Don Cameron

Medical checks this week could show whether or not Dion Nash, recently invalided out of the New Zealand cricket tour of Africa, will be able to play for Auckland in the domestic Shell series this summer

Northern Districts, out of sorts in the sunshine that accompanied Auckland's two cricket Max wins on Thursday and Friday, found a wintry winning style as they outplayed Auckland by eight wickets while persistent light rain fell and the light became

Already enjoying a marked advantage in batting and bowling, Auckland hit Northern Districts with an even sharper third fielding skill as they completed their second cricket Max win, following yesterday's win at Kaipara Flats with an even stronger

With a complete lack of brotherly kindness the Auckland Aces rained on the Northern Knights' parade when the men from the big city stole a Max cricket win from under the Northern noses at Kaipara Flats this afternoon, winning with three wickets and

Wellington - The West Indian cricketers must feel rather like some heavyweight boxing champion's punch-bag

Napier - The history books will show that New Zealand defeated West Indies with four wickets and 12 overs to spare in a One Day International at McLean Park in Napier to take a winning 3-0 lead in the series

Brian Lara will have to pull some new tricks out of his cricketing bag if he is to stop the West Indies downhill slide in their tour of New Zealand

As they seemed fated to do, West Indies lost the second Test to New Zealand by an innings and 105 runs with a day to spare at the Basin Reserve yesterday, but the West Indians had fought tenaciously, and deserved better than what appeared to be

Not even a small classic of an innings by Brian Lara and a fantastic defensive effort by Adrian Griffith could stop the West Indies sliding closer to defeat by the end of the third day of the second Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve

Chris Cairns, the New Zealand all-rounder who turned the course of this first Test against West Indies after escaping from what looked like a first innings run out, really twisted the knife in the wound as he bowled West Indies to a humbling defeat

The West Indian cricketers may have sang as the rain foiled a strong New Zealand bid for victory on the fourth day of the first cricket Test at WestpacTrust Park yesterday

A late wicket-taking rally led by Reon King allowed the West Indies to get back to even terms with New Zealand by the end of the third day of the first cricket Test at WestpacTrust Park yesterday

The West Indian cricketers who had pride of place in the Lord Mayor's parade on the first day of this first Test against New Zealand finished the journey on the dust-cart yesterday

The fabulous Barbadian and West Indies batting 'firm' of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes was followed splendidly by a most promising junior partnership yesterday

Brian Lara, the West Indian captain, plays spin-bowling rather well, and he also has learned to play the Press conference game with equal dexterity

Sherwin Campbell, the 29-year-old Barbadian opening batsman who seems to get better with every passing innings, stole most of the limelight when he scored his second hundred of the match as the West Indies` four-day match bustled along to its

There should have been some alarm bells ringing gently in the West Indian camp when their bowlers took most of a rain-affected day to finish off Auckland's first innings

Late afternoon rain cut two hours from the second day of West Indies

Sherwin Campbell will be able to look his West Indies cricket manager Clive Lloyd squarely in the eye at their next breakfast