Lynn McConnell

An independent review of New Zealand Cricket's High Performance Centre and Academy at Lincoln University has produced some new thinking on keeping to the forefront of developments in cricket

New Zealand urged to get more out of performance centre

New Zealand still lack the key to winning in one-day cricket, despite their success in Sri Lanka when taking out the tri-nations tournament against the hosts and Pakistan last month

New Zealand can still do better - Snedden

Canterbury have decided to appoint a new captain for their State Championship and Shield sides for next summer

Canterbury to have new captain after five years of Gary Stead

A change in direction for former New Zealand women's selector Kirsty Flavell will result in her standing down from her national selection role

Change of direction for Canterbury's Kirsty Flavell

New Zealand cricketers in England and Dutch club cricket are having a lean time of it at the moment

New Zealanders battling in English and Dutch leagues

Worries about his health have forced the former Test fast bowler Wes Hall not to offer himself for re-election as the president of the West Indies Cricket Board next month

Wes Hall stands down for health reasons

The New Zealand pair of Stephen Fleming and Daniel Vettori have secured short-term contracts in English county cricket with Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire

Fleming and Vettori to play in county cricket

Otago Cricket is resuming its off-season coaching programme for coaches this winter with the first stages starting on July 6

Otago coaching programme set to start in July

Australia's Test captain Steve Waugh received another honour today, but this time it was off the field, when he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours List

Another honour for Waugh

09-Jun-2003•Lynn McConnell

Two-match series look like they are here to stay - sadly

As well-intentioned as the International Cricket Council's Test Championship may be, it is a sad fact that it seems to have given some permanence to the notion of the two-Test series

09-Jun-2003•Lynn McConnell

Rixon remains at the helm as New South Wales coach

Successful New South Wales coach Steve Rixon will be on board with his championship-winning side for at least another 12 months.

16-May-2003•Lynn McConnell

News may not be as bad as feared for Shane Bond

All may not be lost for New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond who returned home to Christchurch from Sri Lanka today

16-May-2003•Lynn McConnell

Slow start for New Zealanders in northern leagues

Several New Zealand first-class cricketers are plying their wares in various leagues in England and the Netherlands but are still to make a significant impact

16-May-2003•Lynn McConnell

Bond returning to New Zealand for scan of back injury

Fast bowler Shane Bond is to return to New Zealand from Sri Lanka for an assessment and possible treatment of his back injury

14-May-2003•Lynn McConnell

Statistics offer hope of New Zealand improvement

New Zealand's lack of consistency in recent years in its one-day cricket has been behind its mid-table placing on the world rankings, but increasingly there are signs of a change for the better

12-May-2003•Lynn McConnell

Richardson close to breaking New Zealand record

Mark Richardson is 148 runs and two innings away from becoming the fastest New Zealand Test batsman to reach 2000 runs

Western Australian Cricket's high performance general manager Rob Langer has been appointed to the Association's position of general manager cricket operations

Langer named to new role in WA restructure

Queensland's Academy of Sport cricket team are set to provide cricket in Papua New Guinea with a significant boost later this month

Queensland connection a boost for PNG cricket

Teams hoping to qualify for the Women's World Cup in South Africa in 2005 will be making their bids at a qualifying tournament to be held in the Netherlands in July

World Cup women's hopefuls to play in Netherlands