Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor further resuscitated the nations' cricketing pulse in the final one-day international against India.

If there's a lesson to be learned from the NZ-India series, it's to be wary of the hero-to-zero mantra spawned by knee-jerk reactions to success and failure, writes Andrew Alderson.

Ross Taylor's ninth one-day international century has eased New Zealand to an epic one-day series triumph over world champions India...

The Virat Kohli handshake probably gave New Zealand opener Martin Guptill the best gauge of the impact his fifth one-day international century had on India last night.

If the Black Caps were to smash India in this series, the superpower would probably just shrug their shoulders and move on, writes Mark Richardson.

Sometimes it seems there has never been a sport capable of soiling its own nest as badly as cricket.

NZ and India produced one of the most epic one-day encounters on these shores with a tied third match, meaning the series stays alive into the final two games.

The Brendon McCullum-Mike Hesson regime is on the cusp of its biggest one-day international series triumph in today's third match against India.

There is no point asking Brendon McCullum how the nerves stirred up by owning a horse racing for $1m tomorrow compare with captaining the Black Caps against India at Eden Park today.

Tim Southee joined a special club on Wednesday, becoming just the sixth New Zealander to take 100 wickets in tests and one-day internationals.

The Black Caps have beaten India by 24 runs in the first ODI in Napier today.

New Zealand Cricket maintains a plan to shift the power over the world game to three countries can be a good thing for the Black Caps.

After topping the tests and drawing the one-dayers, the Black Caps sealed a 2-0 Twenty20 series victory over the West Indies.

Amid the wreckage of New Zealand's bowling display at Seddon Park, it was difficult finding a positive to take away from Hamilton.