Steve Smith has officially taken the reins from Michael Clarke, after his retirement following the failed Ashes campaign, and in his first assignment will look to take Ireland apart.

New Zealand have some intriguing selections to consider before naming their side for the deciding ODI against South Africa starting in Durban late tonight.

They were blamed for Australia's Ashes humiliation. Now the WAGs are fighting back on Instagram.

The runs keep flowing for New Zealand's brilliant one-day batsmen with Martin Guptill joining Ross Taylor as the only Kiwis to score four centuries in a calendar year.

England capatin Alastair Cook has admitted that England phoned it in during the finals Ashes test.

The runs keep flowing for New Zealand's brilliant one day batsmen with Martin Guptill joining Ross Taylor as the only Kiwis to score four centuries in a calendar year.

With his parting message as Australian captain, the retiring Michael Clarke has taken a final pot shot at his old enemy England.

New Zealand cricket fans will be able to watch the Black Caps after all.

It was one of Steve Smith's most impressive innings and put Australia on track for victory in the Ashes dead rubber but the pain of past failures still stung.

This year, Ish Sodhi has experienced a journey as unpredictable as his googly.

New Zealand's ability to get one-day series back on track after losing the first game should fill them with confidence, all-rounder says.

If you've read any of the press in the fortnight since Australia's Ashes capitulation in Nottingham, it seems 'Pup' will leave the game just shy of being a great.

Spin king says Australia's selectors deserve to shoulder the blame for much of the Ashes debacle.

Bizarre painting hanging on spin king's walls shows his dream get-together.

South Africa held off a late rally by New Zealand's tailenders to win the first one-day international by 20 runs.

Who is Michael Clarke? The truth is that after 12 years, more than 100 tests and a mountain of runs that put him in the upper echelon of batsmanship, we still don't know.

Stuart Broad confesses he has been part of the renaissance but also a part of the decline of English cricket.

The South African cricketers aren't the only ones to have slipped their tactics under the wrong hotel door, as our list shows.

There was a lot of sport to not watch this weekend and if it's a sign of the future, then it's a worrying one.

An embarrassing South African bungle has apparently handed the Black Caps their opponents' bowling plan on the eve of their ODI series.

Former Black Caps bowler Simon Doull will swap the jetset lifestyle for a quick pre-dawn blast up the Waikato Expressway when he starts work on The Crowd Goes Wild breakfast show.

Following New Zealand's South African cricket series is something of a throwback to days long gone.