Brendon Diamanti

Otago's top order fired to help them beat Wellington, while Canterbury defeated Northern Districts in a five-over match

A round-up of the latest matches from New Zealand's Ford Trophy

Brendon Diamanti, the New Zealand and Central Districts allrounder, has retired from domestic cricket in order to spend more time with his family

A round-up of matches on the sixth day of the Emerging Players Tournament in Brisbane

A round-up of 40-over matches on the sixth day of the Emerging Players tournament in Brisbane

Daryl Tuffey and Brendon Diamanti have made it to New Zealand's Champions Trophy squad while Nathan McCullum misses out

The allrounder Brendon Diamanti has emerged as one of the winners after New Zealand picked their 15-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20 but there was no room for Jeetan Patel, Tim Southee or Chris Martin

The pitch at Fitzherbert Park behaved in much the same way as the tracks used for the ODI series between India and New Zealand, playing host to a run-fest in which over 700 runs were scored

Andy Moles, the New Zealand coach, believes his team has the ability to upset the hosts in next month's Chappell-Hadlee Series

New Zealand will bring two uncapped players in Trent Boult and Brendon Diamanti to Australia for next month's five-match Chappell-Hadlee Series

Wellington eased to an innings and 95-run victory over Auckland in the fifth round of the State Championship

A quickfire 87 from Neil Broom propelled Otago to a five-wicket victory against Central Districts at Fitzherbert Park

A whirlwind hundred from Peter Ingram and a five-wicket haul from Brendon Diamanti helped Central Districts wrap up a comfortable 46-run win over Northern Districts at Hamilton

A summary of Round 4 of the State Shield matches