McCullum favours `tough` England to retain Ashes urn

Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 12:02

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has said that he expected England to retain the Ashes urn, and added that Australia has considerably less chances of winning the five-Test series.

Black Caps win T20 series against England following rain-abandoned second game

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 12:21

New Zealand has won the just-completed Twenty20 series against England 1-0, after the second T20 international had to be abandoned due to rain.

New Zealand skipper McCullum keen to face Pietersen

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 17:35

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum insists he is relishing the prospect of going up against Kevin Pietersen in the second Twenty20 international at The Oval on Thursday.

New Zealand win 1st T20 against England

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 10:19

New Zealand won the first Twenty20 international against England by five runs at The Oval on Tuesday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Taylor better Test skipper than McCullum, says New Zealand media

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 10:53

The New Zealand media has said that the under the leadership of former captain Ross Taylor, the Black Caps Test team had been making significant progress than they are doing under current skipper Brendon McCullum.

Our batting let us down, says Brendon McCullum

Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 09:53

New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum blamed his team`s batsmen for the 10-run defeat against England in a rain-hit Champions Trophy group match on Sunday.

Champions Trophy 2013: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka - As it happened...

Last Updated: Monday, June 10, 2013, 00:32

Live updates of the ICC Champions Trophy match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

We panicked in the middle: NZ skipper McCullum

Last Updated: Monday, June 10, 2013, 00:07

New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum admitted they did panic during the tense chase against Sri Lanka but always had the confidence that his side would scrap through in a low-scoring Champions Trophy thriller here on Sunday.

Nathan McCullum backs ODI win to `favour` Black Caps against Lankans in Champions Trophy clash

Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 13:27

New Zealand off-spinner Nathan McCullum has said that he felt that their victorious ODI series against England, which was highlighted by opener Martin Guptill`s 330-run onslaught, will be a key factor in their favour against Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy .

McCullum says Black Caps showed `how good they can be` after ODI series win over England

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 14:29

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has expressed his happiness at his side`s win in the just concluded one-day series against England, saying that his team has shown `how good they can be`.

Cook says English Ashes confidence boosted by 2-0 Black Caps whitewash

Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 14:31

England captain Alastair Cook has said that England has boosted its confidence for the Ashes with their home turf 2-0 pounding of New Zealand. Cook`s charges beat the Kiwis by 247 runs at Headingley on Tuesday in what British press trumpeted as an ominous warning to Australia.

`Exhausted` Vettori faces `black cloud` over Test future after Leeds Test pull out

Last Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 14:34

According to the New Zealand media, master spinner Daniel Vettori has a black cloud hovering over his Test-playing future after he pulled out of the second test against England at Leeds, fearing that his body cannot cope with the strenuous exertion in the five days that will follow.