Bert Sutcliffe News Today

New Zealand took 28 years to win a Test match, finally triumphing in 1956. There were plenty of skilled individuals before that but not a complete team.

We remember the sounds of our childhood. "Thump" is one. An early morning thump as the newspaper hits the veranda. And no ordinary thump. Rolled...

Kane Williamson made 133 in an unbroken partnership of 152 with Will Young to lead New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over South Africa on the fourth day of the second test Friday and to its first-ever series win over the Proteas. Williamson scored centuries in both innings of the first test which New Zealand won by 281 runs.

The series winner takes home the Tangiwai Shield, which commemorates the tragic events of the night of 24 December 1953. A train travelling from Wellington to Auckland crashed into the Whangaehu River at Tangiwai.

The upcoming Test series between New Zealand and South Africa, set to begin on February 4 in Mount Maunganui, will now be played for the Tangiwai Shield. From now onwards, the Tests between New Zealand and South Africa will play for the shield ...

The most poignant chapter in the long history of New Zealand and South African cricket is to be officially recognised with the unveiling of the Tangiwai Shield.

A new sporting trophy marking the historic Tangiwai Disaster will be played for, for the first time when New Zealand and South Africa contest the first cricket test in Tauranga this weekend.

The new shield will commemorate the lives lost in the 1953 Tangiwai disaster.

The incident happened during the 81st over of Pakistans innings

Sri Lankas fast bowler Asitha Fernando resorted to an inappropriate gesture against Pakistans batter Saud Shakeel on Wednesday during the second innings of the Colombo Test.The fast bowler was...