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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.

New Zealand have never beaten South Africa in a test series in nearly a century of trying and will rarely have a better chance to break that drought than in two matches against a severely depleted side.

Courtenay Coetzee and Ryan Shutte both hail from South Africa, but only one of them will be backing their homeland’s team this week. The Black Caps will take...

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.

Analysis - On the eve of the inaugural Tangiwai Shield series, Jamie Wall looks back at the Black Caps' often torturous history against the Proteas.

Boxing, cricket and Super Rugby, here's what's worth watching over the next month.

Dylan Cleaver & Paul Ford join Jason Hoyte for another episode of NZ's #1 cricket podcast, The BYC!
In this episode, a spectacular win from the West In

Black Caps wicketkeeper Tom Blundell says he'll play the first test against South Africa starting on Sunday at Mt Maunganui.