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Twenty20 'part of future of cricket' - Snedden

The success of Twenty20 cricket in New Zealand has prompted Martin Snedden, the New Zealand Cricket chief executive, to label the short format as "the future of the game"

23-Jun-2006•Cricinfo staff

NZC hold inquiry into Hamilton pitch

Following the criticism of the recently relaid Westpac Park pitch at Hamilton for the third match between New Zealand and the World XI yesterday, New Zealand Cricket is undertaking an intensive evaluation of the square there

27-Jan-2005•Cricinfo staff

New Zealand scrape through to victory

New Zealand had a taste of their own medicine when they were forced to struggle for their winning runs in the third one-day match against the FICA World XI at Hamilton's Westpac Park

26-Jan-2005•The Bulletin by Lynn McConnell

Hamilton pitch gets green light

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has given Westpac Park in Hamilton the green light to stage international matches

20-Dec-2004•Cricinfo staff

Doubts cast over Hamilton pitch

The pitch at Westpac Park in Hamilton has come under a cloud and there are doubts over whether it will be ready for the Test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka

19-Dec-2004•Cricinfo staff

Kallis's unbeaten 150 brightens draw

An overcautious South Africa declared at 313 for 4 after 116 overs, giving New Zealand a target of 264 in 23 overs

13-Mar-2004•The Wisden Bulletin by Rahul Bhatia

New Zealand v South Africa, 1st Test, Hamilton

Day 1 Bulletin - Two Jacques trump New Zealand

12-Mar-2004

Styris and McCullum defy South Africa

A thrill-a-minute 57 from Brendon McCullum, allied to the obduracy and strength of Jacob Oram, dug New Zealand out of a hole on the third day of the opening Test against South Africa at Westpac Park

12-Mar-2004•The Wisden Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Pitch repairs displease referee

The third day of the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa got off to a controversial start when the groundsman was ordered to reverse an overnight repair to the pitch

12-Mar-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Kirsten's 137 puts South Africa in the box seat

Gary Kirsten's superbly compiled 137 illuminated the second day's play at Wespac Park in Hamilton, as South Africa continued to have the better of the opening Test against New Zealand

11-Mar-2004•The Wisden Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Summon the spin doctors

After thrashing South Africa in the one-dayers, New Zealand take them on in the first Test on a pitch which is expected to be a spinner's paradise

09-Mar-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Two Jacques trump New Zealand

Jacques Kallis fell a couple of muscular drives short of becoming the first man since Donald Bradman to score centuries in five consecutive Test matches as South Africa dominated the opening day of the series against New Zealand at Westpac Park in

09-Mar-2004•The Wisden Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

Terbrugge recalled by South Africa

David Terbrugge has been recalled to the South African Test squad after an absence of 17 months, as cover for Shaun Pollock who has sustained a groin injury

01-Mar-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

South Africa off to winning start

The South Africans got off to a winning start in their tour of New Zealand, easily beating a strong Northern Districts team

11-Feb-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Fleming and Vettori lift New Zealand to 563

It was a day dominated by New Zealand's batting

20-Dec-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Lynn McConnell

Fleming defies resurgent Pakistan

Pakistan stormed back into the first Test at Hamilton today on the back of some indisciplined batting by the New Zealand middle order and some dogged bowling by Danish Kaneria and Shabbir Ahmed

18-Dec-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Lynn McConnell

Stand by for fireworks

You might think there are more important things in life than a New Zealand-Pakistan Test series - that full-of-surprises series across the Tasman, for example

18-Dec-2003•Osman Samiuddin's Pakistan perspective

Hamilton pitch holds the key

In the last Test here, India's total of 99 had given them the first-innings lead

18-Dec-2003•Lynn McConnell

New kids on the block

It is little wonder that the 50th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation was such a low-key affair

04-Jun-2003•Andrew Miller

Turf manager predicting runs aplenty in Hamilton

Hamilton turf manager Doug Strachan has never been short of a good comment or two about his cricket block and he reckons if both New Zealand and India want some practice for the World Cup tomorrow they will get it in the final match of the National

13-Jan-2003•Lynn McConnell

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