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Batting to a plan

Nathan Astle's strategy to cope with conditions and the Indianbowlers was masterful.

10-Oct-2003•Amit Varma

A welcome return to form for Astle

Nathan Astle's effort in scoring his ninth Test century speaks volumes of the place he is now at in his cricket career

10-Oct-2003•Lynn McConnell

What's going on? Retiree to 'spear'-head Kiwi batting?

Perhaps it's something to do with Mars' alignment with the stars, well that will do as an excuse, but there seems to have been a fair bit of scuttlebutt about lately on the prospect of Craig Spearman once more gracing international cricket

29-Aug-2003•Lynn McConnell

Richardson gets reward for his consistency

For the first time in nine years, New Zealand have a batsman among the top eight in the world rankings

28-Aug-2003•Lynn McConnell

TelstraClear Black Caps Test and one-day international squads named for India and Pakistan

New Zealand Cricket selection manager Sir Richard Hadlee today named the TelstraClear Black Caps Test and one-day squads for the up-coming tour of India and Pakistan

19-Aug-2003•New Zealand Cricket

Mason and Hitchcock get call-up for New Zealand

Central Districts fast-medium bowler Michael Mason and Auckland one-day specialist Paul Hitchcock are the big winners in the New Zealand cricket teams to tour India and Pakistan named today

19-Aug-2003•Lynn McConnell

Bond and Cairns not in Test squad for India tour

Indian fans can heave a sigh of relief as Shane Bond has been ruled out of both the Tests and one-dayers for the forthcoming India tour

19-Aug-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Bond struggling for fitness

Shane Bond seems unlikely to be fit in time for New Zealand's Test series in India, after making a slow recovery from a stress fracture in his back

11-Aug-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Contract balance changes experience factor

Movement of players within New Zealand's domestic cricket has resulted in a re-balancing of player experience, especially when international players are taken out of the picture

01-Aug-2003•Lynn McConnell

No definite time for Bond-Astle return to play

Shane Bond is still some time away from getting back into bowling training as the New Zealand team start to look towards their next mission, the tour of India in September-October

22-Jul-2003•Lynn McConnell

Bracewell's touch will still be part of Indian tour

New Zealand might be without their newly-appointed coach John Bracewell when they tour India in September-October but his stand-in Ashley Ross is looking forward to the challenge and told Wisden CricInfo today that no matter where the first Test is

22-Jul-2003•Lynn McConnell

Edrich's epoch

1965 A record-breaking innings from John Edrich

09-Jul-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Figures outline job ahead of Bracewell

As new coach John Bracewell ponders the direction the New Zealanders take over the next few years, he would do well to ponder on performance statistics from the last summer

04-Jul-2003•Lynn McConnell

Bowlers make impact on world one-day rankings

Fortunes may be about to change for New Zealand in one-day international cricket if the latest rankings are any guide

01-Jul-2003•Lynn McConnell

Aberhart withdraws from New Zealand coaching race

New Zealand will have a new cricket coach next season

01-Jul-2003•Lynn McConnell

Wiseman, McCullum and Mills get central contracts

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has offered contracts to 20 players for the next 12 months (from June 1), based on criteria which assessed a player's likely playing value to NZC over the contract period

05-Jun-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

Astle should be in contention for tour of India this year

Master New Zealand batsman Nathan Astle should be a contender for the side's October-November tour of India, after knee surgery last week

22-Apr-2003•Lynn McConnell

Chosen 20 lead New Zealand into new era

The preferred 20 players who have been offered contracts by New Zealand Cricket have been named today with no significant surprises

26-Nov-2002•Lynn McConnell

Astle knee injury another crippling blow for New Zealand

It doesn't pay to be successful in the TelstraClear Black Caps side at the moment - you become a target for the injury gods, and Nathan Astle is the latest victim

24-Apr-2002•Lynn McConnell

Batting through was the main goal for Astle

Once he had posted his 50 last night New Zealand's Man of the Match in the five-wicket National Bank Series One-Day International win over England, Nathan Astle said he had only wanted to make sure he batted through

26-Feb-2002•Lynn McConnell

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