Cricket News

The swing of Bracken and the seam of Williams reduced New Zealand to shambles in the Faridabad one-dayer.

Central Districts have named their squad to take part in a preparation week at the New Zealand Cricket High Performance Centre at Lincoln University starting on Sunday

Australia's match with New Zealand in India today is rapidly shaping as a "best of the rest" match, so badly hit by injuries have the two sides been

1st Grade Men: R3 - 1 & 8 Nov (2 Day) Ricc v St A Hag 3, HSOB v OC Hag 1, Syd v ES Syd 1, LPW v BWU Burn 1, Mar Bye

Bruce Blair's exposure to the preparation and planning required for international play was greatly enhanced by his stint as a coaching observer with the New Zealand team during the recent Test series with India

A club match in Christchurch, New Zealand, turned ugly last Saturday when one player allegedly head-butted another before being punched himself

(Please Note: Colts & U14A are 2-day matches) U18 (1-day): Stac v Midd G Midd G 1, Pk v St Bedes Parkland Reserve, Pap HS v Syd Syd 4a, CBHS Bye

Section 1: Es4 v Bwu3 Burn5, Hals3 v Es5 Bwd3, Med2 v Bwu2 Burn10, Syd5 v Oc4 Elm4, Sum1 v Oc3 Elm2, Hsob1 v Horn1 Hgsc

Taita won by 33 runs Hazlett Trophy Eastern Suburbs 253 ( S Aspinall 89, J Khan 59, R Sheehan 31,K Calnon 5-51) beat Upper Valley 142 ( L Davidson-Powell 40, P Arkinstall 31, S Brockelbank 33, J Lovelock 4-7, A Thompson 3-42) by 111 runs

Under 14: Hutt Cutters v U H Whiteford, Te Whiti 2; Petone Goldsbury v U H Ingham, Petone 4; Taita v Hutt Doolan, Fraser 2; UH Goodwin v Petone Sellwood, TMP 1

A hamstring strain threatens to hamper Chris Cairns's comeback plans

L Balaji: another chance to come good © AFP Lakshmipathy Balaji has replaced Aavishkar Salvi for the first two matches of the TVS Cup triangular series that begins in Chennai on Thursday

Michael Papps will lead a Christchurch XI to play Canterbury Country in a trial game at Dudley Park, Rangiora on Sunday, starting at 11am

Despite worries that rain would doom the opening match of the TVS Cup, Chennai experienced no rain on the morning of the game

Rain stopped play after 26.5 overs in the first match of the TVS Cup, giving India and New Zealand three points apiece from the abandoned game

New Zealand's hopes of success in the tri-series with India and Australia starting today will rest on resolving the long-standing puzzle of bowling at the death

Pub Charity 1st Grade Men 2-day Trophy Competition: East Shirley 21.04, St.Albans 18.54, Marist 5.83, Old Collegians 5.49, BWU 5.06, LPW 3.69, Sydenham 2.93, HSOB 2.83, Riccarton 0

Ricky Ponting thinks that the upcoming tri-series in India is going to be more challenging than the 2003 World Cup

The MA Chidambaram Stadium at Chennai has hosted eight one-day internationals so far, of which four have been day-night matches

Stephen Fleming and Rahul Dravid look ahead to the TVS Cup