One off Test, New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Statistical Highlights
It was the 1524th Test match in cricket history
03-Jan-2001•Rajneesh Gupta
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
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
Turf manager says everything on target for World Cup
Storms of a type not seen in Canterbury for 30 years may have blown over the region in recent weeks but New Zealand Cricket's turf manager Karl Johnson says preparation for the CricInfo Women's World Cup is on track
24-Oct-2000•Lynn McConnell
John Wright has done it the hard way
John Wright once declared in one of those pithy player profiles; best opponent, best movies, best records and that sort of thing, that he would most like to be a jet pilot
20-Oct-2000•Lynn McConnell
Should Nash concentrate on his batting?
Dion Nash has become such a crucial element in New Zealand's cricket equation he cannot afford to be lost at such an early stage of his career if back problems are likely to persist for him
10-Oct-2000•Lynn McConnell
Almanack shows what consistency is all about
2000 New Zealand Cricket Almanack, in association with SKY Television
09-Oct-2000•Lynn McConnell
No finality yet on Boxing Day Test venue in Wellington
"It's news to me," was New Zealand Cricket chief executive Christopher Doig's comment that the Basin Reserve has been confirmed as Wellington's venue for the Boxing Day Test against Zimbabwe
05-Oct-2000•Lynn McConnell
Future looking bright for Kiwi cricket
Cricket in New Zealand is on track
03-Oct-2000•Lynn McConnell
Stress crack in back sidelines Vettori
New Zealand's worst spin bowling fears have materialised
29-Sep-2000•Lynn McConnell
Hunt for perfection will make New Zealand more effective
If New Zealand can score 465 runs with such a mixture of batting as it did in setting a record total against Zimbabwe in the second Test at Harare, what is it capable of when getting everything together
21-Sep-2000•Lynn McConnell
Tests return to Christchurch, Auckland retained
Christchurch's Jade Stadium returns to the Test cricket fold this summer when hosting the third test with Pakistan
15-Sep-2000•Lynn McConnell
NSW matches with Wellington confirmed
Wellington's build-up for the new cricket season has received a boost with two games against New South Wales being confirmed
14-Sep-2000•Lynn McConnell
Businessman Brierley made life member of Cricket Wellington
Dynamic Wellington-born businessman Sir Ron Brierley was tonight awarded life membership of Cricket Wellington
06-Sep-2000•Lynn McConnell
Waugh reflective as all-conquering team sets new standard
WELLINGTON, March 27 -- Captain Steve Waugh reflected on one of the most traumatic eras in Australian cricket tonight as his team blazed to a standard never before reached by a team wearing the baggy green cap
27-Mar-2000•AAP
Fateful loss for WI
As they seemed fated to do, West Indies lost the second Test to New
Zealand by an innings and 105 runs with a day to spare at the Basin
Reserve yesterday, but the West Indians had fought tenaciously, and
deserved better than what appeared to be
30-Dec-1999•Don Cameron
Windies follow on
Not even a small classic of an innings by Brian Lara and a fantastic
defensive effort by Adrian Griffith could stop the West Indies sliding
closer to defeat by the end of the third day of the second Test against
New Zealand at the Basin Reserve
29-Dec-1999•Don Cameron
Christmas in the workhouse for the Windies
'Christmas Day in the Workhouse' could be the theme of the West Indies
preparations for the second and final test beginning at the Basin Reserve,
Wellington on Boxing Day
23-Dec-1999•Peter Hoare