Ces Dacre was a pioneer in New Zealand cricket, the first professional to make his mark after playing for New Zealand, he qualified for the Gloucestershire club in 1930

New Zealand's women achieved their second highest score in One-Day Internationals when swamping the Netherlands in the second match of their three-match series in Amstelveen today

New Zealand's leading cricket coaches will have the benefit of the experiences of former Australian internationals Dean Jones and Peter Philpott next week

Former Central Districts captain Scott Briasco will replace Mark Greatbatch as the coaching director for the association

New Zealand's women's cricket team kicked off their European tour with a comfortable 169-run win over the Netherlands in Utrecht today

New Zealand's ability to overcome the hiccups of their bomb-disrupted tour to Pakistan, the inability to prepare properly due to rain in the West Indies and their controversial end to the one-day series, was a special delight from today's first Test

New Zealand are likely to accept an invitation to play in a one-day tournament in Cairns in August with New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland

Five wickets for Shane Bond, a first Test victory in the West Indies - only the fourth time they have lost in Barbados in 39 Tests - and all with a day to spare

Craig Spearman is to return to Central Districts next season, 18 months after announcing his retirement

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming's fourth Test century today, against the West Indies in Barbados, is welcome in more ways than one

Events in other sports over the past week have highlighted a phenomenon in cricket that is surprisingly accepted, seemingly without complaint

New Zealand's Cricket selection panel have been given an extension to their contracts until May next year

A mini-Women's World Cup will be played in New Zealand next summer

New Zealand's women cricketers head to Europe on Friday looking to push the boundaries that led to their World Cup success in 2000

A One-Day International championship table appears to be set to emerge from the International Cricket Council meeting in London next week

If he ever needed motivation to beat the West Indies, and events yesterday will have provided him with plenty, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming has another

New Zealand's one-day match with the West Indies ended in confusion today with an umpiring mistake possibly denying Paul Hitchcock the last over

Northern Districts cricket official are enjoying a boom period in numbers participating in their region

Retiring Northern Districts chairman Michael Sandlant fired a few shots in his last comments in the ND annual report today

Northern Districts, the first of New Zealand's major associations to present their annual report this year, have declared a loss for the past season