Things are looking up for Otago cricket after the senior men's side claimed a clear third place in the State Championship, the best finish for several years

Eden Park's Outer Oval is going to be the latest ground in New Zealand to implement portable pitch technology for its cricket

Fine weather and better pitch conditions in the latter part of New Zealand's summer this year are likely to result in some serious thought being given to centralising the first rounds of the State Championship in order to take part of good pitch

Tim McIntosh: top State Championship run scorer Tama Canning: top State Championship wicket-taker Auckland have won the State Championship for 2002/03, a successful defence, a feat they last achieved in 1994/95 and

The State Auckland Aces have won the State Championship, despite finishing the season today with a closely fought loss against the State Northern Districts Knights

Former international batsman and coach Glenn Turner will be coach of the Otago team for the next season

Central Districts will field an unchanged team for their penultimate round match of the State Championship against Northern Districts at Hamilton, starting tomorrow

The State Championship's top placed teams meet at the Basin Reserve in Wellington tomorrow when last year's winners, the State Auckland Aces (32 points), play the State Wellington Firebirds (31 points) in the ninth round of the 10-round competition

The Canterbury Cricket selectors have announced an unchanged State Canterbury Wizards team to play the State Otago Volts in a State Championship four-day match starting on Tuesday, March 11 at Hagley Oval