in Canterbury next summer

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has offered contracts to 20 players for the next 12 months (from June 1), based on criteria which assessed a player's likely playing value to NZC over the contract period

The two New Zealand cricketers have been fined $500 each following incidents at a Durban nightclub

Slight changes in both his wicket-keeping and batting techniques are what Otago's Brendon McCullum hopes will fuel his return to international cricket

Cyclone Brendon has just left Darwin, with the record books trailing in his dust

New Zealand's cricket selectors may be taking the first step on a most significant road today with their selection of Otago tyro Brendon McCullum to open the batting against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground