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New Zealand XI v England XI, Tour game, Queenstown

A test of mettle and form for New Zealand hopefuls

Feb 26, 2013: Four New Zealand XI players - Tom Latham, Hamish Rutherford, Neil Wagner and Mark Gillespie - are looking to impress selectors with their performance in the tour game

Plunket Shield 2012-13

Wellington cling on to a thrilling draw

Feb 9, 2013: A round-up of the Plunket Shield match played between February 7 and 10

New Zealand in South Africa 2012-13

Michael Bates replaces injured Mark Gillespie

Dec 13, 2012: Michael Bates, the Auckland seamer, has been named as a replacement for Mark Gillespie in New Zealand's Twenty20 squad for the tour of South Africa

New Zealand in South Africa 2012-13

New Zealand's Gillespie replaces Milne for SA T20s

Dec 12, 2012: New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne has been ruled out of the Twenty20 series against South Africa, after picking up an Achilles injury

New Zealand in West Indies 2012

Injured Gillespie out of Test series

Jul 3, 2012: The fast bowler Mark Gillespie has been ruled out of New Zealand's Test series against West Indies due to an ongoing ankle problem, further depleting a squad already hit by injuries

Why are Gillespie and Wagner missing?

Jun 22, 2012: The World Twenty20 seems to have been the priority in New Zealand's contracts list - never mind that there are 11 Tests in the next 12 months

New Zealand news

Gillespie misses out on New Zealand contract

Jun 20, 2012: The fast bowler Mark Gillespie has missed out on a national contract despite being New Zealand's leading wicket taker in their most recent Test series

New Zealand v South Africa, 3rd Test, Wellington, 3rd day

Gillespie takes in the pain, and picks up six

Mar 25, 2012: A wound on the toe did not stop Mark Gillespie from bagging a six-wicket haul in Wellington which may lose itself in the mass that was the South African innings

New Zealand v South Africa, 3rd Test, Wellington, 3rd day

Hosts steady after South Africa make 474

Mar 25, 2012: Mark Gillespie's impressive return to Test cricket continued as he completed his second five-wicket haul in as many matches, but the strikes did little to rein in South Africa, who declared 30 minutes into the third session

New Zealand v South Africa, 2nd Test, Hamilton, 2nd day

'Five doctors told me I shouldn't be playing' - Gillespie

Mar 16, 2012: Both on the field and off, Mark Gillespie is one hard man: he keeps things brief when he talks, and just bowls and bowls and bowls, even through the all the pain

New Zealand v South Africa, 2nd Test, Hamilton, 2nd day

New Zealand attack allows South Africa off the mat

Mar 16, 2012: New Zealand had South Africa reeling at 88 for 6 but their bowlers were unable to deliver the fatal blow, allowing South Africa to steal a first-innings lead

New Zealand v South Africa, 2nd Test, Hamilton, 2nd day

de Villiers, seamers set up South Africa

Mar 16, 2012: New Zealand closed out day two in a state similar to their position the previous evening, struggling to compete with an opponent they had dominated in passages of play, but allowed to charge back emphatically in others

South Africa in New Zealand 2011-12

Southee dropped for Hamilton Test

Mar 12, 2012: Tim Southee has been dropped from New Zealand's squad for the second Test against South Africa in Hamilton

Plunket Shield 2011-12, 4th round

Arnel, Vettori star in Northern Districts win

Feb 27, 2012: Northern Districts fought back to beat Canterbury at the Mainpower Oval in Rangiora, winning their third game of the tournament and taking the lead in the points table

Plunket Shield 2011-12, 3rd round

Wellington beat Canterbury in stunning comeback

Feb 20, 2012: Mark Gillespie took six wickets in the second innings and Josh Brodie led the chase with a hundred as Wellington completed a stunning comeback to win by five wickets against Canterbury

Plunket Shield 2010-11, 8th round

Seamers seal win for Wellington

Mar 24, 2011: A round-up of the eighth round of matches from the 2010-11 Plunket Shield

New Zealand news

Back problem keeps Gillespie sidelined

Oct 16, 2009: Mark Gillespie's ongoing back injury will keep him out of Wellington's opening four-day match of the season and there remains doubt over when he will be fit to return

West Indies in New Zealand 2008-09

Broom included in NZ squad for first two ODIs

Dec 28, 2008: Batsman Neil Broom is the only new face in the 13-man New Zealand side to take on West Indies in the first two ODIs of the five-match series. Broom, 25, will be replacing Scott Styris, who broke a thumb in the first Twenty20 against the West Indies on Bo

West Indies in New Zealand 2008-09

New coach Moles makes early moves

Dec 9, 2008: New Zealand's coach Andy Moles spent his first day in charge switching things around to continue the changes after John Bracwell's exit

West Indies in New Zealand 2008-09

Disappointed Martin feels the pain

Dec 8, 2008: The fast bowler Chris Martin was upset to be dropped by the New Zealand selectors for the first Test against West Indies on Thursday