Auckland, March 6 NZPA - A double breakthrough by Australian paceman Ryan Harris had New Zealand in early strife as rain halted play in the second Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one-day cricket international here today.

Auckland, March 6 NZPA - Ross Taylor was a late withdrawal while Daniel Vettori was passed fit to captain New Zealand as Australia won the toss and chose to bat in the second Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one-day cricket international at Eden Park here today.

Napier, March 4 NZPA - New Zealand's Scott Styris and Australia's Mitchell Johnson were both fined but escaped suspensions after they were found to have breached the International Cricket Council's code of conduct.

By Mark Geenty at NZPA

Napier, March 3 NZPA - New Zealand's Scott Styris was fined 15 percent of his match fee while Australia's Mitchell Johnson was handed a more serious charge for breaching the International Cricket Council's code of conduct here tonight.

By Mark Geenty at NZPA

Napier, March 3 NZPA - New Zealand allrounder Scott Styris played down his heated clash with Mitchell Johnson as he basked in the glory of his matchwinning cricket innings against Australia here tonight.

Napier, March 3 NZPA - New Zealand lost captain Daniel Vettori on the eve of the first Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one-day cricket international as Australia won the toss and chose to bat first here today.

Napier, March 2 NZPA - Teams for the first of five Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one-day cricket internationals at McLean Park here tomorrow (2pm start NZT):-

By Martin Davidson of NZPA

Hamilton, Feb 17 NZPA - New Zealand cricket captain Dan Vettori says his team's hands are clean after a contentious catch potentially cost his Bangladesh opposite a test century here today.

Hamilton, Feb 15 NZPA - Bangladesh will make first use of helpful conditions after captain Shakib Al Hasan chose to field first following a delayed start to the one-off test against New Zealand here today.

Hamilton, Feb 15 NZPA - Rain has delayed the start of the one-off cricket test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Seddon Park here today.