Lynn McConnell

To tour or not to tour

New Zealand Cricket will announce their decision whether to go ahead with its tour of Pakistan on Tuesday

17-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Canterbury and Otago fall to Academy Selection

New Zealand's Cricket Academy Selection notched two more winning performances in recent days in appearances against Canterbury and Otago at Lincoln Green

16-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Otago hold out for draw at Lincoln Green

Otago's batsmen were given a thorough working out by the New Zealand Academy Selection at Lincoln Green yesterday, before the match ended as a draw with Otago 159 runs behind the Academy Selection with only two wickets in hand

14-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Fine opening between Ryder and Richardson

Lincoln Green's reputation, at the High Performance Centre, lived up to its reputation as one of the finest batting surfaces in the country as the New Zealand Academy Selection scored 349 for 9 on the first day of their two-day match with Otago

13-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Gilchrist: the best of the best

In our weekly Down Under View, Lynn McConnell gives his reasons why Adam Gilchrist why he thinks is the best wicketkeeper-batsman there has ever been

13-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Gilchrist: the best of the best

Lynn McConnell argues that Adam Gilchrist is the best wicketkeeper-batsman ever

13-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Four NZ players opt out of Pakistan tour

Craig McMillan, Lou Vincent, Scott Styris and Ian Butler are to miss New Zealand's five-match one-day international tour of Pakistan which starts next week

13-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Itchy feet and Xmas presents - Bracewell can't wait

It has only taken a couple of weeks in the job, but John Bracewell, the new Black Caps coach, has admitted to having itchy feet to get into his job when the New Zealanders return from their tour of India and Pakistan next month

12-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Doing the little things right, the Bracewell way

Getting the little things right in order to maximise the opportunity for victory is already shaping as a significant ploy in John Bracewell's time at the coaching helm of the New Zealand side

12-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Change in role of HPC for New Zealand cricket

Significant changes to the role of New Zealand Cricket's High Performance Centre at Lincoln University are part of the on-going development of that asset, and of the strategic plan under which the sport operates

11-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

New Zealand Cricket unveils new plans for the future

New Zealand Cricket is not satisfied with the successful completion of the restructuring of its game as prescribed by the Hood Report in 1995

11-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

New Zealand Cricket signal next phase of development

The Black Caps are recognised as the dominant team in the cricketing world, both in Tests and ODIs

11-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Snedden looks to grassroots legacy

Martin Snedden, the chief executive of New Zealand Cricket, said when releasing the strategy for the next four years, known as "Pushing the Boundaries" that it was his hope that whenever his job is completed the legacy would be that the grassroots

11-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Lincoln turf manager Hamilton bound

Karl Johnson, the turf manager who created the cricket pitches at New Zealand Cricket's High Performance Centre, that have seen the world Women's and men's Youth World Cups staged at Lincoln University, has resigned his position to become the turf

11-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Taylor's century punishes Wellington bowlers

Ross Taylor's innings of 138 dominated the New Zealand Academy Selection's innings in their drawn two-day game with Wellington at Lincoln Green at New Zealand Cricket's High Performance Centre at Lincoln University yesterday

11-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

What it all means

Behind the bullet points and corporate speak, what does 'Pushing the Boundaries' really mean

11-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Lower-order come through for Wellington

Wellington's batsmen faced a difficult morning, starting out in gloomy conditions on Lincoln Green for the first day of their two-day match with the New Zealand Academy Selection yesterday

10-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Win apiece for CD and Academy Selection

In the first of two one-day matches at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, a century by Peter Ingram proved the difference that allowed Central Districts to claim a 22-run win over the Academy selection

10-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Cricket loses a stalwart servant in Graeme Blanchard

At a time when cricket in New Zealand is heavily reliant on its enthusiasts to help expand the game among its lower levels, it is tragic that it should lose such a dynamic servant as Timaru's Graeme Blanchard

06-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

Get runs on the board

In his

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