Wellington, Feb 13 NZPA - New Zealand are poised to play cricket internationals in the United States this year following a series of discussions between administrators from both countries.

Wellington, Jan 31 NZPA - New Black Caps cricket coach Mark Greatbatch sees his role as complementing skipper Daniel Vettori's in the current team structure but with an emphasis on developing the batting skills of the players.

Wellington, Jan 29 NZPA - Ross Taylor will step up as captain should Daniel Vettori be unable to lead the New Zealand cricket team during the upcoming series against Bangladesh and Australia, NZ Cricket (NZC) said today.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have advised that Ross Taylor will step in as BLACKCAPS Captain for the up-coming Bangladesh and Australian series should Daniel Vettori be unable to fulfil his duties.

New Zealand Cricket announced today that Jesse Ryder will miss the IPL due to injury.

Wellington, Jan 8 NZPA - Central Districts cricket coach Dermot Reeve has been censured and fined by New Zealand Cricket (NZC) for remarks alleging ball-tampering by Auckland's English import Ravi Bopara.

Wellington, Jan 7 NZPA - New Zealand Cricket (NZC) and the Players' Association have begun renegotiating the contract between them for the first time in four years.

The Master Agreement has has been in place since June 2006 and expires in July this year.

Australian side the Victoria Bushrangers will have the services of BLACKCAPS batsman Ross Taylor as a guest player in their KFC Twenty20 "Big Bash" competition opener tomorrow (Monday 28 December).

BLACKCAPS captain Daniel Vettori has confirmed he will make a guest appearance for the Queensland Bulls in the Australian 2009-10 KFC Twenty20 "Big Bash" competition.

New Zealand Cricket has initiated a Code of Conduct hearing into comments made by Central Districts coach Dermot Reeve, in relation to allegations of ball tampering by Auckland Aces player, Ravi Bopara.