New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has suffered a side strain and will miss the upcoming One-Day International series against Pakistan and Australia.

For consistent performances in the limited overs series against Sri Lanka, New Zealand opening batsman Martin Guptill is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

For his unbeaten knock of 269 which came in just 285 deliveries in the first Test against West Indies, Australia’s Adam Voges is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

The International Cricket Council has announced the Test and One-Day International teams of the year captained by Alastair Cook and AB de Villiers respectively.

Jos Buttler is the Cricket World Player of the Week for his scintillating knock of 116 not out in 52 deliveries in the fourth One-Day International against Pakistan in Dubai and taking England to a 3-1 series victory,

New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor expressed his keenness on locking horns with Australia in the upcoming Test series which is scheduled in November.

New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor, who missed out on his team's ongoing tour of South Africa due to a groin injury, is setting himself up for a comeback during the series against Australia in October this year.

Batsman Ross Taylor has been ruled out of the ongoing New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa after undergoing minor surgery to treat a groin injury, which he picked up in training on Thursday.

For a man of the match winning performance in a phenomenal comeback into Tests, swinging the third Ashes Test decisively in England's favour, Steven Finn is our Cricket World Player of the Week.

Craig Ervine played the innings of a lifetime as his unbeaten century helped Zimbabwe chase down a massive 303 to beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the first One Day International in Harare.

For his stunning knocks of 57, 119 and 110 in the first three One-Day Internationals against England, Ross Taylor is our Cricket World Player of the Week.

Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor scored sublime centuries, en route a mammoth total of 369, that gave New Zealand a comfortable 119-run win over Pakistan in the second One-Day International in Napier.

Grant Elliott and Ross Taylor hit unbeaten half-centuries as New Zealand romped home to a comfortable seven-wicket win against Pakistan in the first One-Day International in Wellington.

New Zealand put together a comprehensive all-round performance to beat Sri Lanka by 120 runs in the sixth One-Day International in Dunedin, moving into a 4-1 series lead with one game to play.

By scoring 105 not out against Pakistan in the first One-Day International in Dubai, Ross Taylor became the sixth man to score three ODI centuries in consecutive matches.

Haris Sohail scored an unbeaten 85 in 109 balls to steer Pakistan to a three-wicket win over New Zealand in the first One-Day International in Dubai.

Ross Taylor scored an unbeaten half-century to help New Zealand build a lead of 177 runs on day four of the second Test in Dubai after Sarfraz Ahmed hit a century for Pakistan.

New Zealand will be unable to call upon fast bowler Adam Milne or experienced batsman Ross Taylor due to injury when they play South Africa in a three-match One-Day International series that begins next week.

The touring New Zealanders dismissed a Jamaica Select XI for 90 to claim a 123-run win in their three-day warm-up game at the Trelawny Multiplex.

Matt Carter analyses the career of New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor, arguing that he has every chance to push on and become his country's greatest ever.