Steve McMorran

Weather can't prevent comprehensive Wellington victory

Weather can't prevent comprehensive Wellington victory

With a final, deprecating bow to the weather gods who made their task so difficult, Wellington completed outright victory over Central Districts by an innings and 69 runs in their Shell Trophy match at the Basin Reserve today

16-Dec-2000•Steve McMorran

Wellington make most of brief fine spells

Wellington make most of brief fine spells

Wellington knitted a collection of small and isolated fragments of play into an impressive patchwork on the third day of their Shell Trophy match against Central Districts at the Basin Reserve today

15-Dec-2000•Steve McMorran

Bell sends message to selectors as Wellington press on

Bell sends message to selectors as Wellington press on

Matthew Bell, like a lighthouse on a stormy night, communicated an unambiguous message to the national selectors with his second century of the Shell Trophy season on the second day of Wellington's match against Central Districts at the Basin Reserve

14-Dec-2000•Steve McMorran

Wellington out-bat and out-bowl Central to gain big early advantage

Wellington out-bat and out-bowl Central to gain big early advantage

James Franklin, with the exuberance of youth, and Roger Twose, with impatience which may be the by-product of experience, respectively bowled and batted Wellington to a first innings lead over Central Districts on the first day of their Shell Trophy

13-Dec-2000•Steve McMorran

Allott propels Canterbury to victory with top order demolition

Allott propels Canterbury to victory with top order demolition

Geoff Allott showed tonight that while his bowling has become a limited resource, something to be rationed, it is the more precious for it as he took 4-23 to propel Canterbury to a four-wicket win over Wellington in a Shell Cup match at the

01-Dec-2000•Steve McMorran

Tame draw product of attempted revival effort

Tame draw product of attempted revival effort

Wellington and Canterbury added another exhibit to cricket's hall of curiosities when their Shell Trophy match at the Basin Reserve, halved by rain, died meekly on its final day and with only a spasm or two before life became extinct

30-Nov-2000•Steve McMorran

Wellington frustrated even further by inclement weather

Wellington frustrated even further by inclement weather

Wellington's frustration increased twofold when the third day of its Shell Trophy match with Canterbury at the Basin Reserve went the way of the second - abandoned today without a ball being bowled

29-Nov-2000•Steve McMorran

Wellington transforms squad for first Cup match

Wellington transforms squad for first Cup match

Stephen Mather, Paul Hitchcock and Richard Petrie take the places of Jason Wells and James Franklin as Wellington transforms its Shell Trophy 12 to a Shell Cup match 13 for the day-nighter against Canterbury at the WestPac Trust Stadium on Friday

29-Nov-2000•Steve McMorran

Mexican standoff goes Canterbury's way

Mexican standoff goes Canterbury's way

A more classic example of the frustrations which arise and the machinations which take place when a cricket match is affected by rain could hardly be imagined than that which occured at the Basin Reserve today when the second day of the Shell Trophy

28-Nov-2000•Steve McMorran

Franklin determined to live up to billing

Franklin determined to live up to billing

It's said whom the God's would destroy they first call promising

28-Nov-2000•Steve McMorran

Captaincy lifts Bell to confident performance

Captaincy lifts Bell to confident performance

When Matthew Bell accepted the Wellington captaincy this season in a caretaking, then in a fulltime capacity there were concerns, widely voiced, that the supplementary responsibility would damage his personal form

27-Nov-2000•Steve McMorran

Maturing Patel determined to prove himself

Maturing Patel determined to prove himself

At 20 and poised on the threshold of his first extensive first-class and one-day season, Wellington off-spinner Jeetan Patel manifests many of the quirks which flood the personalities older, more time-worn bowlers

24-Nov-2000•Steve McMorran

Wellington name well-rounded Shell Trophy squad

Wellington name well-rounded Shell Trophy squad

The selection of transplanted Auckland batsman Richard Jones and Academy graduate Jeetan Patel among a young bowling lineup are features of the Wellington Shell Trophy squad announced tonight by coach Vaughn Johnson

23-Nov-2000•Steve McMorran

Wellington handed lesson by trans-Tasman visitors

Wellington handed lesson by trans-Tasman visitors

New South Wales handed Wellington a cautionary, if exemplary, lesson a week from the start of their Shell Trophy campaign when they won a scheduled 50-over day-night match by seven wickets and within 25 overs at the WestpacTrust Stadium

23-Nov-2000•Steve McMorran

Nevin and Franklin star for Wellington

Chris Nevin and James Franklin make an odd couple - the former short, stocky and with a batting approach which mixes urgency and pugnacity; the other tall, more languid and more fluent, an easy shot-maker

22-Nov-2000•Steve McMorran

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