MICHAEL Clarke plans to return to New Zealand next week, but Ian Chappell has cast doubt on his aspirations to be Test captain.

AUSTRALIA'S coach, Tim Nielsen, has spoken to Mitchell Johnson about handling the heat he will receive from the most volatile crowd in New Zealand today. Seddon Park is the original home ground of Johnson's nemesis Scott Styris and will be packed for the third match of the Chappell-Hadlee one-day series.

Behind the heritage facades beats the heart of a buzzing university city, writes Briar Jensen.

THIS is the plan to save Test cricket, devised by the independent body that addresses the game's biggest issues and to be presented to the International Cricket Council in November.

Louise Southerden tries a song and dance to woo a pod of dolphins off the coast of Kaikoura.