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After suffering the doom at Napier, Pakistan needed to pull up its socks, which it did in the 3rd One-day international at Wellington

Canterbury survived the fourth day to gain an honourable draw in the Shell Trophy match with Central Districts at Blenheim this afternoon

Inspired by the fiery bowling of the experienced Andrew Penn and the 24-year newcomer Iain O'Brien - backed by the clever hands of Chris Nevin the wicket-keeper - Wellington gave Auckland an embarrassing thumping in their Shell Trophy match at

The last day of the Northern Districts-Otago Shell Trophy match descended into a revolving-door farce as bad light and drizzly rain - and Otago's intention to use up every minute of the day in the search of victory - had the players on and off

New Zealand Under-19s beat their South African counterparts by 19 runs at the Eden Park Outer Oval today

While Auckland fought their way back into their Shell Trophy match against Wellington on the second day today Wellington, 113 runs ahead at the close, must still be slightly favoured to get the outright win they need in the sprint to the Trophy

A monster second-wicket partnership between Mark Richardson (97) and Craig Cumming, who ended unbeaten on 125, a tea declaration and three wickets in the last session left Otago in firm control of their Shell Trophy match against Northern Districts

Wellington may have made the mistake of being too cautious, too concerned about the end result of the Shell Trophy race when they stumbled to a modest first innings score of 247 on the first day of their match against Auckland at Cornwall Park today

Otago took the honours on the scheduled second day of their ninth round Shell Trophy match with Northern Districts, courtesy of a Craig Pryor five-wicket bag and a quality catching performance behind the stumps

Central Districts finished day two of this four-day Shell Trophy match with Canterbury in a very strong position at 383/5

New Zealand's Under-19s lost by seven wickets to South Africa in the second of the three-match one-day series at Owen Delany Park, Taupo today

A maiden first-class century by Jarrod Englefield on his native ground, but made not playing for the home side, but for his adopted team, Canterbury, was the highlight on the first day of the Shell Trophy match at Horton Park in Blenheim

WestpacTrust Park was a dismal sight this morning as light overnight rain showed no sign of abating and heavy overcast hung over Hamilton, creating considerable doubt about the prospect of play on the first day of the ninth round Shell Trophy match

The first of the three-match one-day series between the Under-19 teams of New Zealand and South Africa was abandoned because of heavy rain in Taupo

Rain has interrupted the first in the three-match one-day series between the Under-19 teams of New Zealand and South Africa at Owen Delany Park, Taupo

Mark Richardson had a point to make when, without a backward glance, he agreed to stumps being drawn early on the final day of Otago's Shell Trophy match against Wellington at the Basin Reserve, though he was six runs from a tidy century

Auckland maintained their topsy-turvy course through the Shell Trophy competition when they raced away to a bizarre four-wicket victory over Central Districts on the Eden Park Outer Oval today - succeeding with the unlikely task of scoring 366 to win

The combination of what proved to be a generous Canterbury declaration and a Michael Parlane century brought Northern Districts a timely outright win in their eighth round Shell Trophy match at Whangarei today

Two declarations and Gary Stead's completing his century marked the third day of the Northern Districts-Canterbury Shell Trophy match at Whangarei

The fact that Sir Paul Condon, head of the International Cricket Council match-fixing investigation team, will be in Auckland tomorrow should not interfere with a thrilling, if arranged, finish to the Auckland-Central Districts Shell Trophy match at