Cricket News

Otago and New Zealand opener Mark Richardson ensured he stayed in the focus of the New Zealand selectors with a solid 95 for Otago in its Shell Trophy game with Auckland in dunedin today

Otago's Bradley Scott will never forget his first day of first-class cricket after taking six Auckland wickets for 48 runs at Carisbrook in Dunedin today

It was a case of keeping up with the Joneses' today at Christchurch Village Green for Wellington captain Matthew Bell

The rise and rise of Brent Hefford continued at McLean Park, Napier today

New Zealand Under-19 captain Brendon McCullum made a scintillating 186 to put his side in control in the Second Youth Test at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln today

The best way to save a game is to win it

South Africa under-19 finished the first day of the second Youth Test with New Zealand under-19 far better than they could have imagined when struggling at 106/6 at BIL Oval at Lincoln University near Christchurch today

A pair of Otago attackers, Warren McSkimming and Andrew Hore, have proved to be the difference between the potentially top and almost certainly bottom team going into round seven of the Shell Trophy

From Dion Nash's perspective, Auckland's Shell Trophy match against Central Districts which ended at Fitzherbert Park today was in every way a satisfactory outing - though he might have had a sneaking sense of unease about a four-day match concluded

Daryl Tuffey left Wellington reeling this morning as the Northern Districts pace bowler ripped through the championship leaders to the tune of seven wickets for 12 runs

Canterbury's brittle-looking batting did as well as might have been expected in making 198/6 on the second day of their Shell Trophy match with high-flying Otago at Christchurch's Village Green

Wellington and Northern Districts ended the first day of the Shell Trophy match evenly poised today - which would not have pleased Wellington, who took the opportunity to bowl on a lively green-tinged pitch only to see Northern survive early trials

A tight all-round performance from an inexperienced Canterbury team against Otago today showed the missing stars the competitiveness which they seem to lack currently

If Dion Nash did nothing more on the first day of the Shell Trophy match between Auckland and Central Districts at Fitzherbert Park than bowl four relatively undistinguished overs for 14 runs, he could have counted the day a personal triumph

New Zealand made an emphatic start to the Youth Test series with South Africa today when wrapping up the First Test by an innings and 67 runs in Alexandra

As New Zealand's CLEAR Black Caps search for a winning formula in the One-Day International programme they can take little comfort from the happenings in the Shell Cup

New Zealand developed a strong position on day one of the first Youth Test with South Africa and has already taken a 17-run lead with seven wickets in hand

Central Districts, perennial whipping boys in domestic cricket over the years, turned giant killers at Jade Stadium in Christchurch today and won a famous victory over Canterbury to claim the Shell Cup for only the second time in their history

The delights of cricket at Pukekura Park are many and varied - there is no ground in the world which so simply unites beauty and utility - but Andre Adams added another with an innings which contributed substantially to the North Island's 28-run over

Canterbury was forced to a third final tomorrow in its bid to retain the Shell Cup this summer after Central Districts took a 45-run win off it tonight at Jade Stadium in Christchurch