New Zealand head coach John Wright is to step down from his position following the Black Caps' tour of the West Indies later this year.
Wright took charge in 2010, guiding the side to the semi-finals of the 2011 World Cup and to a Test series draw in Australia, which included a seven-run win in Hobart.
South African-born all-rounder Neil Wagner has been given permission to represent New Zealand by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
He was granted residency despite missing the qualification criterion of being in the country for 183 days of four consecutive years.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board has approved plans to increase the number of participants in the ICC World Twenty20 to 16 from 2014.
Following the first executive board meeting since the Woolf report recommended major changes to its corporate governance, some changes will be implemented.
The West Indies and New Zealand will play two Twenty20 Internationals in Lauderhill, Florida to open a series of matches that also included five One-Day Internationals and two Tests.
The matches will be played on 30th June and 1st July before the ODIs are hosted by Jamaica and Saint Kitts between 5th and 16th July.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed which venues will host matches in the 2012/13 season when New Zealand, England and Australia visit.
New Zealand will play two Test matches and two Twenty20 Internationals in August and September, England tour for four Tests, two Twenty20 Internationals and five One-Day Internationals between November 2012 and January 2013 before Australia play four Tests in February and March.
There is one stand-out candidate for this week's Cricket World Player of the Week award, and it is Rangana Herath, who ended the first Test against England with career-best match figures of 12 for 171.
Nicola Browne has made herself available to play international cricket for New Zealand once again having announced her retirement seven months ago.
Her change of plan comes after she was diagnosed with celiac disease and a change in her diet has seen her make a return to fitness and form.
Kane Williamson stroked an unbeaten century to guide New Zealand to safety and a draw in the third and final Test against South Africa in Wellington.
After being set an unlikely 388 to win when South Africa declared on 189 for three, they closed on 200 for six with Williamson not out on 102.
Former New Zealand international Chris Cairns has won his libel case against Lalit Modi and been awarded £90,000 in damages.
Cairns brought the case after he was dropped from a list of players available ahead of an Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. The league chairman Modi subsequently tweeted that the reason for his exclusion was due to links with match-fixing during the now-defunct Indian Cricket League.
New Zealand's predicament in the third and final Test went from bad to worse when captain Ross Taylor was revealed to have suffered a broken bone in his left forearm.
He was hit while batting and retired hurt on 18 and his side were subsequently bowled out for 275 replying to South Africa's 474 for nine declared.
For the second day in a row, bad weather severely curtailed proceedings in the third and final Test between New Zealand and South Africa in Wellington.
In what little play that was possible at the Basin Reserve, South Africa moved their score from 136 for two to 246 for two in 37 overs.
New Zealand have recalled batsman Daniel Flynn and all-rounder Dean Brownlie to their 14-man squad for the third and final Test against South Africa, which gets underway in Wellington on 23rd March.
The pair replace Rob Nicol and Brent Arnel, who both featured in New Zealand's nine-wicket defeat in the second Test which leaves them having to win the final game to tie the three-match series.
South Africa wrapped up a nine-wicket victory over New Zealand on day three of the second Test in Hamilton, easily reaching a target of 101.
Graeme Smith stroked an unbeaten 55 and Hashim Amla was unbeaten on 46 as South Africa closed on 103 for one having bowled New Zealand out for 168 in their second innings.
Fast bowler Mark Gillespie has been handed a recall to New Zealand's Test squad ahead of the second Test against South Africa, which begins in Hamilton on Thursday (15th March).
Gillespie, who has played three Tests, replaces Tim Southee in the squad following the rain-affected drawn opener in Dunedin.
Rain washed out the final day's play of the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa in Dunedin with the result that the match was drawn.
New Zealand closed day four on 137 for two having been set 401 to win but were unable to continue their run chase due to the bad weather.
New Zealand are poised to claim a slender first-innings lead over South Africa in the first Test in Wellington after they closed day two on 243 for nine replying to the Proteas' score of 238.
Chris Martin finished with four wickets to bowl the South Africans out before three New Zealanders fell just short of half-centuries in an intriguing battle.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) has recommended that the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 include 16 teams.
The committee met in Dubai and also discussed the ICC Governance Review, a proposed tour of Pakistan by Bangladesh and general issues relating to the game.
New Zealand have added wicket-keeper Kruger van Wyk to their squad ahead of the first Test against South Africa which gets underway on Wednesday (7th March) in Dunedin.
He will cover for BJ Watling, who has been ruled out of the match due to a hip injury.
England Women stretched their unbeaten run to 14 matches and Sarah Taylor celebrated becoming the youngest woman to reach 2,000 One-Day International runs with a century as England won the third and final game against New Zealand by six wickets in Lincoln.
The comprehensive win also handed them a 3-0 clean sweep as they chased down a target of 221 with six overs and two balls to spare.
South Africa swept to a five-wicket victory over New Zealand in the third and final One-Day International in Auckland to wrap up a 3-0 series clean sweep.
In a low-scoring game, Marchant de Lange returned four for 46 as New Zealand were bowled out for 206 before Hashim Amla made 76 to help South Africa reach their target in the 44th over.
