Wellington, March 2 NZPA - New Zealand Cricket (NZC) and Cricket Australia (CA) have jointly nominated former Australian Prime Minister John Howard to serve as International Cricket Council (ICC) president from 2012.

Cricket Australia (CA) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) today announced that they have jointly nominated John Howard as their candidate to serve as International Cricket Council (ICC) President from 2012.

The two Boards made the joint nomination to the ICC Board earlier today.

Thanks New Zealand Cricket for putting together a successful event in a short lead-up time

ICC President David Morgan has praised the cricketers for upholding the Spirit of Cricket during a highly successful ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2010 which concluded in New Zealand on Saturday.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce today announced the appointment of Rear Admiral David Ledson to Chair the board of Maritime New Zealand. He also announced a number of recent reappointments to transport Crown entity boards.

One of Australia's greatest fast bowlers, Dennis Lillee, was formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame at the tea interval on the second day of the third Test between Australia and the West Indies in Perth.

Wellington, Nov 30 NZPA - Air New Zealand says it will discuss with the Government and Antarctica New Zealand whether more relatives of the Mt Erebus crash victims can travel to the accident scene.

Air New Zealand will be working with the Government and Antarctica New Zealand over the next month to explore opportunities for more representatives of families lost in the Erebus tragedy to visit the accident scene.

One of the best-known names in world sport, the late Don Bradman, was formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame at the Bradman Oration at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday

ICC President David Morgan today welcomed news of the launch of the Pakistan v Australia Test and T20I series that will take place in England during July 2010.

Representatives of the ICC Cricket Committee and the MCC World Cricket Committee met in Dubai today for a workshop on the general landscape of cricket with specific reference to the place of Tests and One-Day Internationals in the broader context of the game.