GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — B.J. Watling scored an undefeated half-century and shared a key partnership with Tim Southee to give New Zealand a second-innings lead of 177 over Sri Lanka at stumps on...

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Ross Taylor was approaching a 19th test century and holding New Zealand's innings together as the tourists ended a rain-shortened opening day of the first cricket test...

CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (AP) — He danced on the wicket. He did cartwheels. He escaped the clutches of not one, not two, not three but four flailing members of security.

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Steve Smith and David Warner had vastly contrasting fortunes in their second matches back in an Australian uniform since their 12-month suspensions in the wake of a ball...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Wicketkeeper Tim Blundell, who made a century on his test debut but has yet to play a one-day international, has been included in New Zealand's 15-man squad for the...

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Kane Williamson completed a meticulous double century and New Zealand compiled its highest score in tests to extend its domination of the first cricket test against...

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Jeet Raval, who has struggled to score a test century, and Tom Latham, who has made a habit of it, combined in a 254-run opening partnership Friday which placed New...

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Neil Wagner took 5 for 47 to take back control of the first cricket test for New Zealand on Thursday after Tamim Iqbal's 126 put Bangladesh on top early on the opening...

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat Thursday in the first of three one-day cricket internationals against Sri Lanka.

Both teams are beginning in earnest their build-up to the ICC World Cup in England later this year. New Zealand has 12 one-day internationals during its domestic season to help its preparation.

Former World Cup champions Sri Lanka have dropped to eighth on world rankings and are hoping to recover some of their old form in the 50-over game.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 423 runs in the second cricket test at Hagley Oval on Sunday to win the two-match series 1-0:

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New Zealand, 1st Innings 178 (Tim Southee 68, B.J. Watling 46; Suranga Lakmal 5-54, Lahiru Kumara 3-49).

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Tom Latham and Henry Nicholls made record centuries and Colin De Grandhomme a record half-century as New Zealand plundered 585-4 from Sri Lanka's bowlers Friday before declaring with a lead of 659 on the third day of the second test.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's batsmen capitalized on a record-breaking bowling spell by Trent Boult Wednesday to wrest full control of the second cricket test from Sri Lanka at the end of the second day.

Jeet Raval (74) and Tom Latham (74 not out) completed half centuries and Kane Williamson made 48 as New Zealand finished the day at 231-2, with an overall lead of 305.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Opener Tom Latham carried his bat for more than 11-1/2 hours and 157 overs to make a record-breaking 264 in a first innings of 578 which put New Zealand in charge of the first cricket test against Sri Lanka after day three on Monday.

Latham's score was the highest by any batsman who has carried his bat in test history.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tom Latham posted his seventh test century and Kane Williamson narrowly missed his 20th as New Zealand took full control of the first cricket test against Sri Lanka on its second day Sunday.

New Zealand reached stumps at 311-2 in reply to Sri Lanka's first innings of 282 with Latham 121 not out and Ross Taylor 50, having added 90 for the third wicket.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — New Zealand's spinners curtailed Pakistan's lead to 74 runs despite Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq scoring centuries Wednesday on the third day of the series-deciding third and final test.

Pakistan was cruising along at 286-3 on the back of double-century stand between Azhar (134) and Shafiq (104) before New Zealand came back strongly to bowl out the home team for 348 after tea.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Leg-spinner Yasir Shah put Pakistan in control of the second test on Monday with a career-best 8-41 as New Zealand rallied to 131-2 in its second innings after being forced to follow-on.

The tourists were dismissed for only 90 runs in the first innings to give Pakistan a massive lead of 328 on the third day.

Shah claimed both New Zealand wickets in the second innings to become the first Pakistani bowler to claim 10 wickets in a single day of a test match.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Resilient centuries by Haris Sohail and Babar Azam powered Pakistan to 418-5 before it declared the first innings on the second day of the second test against New Zealand on Sunday.

New Zealand, leading the three-match series 1-0, was 24-0 at stumps with openers Jeet Raval (17) and Tom Latham (5) seeing off the nine overs.

New Zealand still trails by 394 runs on a wicket that has started to help spinners.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — New Zealand came back strongly by dismissing Pakistan for 227 and curtailing its opponents' lead to 74 runs on the second day of the first test on Saturday.

New Zealand recovered from Tom Latham's first-ball dismissal to reach 56-1 in its second innings at stumps, trailing by just 18 runs.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fast bowler Trent Boult became the third New Zealander to record a hat trick in a one-day international as the Kiwis beat Pakistan by 47 runs on Wednesday.

Boult (3-54) nailed Pakistan's top order with the wickets of Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam and Mohammad Hafeez off successive deliveries after New Zealand posted a decent 266-9.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat in the first limited-overs international against Pakistan on Wednesday.

New Zealand bolstered its fast bowling with the return of Trent Boult. Opener George Worker, Tom Latham and Henry Nicholls are the others who did not feature in New Zealand's 3-0 rout against Pakistan in the Twenty20 series.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Republican House Speaker John Boehner says his party has an uphill climb in its goal to hold the majority.

Boehner spoke during an impromptu press conference at the Iowa State Fair Friday. Boehner, who left office in 2015, says he would "do this a little differently," when asked about the Trump administration's tariffs on Chinese goods, as well as on steel and aluminum from allies.

Boehner says "I always thought you caught more bees with honey than vinegar."

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand made a solid start to a daunting run chase, reaching 42 without loss at stumps on the fourth day of the second cricket test against England after being set 382 to win.

Tom Latham was 25 not out and Jeet Raval 17 when stumps were drawn more than an hour early Monday because of bad light, leaving New Zealand needing 340 to win on the last day.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — England swing bowler Stuart Broad claimed his 400th test wicket Thursday on the first day of the first cricket test against New Zealand.

Broad, playing in his 115th test, reached the milestone when he dismissed Tom Latham for 26 in New Zealand's first innings.

He became the 15th bowler in test history and the second Englishman after his new-ball partner James Anderson (522) to reach the 400-wicket mark.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl Saturday in the third one-day international against England at the Wellington Regional Stadium.

Captain Kane Williamson returned to the New Zealand lineup after missing the second match of the series with a hamstring strain. But veteran batsman Ross Taylor has been forced out, also with a leg injury, allowing Mark Chapman to remain in the lineup in his second ODI.

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Allrounder Ben Stokes' return to the England cricket team Sunday after a five month absence was overshadowed by a century from Ross Taylor that guided New Zealand to a three-wicket win with four balls to spare in the first one-day international.

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Allrounder Ben Stokes' return to the England cricket team Sunday after a five month absence was overshadowed by a century from Ross Taylor that guided New Zealand to a three-wicket win with four balls to spare in the first one-day international.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand won the toss and batted against Pakistan in the fifth one-day cricket international on Friday at the Basin Reserve.

Pakistan made three changes to its lineup, naming Umar Amin, Mohammad Nawaz and Aamer Yamin in place of Shoaib Malik, Hasan Ali and Mohammad Amir.

For New Zealand, paceman Matt Henry replaces Trent Boult.

New Zealand leads the series 4-0 and is bidding to win a five-match series 5-0 for only the second time in its history.

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Pakistan won the toss and batted in the fourth one-day cricket international against New Zealand.

New Zealand, which holds a winning 3-0 lead in the five-match series, selected batsman Ross Taylor to play his 200th ODI, making him the seventh New Zealander to reach that mark. Allrounder Colin de Grandhomme replaces leg-spinning allrounder Todd Astle.

DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand won the toss and batted Saturday in the third one-day cricket international against Pakistan at the University Oval.

For the third match in a row, New Zealand will field an unchanged lineup. New Zealand won the first match by 61 runs and the second by eight wickets, both under the Duckworth-Lewis system, to lead the five-match series 2-0.

Opener Fakhar Zaman returns to the Pakistan lineup after missing the second match with a bruised thigh.

NELSON, New Zealand (AP) — Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the second one-day cricket international at Saxton Oval on Tuesday.

Opener Fakhar Zaman is unable to bat for Pakistan because of a bruised thigh and has been replaced by Imam-ul-Haq, who will play his fourth ODI.

New Zealand named the same lineup that won the first match of the five-match series by 61 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl Saturday in the first of five one-day internationals against New Zealand.

Heavy rain fell in Wellington overnight but the sun was shining when the toss was made, allowing play to begin on time.

Pakistan, unbeaten in its last nine ODIs, named a stable lineup with seamers Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali and Rumman Raees and the young leg-spinner Shadab Khan.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has included two spinners in a 13-man squad for the first two matches of a five-match limited-overs international series against Pakistan starting Saturday.

Mitchell Santner and Todd Astle were both been included in the squad announced Monday by selector Gavin Larsen. Opener Martin Guptill has also been picked in the squad after missing New Zealand's three-match ODI series against the West Indies with a hamstring injury.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The West Indies, playing without master batsman Chris Gayle, won the toss against New Zealand and elected to bowl in the second one-day cricket international at Hagley Oval on Saturday.

Gayle was ruled out with an undisclosed illness. He was replaced at the top of the order by Kyle Hope, while Sheldon Cottrell replaced Kesrick Williams, who was injured.

BOSTON (AP) — Two Massachusetts men say a trailer of supplies intended for victims of Hurricane Harvey was sitting in Tennessee for months after it broke down and was abandoned by volunteers working with former major league pitcher Curt Schilling's charity.

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Paceman Shannon Gabriel overcame a poor start to take three wickets which tipped the balance of the second cricket against New Zealand in favor of the West Indies after the first day Saturday.

The initiative in the match passed from one team to the other until Gabriel made his mark with the second new ball to leave New Zealand 286-7 at stumps after it had lost the toss and been asked to bat.

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — West Indies stand-in captain Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss Saturday and elected to bowl in the second cricket test against New Zealand at Seddon Park.

Regular captain Jason Holder has been suspended for the West Indies' slow over rate in the first test at Wellington which New Zealand won by an innings and 67 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the two-test series.

Allrounder Raymon Reifer has been named to make his test debut in Holder's place.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl Friday in the first cricket test against West Indies at the Basin Reserve.

The test is New Zealand's first since March — one of only four tests it will play at home this summer — and its first against West Indies since June 2014.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The West Indies have drawn their warm-up match with New Zealand A on Monday, with players from both sides using the three-day fixture to get in some useful batting practice ahead of this week's first test against New Zealand.

Shai Hope and Sunil Ambris both smashed centuries as the West Indians piled on 451-9 declared in their first innings then eight different bowlers captured wickets as the visitors dismissed the Kiwis for 237 at Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Lincoln.