Cricket News

Pakistan's defeat in the Lord's Test was their 68th in test cricket

Pakistan's defeats in test cricket

03-Sep-2001•Arshad Chughtai

World Cup rating in New Zealand's own hands in Pakistan

New Zealand goes into the One-Day International matches with Pakistan, starting on September 19, still holding their World Cup seeding position in their own hands

Significant changes to playing conditions in Tests and One-Day International have been announced by the International Cricket Council and they took effect on Saturday

Changes to playing conditions now in effect

New Zealand A suffered a bizarre setback in their opening limited overs match in the Coromandel King Moin-ud-Dowlah cricket tournament in India yesterday

Flooding ends NZ A game at interesting stage

Canterbury's Darren Reekers completed an outstanding season in Netherlands cricket this summer, but it wasn't enough to help his Quick Haag side to the Dutch championship

Reekers dominant among Kiwis in Netherlands season

Northern Districts is building on the success of its women's team in last year's State Insurance Cup by announcing today that it has appointed a full-time women's development officer

ND women's appointment reflects growth area in game

India's comprehensive innings and 77 run loss to Sri Lanka at Colombo has consigned them to eighth place on the ICC Test Championship table

India slump to eighth in latest ICCTC standings

02-Sep-2001•Duane Pettet

Sound financial result for New Zealand Cricket

New Zealand Cricket's financial performance came in slightly above budget with a surplus before grants of $2,598,518 last summer

Lack of coaching is one of the main reasons secondary school-leavers discontinue playing cricket

Coaching priority required to hold players

Umpiring numbers in cricket have been in serious decline

Kiwi umpiring numbers in decline

One of the features of New Zealand Cricket's annual report is its tribute to Kiwi legend Bert Sutcliffe

Superb tribute to New Zealand legend Bert Sutcliffe

Getting away from the cricket side of touring can be fun occasionally, just to break the pressure that develops

It's good to have a break from cricket when on tour

31-Aug-2001•Matthew Bell

Big week for Middlesex hopes lies ahead

A much better week for the boys, well, in the Championship that is

30-Aug-2001•Stephen Fleming

New Lincoln facilities a thrill for turf staff

The new Lincoln No

New Zealand Cricket's High Performance Centre is entering another phase of its development at Lincoln University, a move that will enhance its status as the finest cricket resource of its type in the world

HPC expansion at Lincoln another boost for NZ cricket

It was a fairytale ending for the team that traveled the longest distance to play the MRF Buchi Babu Trophy 2001

New Zealand 'A' emerge champions

30-Aug-2001•Staff Reporter

Innovative programme keeps Academy players busy

Any one arriving at New Zealand Cricket's High Performance Centre as one of its Academy intake with the notion of having a breezy year at someone else's expense soon gets a wake-up call

World-class all-rounder Chris Cairns will begin his climb back to international cricket by playing matches with the New Zealand Academy side

Academy will provide Cairns with vehicle back to bowling peak