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Two quick Test wins the appetiser for hectic one-day programme

Two comprehensive victories over the last week have seen the CLEAR Black Caps move up the ICC Test Championship ladder

31-Dec-2001•Chris Cairns

England looming bright on the Fleming radar

Successful New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming put the 2-0 National Bank series victory over Bangladesh behind him immediately today and started to concentrate on the Australian tri-series and, most importantly, the forthcoming England series

29-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Victory completed in the manner expected

New Zealand's expected dominance over Bangladesh in their two-Test series was emphatically completed today when the visitors were beaten by an innings and 74 runs at Wellington's Basin Reserve

29-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Bowling progressed but batsmen still have work to do - Chappell

Bangladesh coach Trevor Chappell was left to lament that his side's batting had again let them down in the second National Bank Test against New Zealand at Wellington today

29-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Only a matter of time before Test win No 49 is completed

Sometime early tomorrow afternoon, weather permitting - always weather permitting in this particular summer - New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming should be celebrating his 15th Test victory and a 2-0 National Bank series win over Bangladesh

28-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Craig McMillan looking forward to tough cricket ahead for NZ

New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan has promised Kiwi fans a couple of exciting years of big cricket

28-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Bad weather allows Daniel Vettori to put his feet up

Rain at Wellington's Basin Reserve might have ruined everyone else's day, but New Zealand's left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori wasn't complaining - it was another day for him to put his feet up and rest the ankle that is still recovering from injury

27-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Horne's lucky break could be bad news for Bangladesh

Recalled Test opener Matt Horne had reason to be thanking his lucky stars, not inappropriately given he was dropped when on seven, in New Zealand's reply to Bangladesh's 132 in the second National Bank Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington today

26-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Batsmen are carried away with their silly shots

Bangladesh is continuing their poor batting display in Wellington too

26-Dec-2001•Shahryar Khan

Fleming predicts exciting batting from New Zealand tomorrow

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming is predicting "a very exciting batting day" for his side in their second National Bank Test with Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve in Wellington tomorrow

26-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

New No 3 Vincent has learned from his Hamilton mistake

One of the heroes of Perth, debut century-maker Lou Vincent, won't be falling into the same trap that marked his first Test innings in New Zealand when the second National Bank Test against Bangladesh starts on Boxing Day at the Basin Reserve in

24-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Loss painful but all part of Bangladesh's learning process

Bangladesh captain Khaled Mashud is anything but despondent about the longer term outlook for his side's future in Test cricket but admits to frustration over the innings and 52-run loss to New Zealand today

22-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Horne pleased to get call-up after Astle injured

Recalled New Zealand batsman Matthew Horne admitted to being pretty happy to finally get the chance to play Test cricket again, after he was called into the New Zealand team today in place of the injured Nathan Astle

22-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Cairns welcomes the return of his bowling touch

Hamilton proved just the fillip New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns needed to get his bowling back on track, and Bangladesh were on the receiving end today

22-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Astle out of second Test, Matt Horne called up

Nathan Astle is out of the second National Bank Test match against Bangladesh

22-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Cairns regains best bowling touch to punish Bangladesh

Chris Cairns is back

22-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Concentration lapses costly for Bangladesh - Mashud

Bangladesh captain Khaled Mashud had cause to regret the lapses in concentration which have put his side on the end of a possible innings defeat by New Zealand in the first National Bank series Test in Hamilton

21-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Bond finds home incentive an extra spur

Shane Bond came into the Bangladesh series with an average of 96.33, but after today's play in Hamilton it rests on 44.12

21-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Weather the only thing standing in the way of NZ victory

Bangladesh's only hope of saving the first National Bank Test against New Zealand in Hamilton rests in the weather which ruined the first two days and, from their point of view, the signs are not good

21-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

Richardson more nervous than against Australia

Bangladesh's frontline bowlers may not match Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie or Glenn McGrath in speed and experience, but New Zealand opener Mark Richardson found he was more nervous in the first Test today against Bangladesh, than he ever was in

20-Dec-2001•Lynn McConnell

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