John Bracewell might be thousands of miles removed from the New Zealand players of whom he will take charge in December, but he will be keeping up with their exploits on their Indian tour courtesy of CD technology, at least until he arrives at his

New Zealand's women cricketers will start their annual State League competition on December 27 with the final scheduled for January 31, at the home ground of the top qualifying team

Not much that is new in cricket is left as a challenge for the all-conquering Australians, but a home Test match against Zimbabwe is one of them, and Test cricket's second-youngest participants arrived in Perth yesterday for their first crack at the

It is a measure of the hold it has on the sporting psyche of the people of Melbourne that yesterday's 150th anniversary of the Melbourne Cricket Ground evoked so many personal memories of Test cricket's first venue

New Zealand might be third on the Test rankings, but when it comes to playing the diplomatic waiting game, they are away out in front

New Zealand's one-day international series against South Africa will start a day earlier than planned due to a clash of dates with two outdoor concerts in Auckland

Fast bowlers have never been known to queue up for service in India, and expressions like "graveyard" and "nightmare" enter the fast men's lexicon and tend to sum up the reputation the pitches enjoy in India

Stephen Fleming doesn't buy into the argument that events in New Zealand last summer should necessarily be a precursor for a series of revenge in India

John Reid, New Zealand's former cricket captain and International Cricket Council match referee, intends using his honorary position as president of New Zealand Cricket to spread the word of the Spirit of Cricket

Shoaib Akhtar, Makhaya Ntini and Shane Bond bowling for the same team against Australia

Otago have put the building blocks in place and are now anticipating a return on the investments that have seen the development of two venues, at Queenstown and the University Oval, and the High Performance Centre in Dunedin

Mumbai's Irani Trophy match against the Rest of India will have at least two very interested spectators from overseas

Every year before New Zealand Cricket's annual general meeting, a brief ritual takes place

Geoff Marsh could be excused for being more than a little pre-occupied with other events while batting in this year's Lilac Hill festival match at the start of Zimbabwe's tour of Australia

Chris Cairns ended his Nottinghamshire season by leading his side to a seven-wicket win over Scotland in their National Cricket League match yesterday

"Tumultuous times" was how Martin Snedden, the chief executive of New Zealand Cricket, described the last 12 months at today's annual general meeting of New Zealand Cricket (NZC)

Never, in their previous 13 Test tours of England, have New Zealand been asked to play a Test earlier than the May 20 date assigned to their first Test, at Lord's next year

Major associations who felt they had lost the chance for some say in choosing the board of New Zealand Cricket regained a measure of involvement in the process after securing the right to elect two members of the selection panel that chooses the

New Zealand cricket has been rocked by the death today of promising fast bowler Frances King

Canterbury's clubs had their say and threw out a call for a review of the process by which the Christchurch senior club cricket would be reduced from nine teams to six for the 2004-05 season