Cricket News

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

The predictability of Australia's thumping victory over Bangladesh in their first Test at Darwin at the weekend is reflected in the Test ratings - the victory didn't raise a blip on the ratings monitor

Increased opportunities for South Pacific nations to get regular international cricket competition over recent years has seen a significant rise in playing standards

Umpires through all levels of cricket in New Zealand this summer will not be giving explanations to players for their decisions

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

Former Otago batsman Richard Hoskin has been named a selector for the side

This is the first in an occasional series of comments on the New Zealand cricket scene by Wisden CricInfo New Zealand Editor Lynn McConnell

Kanpur and Mohali have been confirmed as the venues for New Zealand's tour of India in September-October, but doubts have arisen about Kanpur's readiness for a match

No great surprises have occurred in the naming of players contracted to the six major associations for next summer

One Test cap Hamish Marshall smashed an unbeaten 183 against London New Zealand Cricket Club on Sunday to lead a Wanderers side boasting four New Zealand first-class players to a 35-run victory over the expat Kiwi club at Harefield in Middlesex

David Sewell's season in Dutch cricket has come to an abrupt end following problems with his registration with the VRA club which is leading the competition

Significant changes to the International Cricket Council's one-day international rankings list have occurred as the first year of results in the original calculation drop out

Chris Cairns's return to the bowling crease for his English county Nottinghamshire in their most recent game, against Kent at Maidstone, saw him join a select band of New Zealand cricketers

A team of Australian cricket statisticians and historians have been scouring their country's archives on a project that will be an outstanding contribution to the game's already impressive database

As New Zealand look to improve their record in one-day cricket they might ponder the risk to their chances of improving their record when playing home day/night matches in future

Tim May, the chairman of the International Players' Committee, is frustrated that the ICC is not prepared to acknowledge the level of support from players to have representation on the management committee of the world body

New Zealand's dismal summer, especially for cricket's groundsmen, has resulted in some soul-searching both at official and unofficial level

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

Richard Hadlee is the latest big name to be linked to the as-yet-non-existent post of Indian bowling coach

Lindsay Crocker's appointment as New Zealand team manager was no surprise today - that cat was let out of the bag when he resigned as Auckland's chief executive - but what was of interest was his appointment as general manager of the team