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Fleming was nervous but delighted with professionalism of win

New Zealand were very nervous when India started their second innings, fearing that they would pay the price for not posting more runs in their first innings of the first National Bank Series Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington today

14-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Indian control outshines poor New Zealand batting

Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh offered a hint of the menace that may yet allow his side to recover from their poor first innings batting and steal the initiative from New Zealand in the first National Bank Series Test at the Basin Reserve in

13-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Prasanna, Hadlee shine in drawn series

India won the first Test with a day to spare in conditions suiting spin bowling

13-Dec-2002•Partab Ramchand

Richardson looking to carry on in his own inimitable style

"Graft, block, scratch, poke and prod" was New Zealand batsman Mark Richardson's summation of his batting style after a continued batting throughout his side's innings as it struggled to get in front of India in the first National Bank Test in

13-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Catching glitches won't be repeated - Fleming

"It won't happen again this series," was New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming's commitment about the catching in the slips cordon after his side went unpunished for errors by India in the first National Bank Test at Wellington's Basin Reserve today

12-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

A maiden Test wicket to remember for Jacob Oram

Jacob Oram could be entitled to wonder what the fuss is all about regarding Test cricket

12-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

New Zealand gain significant advantage on slow first day

It wasn't quite possible to hear the squeaking of under-prepared muscles and joints in the New Zealand team but they showed the depth of their competitive resolve by getting on top of India from the second over of the first Test in the National Bank

12-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Entertainment guaranteed in NZ-India Test - Fleming

Entertainment won't be lacking at the Basin Reserve in Wellington over the next five days - that's the view of New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming as he takes on India in the first of two National Bank Series Tests

11-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Plans are okay but players need to execute them first

Expect some more evidence of applied technology analysis of India's batsmen and bowlers when New Zealand step out onto the Basin Reserve for the first National Bank Test starting tomorrow

11-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Series win more important to Ganguly than captaincy record

Indian captain Sourav Ganguly isn't being negative about the prospectively green seamer that will greet his side and New Zealand when play starts in the first National Bank Series Test in Wellington tomorrow

11-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Basin Reserve to host New Zealand's 300th Test

New Zealand's most successful Test venue, Wellington's Basin Reserve, is to be ground where its 300th Test match is to be played, starting tomorrow in the first Test of the National Bank Series against India

11-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

New Zealand have most to play for, India holding the better hand

It's not something you can often say about New Zealand pitches, but the potential is there in the first National Bank Series match between the home team and India at the Basin Reserve for someone to make a lot of runs

11-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Rahul Dravid says Indian team's batting strength is the key

Rahul Dravid may have mined something of a personal vein of run-scoring gold on his last tour to New Zealand in 1998/99, but he believes he is but one cog in the Indian scoring machine that will be vital to subduing the home team in the first

10-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Robbie Hart looking forward to long-awaited first home Test

New Zealand wicket-keeper Robbie Hart admitted to a pang of regret when breaking a sequence of 85 unbroken matches for his Northern Districts side today, but it was only a momentary pang

10-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Something for everyone in Test pitch in Wellington

Basin Reserve groundsman Trevor Jackson believes both teams will find something to enjoy on the pitch to be used in the National Bank Series match between New Zealand and India starting on Thursday

10-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Wright happy enough with first effort in New Zealand

Indian coach John Wright is not too concerned with the poor first innings batting, and the inability to finish off the Central Districts tail, in the drawn National Bank tour match in Napier which ended early today after a thunderstorm

08-Dec-2002•David Ogilvie

Average performance a wake-up for India before Test

The Indians came to Napier with huge reputations to play Central Districts, and they will leave without those enhanced

08-Dec-2002•David Ogilvie

Oram and Mason win New Zealand Test call-up

Central Districts' match against India has proven invaluable for Test newcomer Michael Mason when he was named in the New Zealand team for the first Test of the National Bank series against India today

08-Dec-2002•Lynn McConnell

Griggs' maiden century leaves India 86 behind CD

It was not surprising the Indians showed little interest in starting their second innings in the National Bank tour three-day match against Central Districts in dull light at Napier this afternoon

07-Dec-2002•David Ogilvie

Bowlers let CD off the hook, but will do better in Tests - Ganguly

Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly defended much of his side's bowling in the National Bank tour match against Central Districts today in Napier, but conceded his team should have been able to finish off the home side's tail

07-Dec-2002•David Ogilvie

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