Wellington, Mar. 12: The Black Caps bowlers don''t see anything remotely funny about facing Virender Sehwag, but the media do, reports the Waikato Times.

The Delhi destroyer provided nearly as much entertainment after last night''s match as he did in his scintillating innings.

The soft spoken Sehwag opened his press conference in contrasting style to his batting.

Wellington, Mar. 12: Black Caps captain Daniel Vettori remains atop the world one-day cricket bowling rankings.

Vettori reclaimed the top spot in January when he leapfrogged Australian fast bowler Nathan Bracken on the strength of his performance during the five-match series against the West Indies.

The latest rankings include the fifth one-day international against Australia in Brisbane on February 13.

New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Mills has edged further up the one-day rankings to third, while the injury-hit Jacob Oram slips to 19th.

Wellington (New Zealand), Mar. 12: Northern Districts fast bowler Brent Arnel has been selected in the Black Caps squad for the first test against India at Hamilton next week.

New Zealand''s cricket selectors have turned to an old hand and a new face in a desperate bid to constrain India''s rampant batting line-up when the teams switch to test mode.

Wellington, Mar. 12: Jesse Ryder should not be hidden in the New Zealand middle order, but should be allowed to open the innings, given his devastating and aggressive style of batting.

According to stuff. co. nz, the time has come to allow Ryder to fulfill his promise.

He is far more comfortable against pace bowling than spin bowling and due to his late hands, is an ideal fit against the swinging ball.

The bowling is also a worry without Chris Martin. Franklin needs to be back to the 140kmh we know he can bowl at to be effective.

Wellington - New Zealand's central bank slashed its benchmark interest rate Thursday by half a per cent to 3 per cent, its sixth cut since July.

The so-called official cash rate (OCR) was already at its lowest mark since it was introduced in 1999 and Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard signalled that he would cut it again.

Hamilton, Mar 11 : Virender Sehwag on Wednesday blasted the fastest century by any Indian to help India clinch their first ever series win in New Zealand.

The flamboyant opener scored his century of just 60 deliveries and India won the match by 84 runs (Duckworth Lewis method).

Indian has now taken a three nil lead in the five-matches ODI series, with one more match to go.

Winning the toss and electing to bat first, New Zealand put up a respectable total of 270 in 47 overs for the loss of five wickets.