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Horne innings sets up Auckland for final at home

Auckland's Matt Horne gave the national selectors a healthy nudge to remind them that he wasn't prepared to be discounted as an opener's alternative for international cricket when guiding Auckland into the State Shield final today

26-Jan-2003•Lynn McConnell

Styris leaves a farewell present as ND make Shield semi-final

World Cup all-rounder Scott Styris launched his Northern Districts side into the State Shield semi-final against Wellington with a controlled 66 not out against Central Districts at Napier today

26-Jan-2003•David Ogilvie

'Barnes-storming' innings sees Auckland home

Auckland go to the top of the State Shield table with a four-wicket victory over Northern Districts that seemed against the odds when ND were 133 for two, when rain threatened to end the game and when more than seven an over were needed with eight

24-Jan-2003•Peter Hoare

Rain ruins what was shaping as classic contest at Jade Stadium

Today's rain has left Sunday's final round of State Shield matches as absolutely vital for all the teams in the competition

24-Jan-2003•Lynn McConnell

Batting quality provides memorable match in Timaru

Runs, high-scoring, batting of quality - it hasn't really been a feature of New Zealand's summer, but Canterbury and Northern Districts produced them all in a last-over State Shield thriller at Timaru's Aorangi Oval today

22-Jan-2003•Lynn McConnell

Astle to have knee surgery after World Cup

New Zealand batsman Nathan Astle has withdrawn from his contract withDerbyshire to have knee surgery

21-Jan-2003•CricInfo

Revised total proves too tough for Otago at home

In a game interrupted twice by rain, Northern Districts defeated Otago at Carisbrook in a revised Duckworth/Lewis run chase by 90 runs

19-Jan-2003•Warwick Larkins

Canterbury romp home as McMillan finds form in style

Struggling Black Cap Craig McMillan completed a fairytale return to form today for Canterbury in their State Shield match against Wellington

19-Jan-2003•Steven White

CD spin shuts ND out by 100 runs in Hamilton

Central Districts beat Northern Districts by 100 runs at Westpac Park in Hamilton to go to second in the State Shield table with four rounds to play

17-Jan-2003•Peter Hoare

Canterbury make good use of new pitch to embarrass Otago

On a pitch which had been relaid during the winter, and which appeared to be quite acceptable for State Shield one-day cricket, the Canterbury Wizards were far too good for the Otago Volts, winning their match at Invercargill's Queen's Park by 117

17-Jan-2003•Warwick Larkins

CricInfo continues to make mark in New Zealand

Traffic on the New Zealand site of CricInfo, nzcricket.co.nz, has grown by 20 million page impressions in each of the last two years

15-Jan-2003•Lynn McConnell

Ian Butler can't wait to get back into action

It's been a frustrating season on the sidelines for fast-medium bowler Ian Butler as he recovers from a torn quadricep muscle

12-Jan-2003•Lynn McConnell

Canterbury take out one of the easier wins of the summer

Canterbury finally got their one-day show on the road with a comfortable nine-wicket State Shield win over Central Districts at Hagley Oval today, but no sooner have they got their momentum up than they have to break it to play a four-day match

07-Jan-2003•Lynn McConnell

Vettori stars as ND put away Wellington under lights

A one-day best of 89 by Daniel Vettori was the foundation of a 43-run State Shield victory for Northern Districts over Wellington at Westpac Park in Hamilton today

07-Jan-2003•Peter Hoare

Shaw wins recall for Canterbury four-day side

Canterbury have called back Hayden Shaw to their side for the fourth round State Championship match against Central Districts starting in Timaru on Thursday

07-Jan-2003•Lynn McConnell

Otago turnaround completed as they move to top of the table

Otago beat an insipid Northern Districts by 79 runs in round four of the State Shield at Smallbone Park in Rotorua today to go top of the table

05-Jan-2003•Peter Hoare

Wellington produce strong all-round performance for seven-wicket win

Wellington cruised to a share of the top of the State Shield points table with Otago after an outstanding seven-wicket win over Canterbury at Hagley Oval today

05-Jan-2003•Lynn McConnell

Auckland pace themselves off the bottom of the table

Auckland lifted themselves off the bottom of the State Shield ladder after a solid three-wicket win over Canterbury on the much-maligned Boxing Day portable pitch at Eden Park in the third round of the Shield

02-Jan-2003•Chris Rosie

Wellington take comfortable win over Northern Districts

In a major form reversal for both sides, Wellington have comprehensively beaten Northern Districts today at a sun-drenched Basin Reserve

02-Jan-2003•Steven White

Styris leads ND home to fine victory at Taupo

Northern Districts beat Canterbury by three wickets with a ball to spare in a thrilling State Shield finish at Taupo today

30-Dec-2002•Peter Hoare

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