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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Keaton Jennings and Michael Richardson continued their superb form with a stand of 158 in to propel Durham to a 19-run Royal London Cup win against Northamptonshire https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/250400/250497.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1096698.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1096698.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1096698 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It's one of those statistical milestones that no one enjoys, out for 99 in a Test match https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/94499.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/94499.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-94499 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Richardson has reopened the question over Muttiah Muralitharan's bowling action by saying that he was convinced many of his deliveries were well beyond the 15-degree allowance https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/106500/106511.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvnz2009/content/story/421448.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvnz2009/content/story/421448.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-421448 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The cricketers-turned-commentators, along with statistician Francis Payne, were driving along through the Kaimai Ranges to Auckland on their way back from Tauranga after the cancellation of a domestic Twenty20 match and ran into torrential rain https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/391765.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/391765.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-391765 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A stream of verbal abuse aimed by New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming at former team-mate and now television commentator Mark Richardson has been dismissed as a hoax https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/240566.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/240566.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-240566 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand's opening batsman, Mark Richardson, has laid into the standard of opposition provided by Bangladesh during their recently concluded tour https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/141527.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/141527.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141527 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Richardson's dismissal was a rare bright spot in a bleak Test for India © AFP Cruel as it may be to rub it into one's opponents after keeping them in the field for two days, Mark Richardson managed it effortlessly https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/132927.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/132927.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-132927 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Lou Vincent and Mark Richardson both scored hundreds as New Zealand reached a commanding 247 for 1 at close on the first day of the second Test at Mohali https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/132893.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/132893.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-132893 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India's tactics at home are increasingly beginning to resemble a violin concerto played on one string https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/132894.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/132894.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-132894 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Billy Bowden has dismissed Bob Woolmer's suggestions that umpires were 'subconsciously' pressured by Australia's appealing and crowds while John Buchanan believes the comments are offensive https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/144438.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/144438.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-144438 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Richardson's decision to retire from all forms of cricket after one more first-class game for Auckland is a direct result of the nature of the itineraries around the world https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/135810.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/135810.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-135810 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Richardson, the New Zealand opening batsman, has announced his retirement from all forms of the game, but insisted that the decision was not made because of poor form https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/135798.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/135798.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-135798 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was the contest that created more interest than Australia's demolition https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/142058.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/142058.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-142058 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Spotting a non-cricket star at a Test match is a thrill which provides sufficient justification to friends that the game is enjoyed by more than just flannelled fools https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141995.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141995.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141995 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand's opening batsman, Mark Richardson, has laid into the standard of opposition provided by Bangladesh during their recent tour, and warns that a 'slap in the face' awaits his team as they arrive in Australia for a two-Test series later this https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141518.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141518.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141518 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Emma John's verdict on the third day's play at Trent Bridge https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/139443.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/139443.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-139443 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand started the third day at Trent Bridge with a timely morale boost from Down Under https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/139435.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/139435.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-139435 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Losing hurts: there will have been some small satisfaction at having been key contributors to one of the more stimulating Tests of recent times, but the bad news is that New Zealand do not have much time to turn things around before the second Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141196.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141196.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141196 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Stephen Harmison's eight-wicket haul against New Zealand at Lord's has catapulted him into second place in the Pricewaterhouse Cooper ratings https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141193.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141193.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141193 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT By and large, England and New Zealand have shaken off that traditionally dour image of their respective games, to embrace a younger, more dynamic version https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141143.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141143.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141143 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Runs might not have flowed off the bat, but the fourth day of the Lord's Test was a pulsating affair with fortunes ebbing and flowing throughout https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141137.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141137.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141137 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The third day at Lord's was a good one for wicketkeepers https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141131.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141131.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141131 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On another see-saw day, honours again ended just about even on the third day of the first Test at Lord's https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141126.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141126.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141126 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Richardson, according to the official Test programme, "has reinvented himself from stodgy tailender into an opening batsman of genuine Test class" https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141091.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141091.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141091 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Richardson, with the help of Nathan Astle and Jacob Oram, boosted New Zealand to 284 for 5 on an intriguing opening day of the first Test at Lord's https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141081.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/141081.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141081 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Papps did his chances of playing in next week's opening Test at Lord's no harm by scoring an impressive 126 against Kent at Canterbury https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/140906.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/140906.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-140906 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jacob Oram scored 97 to lift New Zealand to 366, and then took one wicket as Pakistan finished the second day on 52 for 2 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126141.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126141.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-126141 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Auckland and Northern Districts had a good first day in their matches in the NZ State Championship https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125504.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125504.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125504 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the latest first-class matches in New Zealand https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125300.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125300.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125300 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Members of the New Zealand Cricket Academy got some quality matchplay on the first day of the State Championship for the summer https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/125735.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/125735.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125735 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Members of the New Zealand Cricket Academy got some quality matchplay on the first day of the State Championship for the summer https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125401.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125401.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125401 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Richardson is the sort of batsman you don't really travel miles to watch, but want in your side when the going gets tough https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/132556.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/132556.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-132556 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Munaf Patel gave a tantalising glimpse of what India's quick-bowling future may hold, but it was Mark Richardson who dominated proceedings on the opening day of the three-day tour match at Rajkot https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/132533.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/132533.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-132533 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For the first time in nine years, New Zealand have a batsman among the top eight in the world rankings https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/125194.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/125194.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125194 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand Cricket selection manager Sir Richard Hadlee today named the TelstraClear Black Caps Test and one-day squads for the up-coming tour of India and Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125003.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/125003.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125003 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Central Districts fast-medium bowler Michael Mason and Auckland one-day specialist Paul Hitchcock are the big winners in the New Zealand cricket teams to tour India and Pakistan named today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/125002.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/125002.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-125002 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Various aspects of the New Zealand cricket spectrum have been covered in books, but former international umpire Steve Dunne has been the first to present the umpire's view https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/124871.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/124871.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-124871 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Movement of players within New Zealand's domestic cricket has resulted in a re-balancing of player experience, especially when international players are taken out of the picture https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/124652.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/124652.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-124652 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand might be without their newly-appointed coach John Bracewell when they tour India in September-October but his stand-in Ashley Ross is looking forward to the challenge and told Wisden CricInfo today that no matter where the first Test is https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/129007.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/129007.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-129007 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Auckland Cricket today released the names of 11 players offered domestic contracts for the 2003-04 season https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/128866.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/128866.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-128866 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT As new coach John Bracewell ponders the direction the New Zealanders take over the next few years, he would do well to ponder on performance statistics from the last summer https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/128624.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/128624.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-128624 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Fortunes may be about to change for New Zealand in one-day international cricket if the latest rankings are any guide https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/128548.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/128548.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-128548 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has offered contracts to 20 players for the next 12 months (from June 1), based on criteria which assessed a player's likely playing value to NZC over the contract period https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/129375.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/129375.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-129375 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Richardson is 148 runs and two innings away from becoming the fastest New Zealand Test batsman to reach 2000 runs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/131202.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/131202.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-131202 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT "Graft, block, scratch, poke and prod" was New Zealand batsman Mark Richardson's summation of his batting style after a continued batting throughout his side's innings as it struggled to get in front of India in the first National Bank Test in https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/113076.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/113076.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-113076 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The preferred 20 players who have been offered contracts by New Zealand Cricket have been named today with no significant surprises https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/121419.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/121419.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-121419 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Richardson's remarkable entrée into Test cricket continued on new terrain in the West Indies today with Grenada's new ground the latest to witness his ability to get out in the 90s https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/118129.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/118129.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-118129 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rather like a business chief executive marking up a a rising sales graph, Mark Richardson, the 31-year-old Auckland opening batsman, added another asset to his portfolio with a century against Otago at Colin Maiden Park today https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/114607.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/114607.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-114607 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Having already lost the services of internationals Matt Horne and Paul Wiseman, Otago coach Glenn Turner was philosophical about today's announcement that Mark Richardson has joined the list of Otago's departing players https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/108916.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/108916.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-108916 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It was almost as if New Zealand had taken over the picturesque Thames Valley village of Datchet on Sunday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/101117.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/101117.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-101117 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Odd things have happened to touring teams who visit Paarl https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91696.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91696.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91696 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:16 GMT No sooner had Mark Richardson jetted into Zimbabwe to start his international cricket career than it felt like he was on his way home again https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/94727.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/94727.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-94727 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Twenty-nine year-old Otago batsman Mark Richardson rewrote the record books yesterday when he scored only the sixth triple century by a New Zealander in first-class cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/94176.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/94176.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-94176 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:02 GMT Mark Richardson was entitled to pinch himself and ask if it was really happening when he flew out of Auckland Airport today bound for Singapore, then on to Zimbabwe, as a member of the New Zealand cricket team https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/85499.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/85499.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-85499 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT