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Winning captain Stephen Fleming attacked the pitch quality that allows bowlers to dominate Test matches to the extent that occurred in the National Bank Series with India today which ended with a 2-0 margin to New Zealand

Sideways movement taking batsmen out of the game - Fleming

Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was left lamenting the fact his batsmen had not been able to score another 40-50 in their runs to shut New Zealand out of the second National Bank Test in Hamilton yesterday

Ganguly rues the fact India did not have more runs to play with

Oram: follows up great series with the ball with crucial knock with the bat New Zealand's latest Test cap Jacob Oram might have had a dream start to his career, two Test victories, 11 Test wickets at an average of 11.09 and an

Oram not getting carried away with Test introduction

Scott Styris was the player to miss out when the New Zealand selectors named their one-day side for the first two matches of the National Bank Series with India starting on Boxing Day in Auckland

NZ all-rounders given the message - get runs, take wickets

Zaheer Khan: five wicket bag brings India back into the Test on remarkable third day This was a day of Test cricket neither New Zealand nor India will want to remember, but tomorrow, around lunchtime, it is a match one team will

Nervous fourth morning for both teams as victory beckons

21-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

New Zealand coach praises bowlers for series efforts

New Zealand coach Denis Aberhart said the Hamilton pitch for the second National Bank Test with India wasn't easy, but he didn't think it was bad as today's topsy-turvy day suggested

21-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Gaffaney to lead Otago A in series

Aggressive top order batsman Chris Gaffaney will lead the Otago A side at next month's provincial series at Lincoln University

20-Dec-2002•Steve Davie

Tuffey snares big bag in front of home crowd

Tuffey celebrates the dismissal of Bangar New Zealand fast-medium bowler Daryl Tuffey unleashed one of his finest bowling spells in his 12-Test career today, but probably the best ball he bowled, as India crumbled to 92/8 at

20-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

No surprises with McCullum's expected selection for one-dayers

Brendon McCullum appears set to make a big comeback when New Zealand's selectors announce their side for the National Bank One-Day International Series against India starting in Auckland on Boxing Day

20-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Fleming turns the pressure on home team's batting

Having already thrown down the gauntlet to India's batsmen to score runs on New Zealand pitches, home captain Stephen Fleming is now asking the same of his own batsmen, himself included, to get New Zealand into an impregnable position when they bat

20-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Aberhart will consider coaching role after World Cup

New Zealand cricket coach Denis Aberhart's contract as coach expires after next year's tour of Sri Lanka, but he isn't contemplating his future at the moment

Former New Zealand fast bowler Brendon Bracewell is leading the hunt for the fastest junior bowlers in New Zealand, and he could soon be taking his 'Princes of Pace' quest around the world

Brendon Bracewell leading quest for young fast bowlers

New Zealand's miserable summer to date has highlighted the inadequacies of two-match Test series

Two-Test series fails to satisfy genuine cricket lovers

Dark cloud hovers over the ground as the covers are brought on Plenty of time still exists to reach a conclusion in the second National Bank series Test between New Zealand and India at Hamilton

New Zealand want a win, not prepared to settle for a draw

News that world-class all-rounder Chris Cairns may not be available for New Zealand's seven match one-day series with India until halfway through, at best, was disappointing for the home side

Cairns comeback delay disappointing for New Zealand

Batsmen had to be able to show they could handle New Zealand conditions before they could be regarded as world-class

Fleming says up to Indian batsmen to prove their world-class

Music has become part of the "atmosphere" at big cricket events nowadays in New Zealand and with that in mind there could be only one song as the theme for the second National Bank Test between New Zealand and India

Music that is not made for Indian ears as decider looms

CricInfo has recorded an outstanding week of Internet traffic during the first National Bank Series Test match between New Zealand and India at Wellington

CricInfo top of the pops for sports usage during Indian series