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 ...

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).

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Keith Tobin and Tom Latham

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The West Indies took control of their four-day tour match against New Zealand A on the second day Sunday as they continue a solid build-up to the first test against New Zealand.

After declaring at their overnight score of 451-9, the West Indies dismissed ...

RAJKOT, India (AP) — New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat in the second Twenty20 against India at Rajkot on Saturday. The hosts lead the three-match series 1-0 after winning the Delhi opener by 53 runs.

The Black Caps made two changes to their team. Adam Milne came in for Tim Southee, ...

KANPUR, India (AP) — New Zealand won the toss and opted to bowl first in the third and final One Day International against India on Sunday.

The series is locked at 1-1 after New Zealand won in Mumbai and the hosts won the second match in Pune.

Both teams have named unchanged teams ...

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tom Latham and Jeet Raval posted half centuries and Morne Morkel claimed his 250th test wicket Monday on a morning of milestones in the third cricket test between New Zealand and South Africa.

Latham shrugged off a period of poor form to post his 13th half ...

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — A damp outfield has delayed the start of play on the third day of the third cricket test between New Zealand and South Africa at Seddon Park.

New Zealand was due to resume Monday at 67-0, replying to South Africa’s first innings of 314 in a match which has ...

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Quinton de Kock ignored shooting pain from an injured finger to make 90 and bolster South Africa’s first innings Sunday on the rain-affected second day of the third cricket test against New Zealand.

After innings of 50 by Hashim Amla and 53 by captain Faf du ...

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Quinton de Kock, batting with an injured finger, made an unbeaten 73 to guide South Africa to 258-8 before rain forced an early tea on the second day of the third cricket test against New Zealand on Sunday.

De Kock reached his ninth half century in tests from ...

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tom Latham held an astonishing catch at short leg to dismiss Proteas captain Faf du Plessis for 53 as the third cricket test between South Africa and New Zealand remained evenly balanced at lunch on the second day.

South Africa finished the first session of the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Milestone innings from Quinton de Kock and A.B. de Villiers and superb bowling from Andile Phehlukwayo and Dwaine Pretorius lifted South Africa to a 159-run win over New Zealand in the third one-day cricket international on Saturday and a 2-1 lead in the five-match ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — South Africa won the toss and elected to bat on Saturday in the third one-day cricket international against New Zealand at Wellington.

The five-match series is tied at 1-1 after South Africa won the first match at Hamilton by four wickets and New Zealand won ...