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2006-07 international season

Twenty20 'part of future of cricket' - Snedden

Jun 23, 2006: The success of Twenty20 cricket in New Zealand has prompted Martin Snedden, the New Zealand Cricket chief executive, to label the short format as "the future of the game"

New Zealand v FICA World XI

NZC hold inquiry into Hamilton pitch

Jan 27, 2005: Following the criticism of the recently relaid Westpac Park pitch at Hamilton for the third match between New Zealand and the World XI yesterday, New Zealand Cricket is undertaking an intensive evaluation of the square there

New Zealand v FICA World XI, 3rd match, Hamilton

New Zealand scrape through to victory

Jan 26, 2005: New Zealand had a taste of their own medicine when they were forced to struggle for their winning runs in the third one-day match against the FICA World XI at Hamilton's Westpac Park

New Zealand cricket

Hamilton pitch gets green light

Dec 20, 2004: New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has given Westpac Park in Hamilton the green light to stage international matches

Sri Lanka in New Zealand

Doubts cast over Hamilton pitch

Dec 19, 2004: The pitch at Westpac Park in Hamilton has come under a cloud and there are doubts over whether it will be ready for the Test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka

New Zealand v S Africa, 1st Test, Hamilton, 5th day

Kallis's unbeaten 150 brightens draw

Mar 13, 2004: An overcautious South Africa declared at 313 for 4 after 116 overs, giving New Zealand a target of 264 in 23 overs

March 9-13, 2004

New Zealand v South Africa, 1st Test, Hamilton

Mar 12, 2004: Day 1 Bulletin - Two Jacques trump New Zealand

New Zealand v S Africa, 1st Test, Hamilton, 3rd day

Pitch repairs displease referee

Mar 12, 2004: The third day of the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa got off to a controversial start when the groundsman was ordered to reverse an overnight repair to the pitch

New Zealand v S Africa, 1st Test, Hamilton, 3rd day

Styris and McCullum defy South Africa

Mar 12, 2004: A thrill-a-minute 57 from Brendon McCullum, allied to the obduracy and strength of Jacob Oram, dug New Zealand out of a hole on the third day of the opening Test against South Africa at Westpac Park

New Zealand v S Africa, 1st Test, Hamilton, 2nd day

Kirsten's 137 puts South Africa in the box seat

Mar 11, 2004: Gary Kirsten's superbly compiled 137 illuminated the second day's play at Wespac Park in Hamilton, as South Africa continued to have the better of the opening Test against New Zealand

New Zealand v S Africa, 1st Test, Hamilton, 1st day

Two Jacques trump New Zealand

Mar 9, 2004: Jacques Kallis fell a couple of muscular drives short of becoming the first man since Donald Bradman to score centuries in five consecutive Test matches as South Africa dominated the opening day of the series against New Zealand at Westpac Park in

New Zealand v South Africa, 1st Test, Hamilton

Summon the spin doctors

Mar 9, 2004: After thrashing South Africa in the one-dayers, New Zealand take them on in the first Test on a pitch which is expected to be a spinner's paradise

South Africa in New Zealand 2003-04

Terbrugge recalled by South Africa

Mar 1, 2004: David Terbrugge has been recalled to the South African Test squad after an absence of 17 months, as cover for Shaun Pollock who has sustained a groin injury

Northern Districts v South Africans, Hamilton

South Africa off to winning start

Feb 11, 2004: The South Africans got off to a winning start in their tour of New Zealand, easily beating a strong Northern Districts team

New Zealand v Pakistan, 1st Test, Hamilton, 2nd day

Fleming and Vettori lift New Zealand to 563

Dec 20, 2003: It was a day dominated by New Zealand's batting

New Zealand v Pakistan, 1st Test, Hamilton

Fleming defies resurgent Pakistan

Dec 18, 2003: Pakistan stormed back into the first Test at Hamilton today on the back of some indisciplined batting by the New Zealand middle order and some dogged bowling by Danish Kaneria and Shabbir Ahmed

Pakistan in New Zealand 2003-04

Stand by for fireworks

Dec 18, 2003: You might think there are more important things in life than a New Zealand-Pakistan Test series - that full-of-surprises series across the Tasman, for example

New Zealand v Pakistan, 1st Test, Hamilton

Hamilton pitch holds the key

Dec 18, 2003: In the last Test here, India's total of 99 had given them the first-innings lead

New kids on the block

Jun 4, 2003: It is little wonder that the 50th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation was such a low-key affair

Turf manager predicting runs aplenty in Hamilton

Jan 13, 2003: Hamilton turf manager Doug Strachan has never been short of a good comment or two about his cricket block and he reckons if both New Zealand and India want some practice for the World Cup tomorrow they will get it in the final match of the National