Cricket

The England cricket coach Trevor Bayliss wants Twenty20 internationals abolished, but New Zealand counterpart Mike Hesson believes that would damage the game.

The Black Caps opening batsman Colin Munro says he'll be treating Wednesday's T20 tri-series final against Australia as just another game.

Australia pulled off the highest run chase in a Twenty20 international to claim a dramatic five-wicket victory over New Zealand in their tri-series clash in Auckland.

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The England cricket coach Trevor Bayliss has welcomed the return of Ben Stokes but says the allrounder is unlikely to play the first one-day international of the New Zealand series.

Ben Stokes will join the England cricket squad in New Zealand later this week after he appeared at a Bristol court to plea not guilty to a charge of affray.

David Warner's white-ball woes continued but it wasn't enough to stop Australia from booking their spot in the Twenty20 tri-series final with a seven-wicket victory over England at the MCG.

Glenn Maxwell has given his international stocks a boost, with an unbeaten century and three wickets in Australia's five-wicket Twenty20 tri-series win over England in Hobart.

Mark Chapman and Tim Seifert are in line to make their New Zealand cricket debut, having been named in the T20 squad for the remainder of the Tri-series against England and Australia.

England captain Eoin Morgan has backed the Twenty20 tri-series format to bring out his side's best in their opener against Australia tonight at Bellerive Oval.

South Africa's worrisome injury-list has been lengthened after wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock was ruled out for up to four weeks with a wrist injury.

Billy Stanlake announced himself on the international stage before Australia cruised to a seven-wicket victory against New Zealand in a rain-affected opener to the Twenty20 tri-series.

Stung by their recent Twenty20 series loss to Pakistan, New Zealand are looking to recapture their fielding spark when they face Australia in Sydney.

Colin Munro is expected to be back from injury for New Zealand's opening match of this weekend's of their Twenty20 Tri-Series with Australia and England.

Former Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum will once again be the highest paid New Zealander in this year's Indian Premier League.

Pakistan have secured an unlikely Twenty20 series triumph over New Zealand, winning the decider in Tauranga by 18 runs.

England paceman Tom Curran has spoiled the opening party at Perth's new $1.5 billion cricket venue by consigning Australia to a 12-run ODI loss.

Wicketkeeper Glenn Phillips has been dropped from the Black Caps squad for the deciding T20 international against Pakistan and has been replaced by Wellington's Tom Blundell.

The Black Caps say the first chink in their golden summer is the wake-up call they needed.

The New Zealand cricket team's record winning streak has ended at 13 after a 48-run defeat in the second Twenty20 against Pakistan in Auckland.