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Not all doom and gloom in rain-frustrated first Test

Frustration with the rain, admiration for Chris Cairns' approach, a welcome return from Brett Lee and the slight possibility of some remarkable Australian cricket still producing a result were offered in newspaper assessment of the fourth day of the

12-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

NZ gains tournament by popular acclaim

New Zealand gained one of the plums of world cricket, the staging of the 16-team ICC Under-19 World Cup event, more or less by popular acclaim

12-Nov-2001•Don Cameron

Rugby cuts across cricket planning for England in Dunedin

Otago Cricket has been forced into seeking an alternative venue for its scheduled three-day match against England in early-March

12-Nov-2001•Steve Davie

Nash left the perfect parting present

Anyone who has been the slightest interested in Dion Nash's Test match cricket career should not have been surprised that he should play the last, vital, hand in New Zealand achieving the follow on target against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane

12-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Miserable luck continues for Nash

Dion Nash is out of the tour of Australia and will be replaced by Canterbury's Shane Bond

12-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Gillespie fires out Kiwi top order in superb display

New Zealand's top order batting frailties were exposed again by Australian Jason Gillespie on another rain-affected at the Gabba in Brisbane today

11-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Fleming responds to Gilchrist comments

On a day dominated by the rain, the newspapers of Australasia concentrated on Adam Gilchrist's fourth Test century, in the first Australia-New Zealand Test at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday

11-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

New Zealand bowling failures dominate news opinion

New Zealand's failure to maintain the first day-last session strike power in the first Test at the Gabba was the feature of newspaper coverage of the rain-affected second day's play

10-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Harper does himself no favours with mistake admission

Refreshing as Australian umpire Daryl Harper's admission was that he got it wrong when denying New Zealand's first over appeal against Australian opener Justin Langer on day one of the first Test, it does raise some interesting questions

10-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Australia's bowlers now face two days of tough toil

Australia's vaunted bowling attack moves onto centre stage in the first Test with New Zealand at the Gabba over the next two days

10-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Australian batting class revealed as Kiwis sink

Australia demonstrated what everyone knew when turning back New Zealand's first day-last session challenge in the first Test on a rain interrupted second day at the Gabba in Brisbane

09-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

New Zealand bowlers prove surprise package on first day

What was shaping as a nightmare day for New Zealand cricket in the first Test at the Gabba in Brisbane turned around on the control of Chris Cairns, and the belligerence of bullocky part-timer Craig McMillan

08-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Auckland Aces name team for warm-up against Wellington

State Auckland Aces coach and convener of selectors, Tony Sail has today named a strong team to play current State Max and State Championship title holders, the State Wellington Firebirds in a three-day warm up game starting on Monday at the

08-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

NZ Academy wastes no time taking nine wicket win

New Zealand might have been struggling in Brisbane against Australia today, but the New Zealand Academy were untroubled in beating the Queensland Academy

08-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Craig McMillan bounces his way into Test

Craig McMillan has been bouncing his way around New Zealand cricket grounds for the last few seasons, infuriating crowds with his short-pitched antics, but no-one will be complaining after his superb innings-breaking spell at the Gabba in the first

08-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

How the papers saw it:

The New Zealand Herald: "As well as they played (Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer), their deeds were significantly unravelled by some of the most brainless batting seen in these parts, as Australia's middle-order disintegrated against the part-time

08-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Lights make their mark at Hamilton venue

Lights that will make Hamilton's WestpacTrust Park the best lit international venue in New Zealand were given a test last night

08-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Petrie returns to Max for defending champions

Richard Petrie will return to the State Wellington Firebirds team which will defend the State Max title at Albany's North Harbour Stadium complex next week

07-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Batting recovery heralds fine NZ Academy bowling effort

New Zealand's Academy side has given itself every chance of wrapping up a victory over the Queensland Academy of Sport just after lunch tomorrow in their game at Bert Sutcliffe Oval

07-Nov-2001•Lynn McConnell

Fleming says it's time for a century against Australia

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming admitted it was time he scored a century against Australia to ensure the Black Caps were not trampled in tomorrow's First Test at the Gabba.

07-Nov-2001•Michael Crutcher

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