Cricket News

A combined team of girls from Wellington and Hutt Valley flew out from New Zealand yesterday to begin a four-match tour of the Argentine

Bangladesh's preparation for the first Test of their New Zealand tour, only 10 days away, suffered a severe setback when the second day of their three-day match against a New Zealand District Association XI was abandoned today after only four balls

Secondary schoolboys' supremacy in cricket will be decided by Tuesday next week

The first day of Bangladesh's New Zealand education, part of a longer learning process for the newcomers to the class of Test nations, was conducted at Victoria Park, Wanganui today in the fashion of show and tell

The death of a yachting great, Sir Peter Blake, a man as tall in stature and deed as the highest mast on the greatest of yachts, is not the sort of thing that would normally grace the pages of a cricket web site

Stephen Fleming described his New Zealand cricket team as one of the few who have finished recent tours of Australia in a positive and confident frame of mind, and he will insist on a full-power effort against Bangladesh in their two Tests here later

Despite an earlier announcement, CLEAR Black Caps Nathan Astle, Craig McMillan and Chris Cairns will be unavailable for Monday's round of the State Championship

Carl Anderson will lead the Canterbury A team in this year's A team competition

Canterbury will field the strongest team possible against Northern Districts in Gisborne for the next round of State Championship play

Umpire Tony Hill will stand in his first Test match when joining South African David Orchard in controlling the first Test against Bangladesh in Hamilton starting on December 18

It's a fair assumption umpire Robinson will not be invited to the Black Caps' Christmas party

Victory for Gary Stead's Canterbury team against Otago at the Village Green in round two of the State Championship brought to an end a remarkable run for the side

Canterbury bowlers Paul Wiseman and Warren Wisneski have been cleared of allegations of unacceptable behaviour in Canterbury's win over Otago this week

New Zealand the third-ranked Test cricket nation in the world

Two umpiring mates, Brent Bowden and Tony Hill, chatted about their Christmas-present wish-list during the Auckland-Central Districts State Championship match at Eden Park Outer Oval last week

New Zealand paceman Chris Drum all but guaranteed a walk up start in next month's triangular one-day cricket series by inspiring a four wicket win over the Prime Minister's XI here today.

New Zealand's effort to steal a Test series victory over Australia foundered last night in Perth, but not without some moments of controversy including some dubious umpiring

Wellington and Auckland took a point apiece from their State Championship match at the Basin Reserve which ended today in a rain-soaked draw

Canterbury captain Gary Stead (35 not out) today led his team to a maiden win at the Village Green at the eighth attempt, and more importantly broke Canterbury's 17-game streak without winning a first-class match that dates back to February 1999

Central Otago and Southland have shared the points in their Hawke Cup Zone 4 elimination match at the Queenstown Events Centre