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Richard Jones and Stephen Mather are cricketers with much in common - troubadors, both, who have travelled the country north to south searching for the best place and the chance to fully display their talents

When you are a young cricketer trying to make his mark at international level, there is no such thing as a dead game

Pesky showers had an early influence, on what was effectively the first day of play in the Northern Districts-Canterbury Shell Trophy match, but in the end they could not deny a batsman and a bowler a very good day at the office

Wellington coach Vaughn Johnson is seldom an optimist, never a pessimist but often a realist and his satisfaction with his team's position at the end of the second day of their Shell Trophy match against Otago at the Basin Reserve today suggested it

Central Districts who last month rubbed Auckland's noses in the Eden Park Outer Oval dirt by dismissing them for 73 in a Shell Cup game, put the home side through another form of torture by scoring 397 for six wickets on the first playing day of

For the second day in succession, play in the under-19 Test between New Zealand and South Africa at New Plymouth was abandoned without a ball being bowled

Whangarei produced one of its beautiful days today, a light breeze easing the heat under cloud-speckled blue skies

Chris Nevin and Mark Gillespie are men of such like personality, players whose approach to cricket is so similarly uncomplicated, twins in temperament and disposition, that they became ideal collaborators today when Wellington needed an answer to a

New Zealand has spent much of the summer trying to get the formula right in its one-day game and offered a hint in beating Sri Lanka by 13 runs in Christchurch today that when everything falls into place it is not far away from being a much more

Another brilliant innings from New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum dominated the first day of the final under-19 Test against South Africa at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, one of the world's most beautiful cricket grounds

The State Insurance Cup Final has been won by Auckland for the second successive year

Otago settled for two points from its first innings advantage after it was unable to restrict Auckland's tail wagging on the fourth morning of the Shell Trophy match at Carisbrook today

Canterbury made the tenth highest fourth innings total in New Zealand first-class history today, but it was not enough to defeat Wellington in their seventh round Shell Trophy match at Christchurch Village Green

For a team to win by scoring 66 more in the fourth innings than the next highest total in the match is a rare event, but that is what Central Districts achieved against Northern Districts at McLean Park, Napier today

A day that was twice interrupted by rain belonged entirely to Northern Districts, who should maintain their title challenge with six points for an outright win tomorrow

Otago will be looking to quickly take the wickets of two potential troublemakers for them in the Auckland batting lineup to set themselves up for another outright victory in their Shell Trophy match at Carisbrook today

Canterbury had two good sessions today

New Zealand might be struggling for success with its premier team but its Under-19 side took out the three-Test youth series with South Africa at Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln University today

Wellington climbed back on its horse, walked, trotted, then finally cantered past Canterbury in their seventh round Shell Trophy match at Christchurch's Village Green

Ball dominated bat to a resounding extent on the second day of the seventh round Shell Trophy contest at McLean Park, Napier