Cricket News

Central Districts are to honour the memory of Taranaki cricket stalwart Laurie Denton at the State Championship match between CD and Canterbury at Pukekura Park in New Plymouth from December 28-31

Bangladesh captain Khaled Mashud is anything but despondent about the longer term outlook for his side's future in Test cricket but admits to frustration over the innings and 52-run loss to New Zealand today

Recalled New Zealand batsman Matthew Horne admitted to being pretty happy to finally get the chance to play Test cricket again, after he was called into the New Zealand team today in place of the injured Nathan Astle

Hamilton proved just the fillip New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns needed to get his bowling back on track, and Bangladesh were on the receiving end today

Nathan Astle is out of the second National Bank Test match against Bangladesh

Chris Cairns is back

Bangladesh captain Khaled Mashud had cause to regret the lapses in concentration which have put his side on the end of a possible innings defeat by New Zealand in the first National Bank series Test in Hamilton

Shane Bond came into the Bangladesh series with an average of 96.33, but after today's play in Hamilton it rests on 44.12

Auckland were quick to build a position of strength in their State Championship game with Otago today and claimed an outright win by 171 runs

Our best wishes to all our readers for Christmas and New Year

State Central Hinds have named their side to play the State Otago Sparks at Logan Park in Dunedin on January 5 and 6

If you are feeling cheesed off with the weather of late then spare a thought for those responsible for looking after our cricket grounds

International and Auckland all-rounder Dion Nash has been suspended from all cricket from December 22-January 3 following a code of conduct hearing during the Otago-Auckland State Championship match which ended in Dunedin today

Bangladesh's only hope of saving the first National Bank Test against New Zealand in Hamilton rests in the weather which ruined the first two days and, from their point of view, the signs are not good

Thursday's requirement to use the new lights at WestpacTrust Park in Hamilton during the New Zealand-Bangladesh National Bank series Test match provided a big boost for the ground

The Central Districts v Wellington Under-19 pre-tournament match at McLean Park, Napier was abandoned without a ball being bowled yesterday

Bangladesh's frontline bowlers may not match Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie or Glenn McGrath in speed and experience, but New Zealand opener Mark Richardson found he was more nervous in the first Test today against Bangladesh, than he ever was in

The Otago Under-21 women's team has been named for the national tournament in Christchurch from December 27-January 1

New Zealand are undecided about whether to pull out overnight or to bat on to build an even stronger position against Bangladesh in their first National Bank Test at Hamilton tomorrow

Otago Blue, Canterbury Country and Christchurch Red were winners on the third day of the Southern Zonal Girls' Secondary Schools' Tournament at Oamaru