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Bonus point provides extra drama in Oamaru

Otago's 18-run win over Canterbury in the State Shield match at Oamaru today became the battle of the bonus point

16-Jan-2002•Warwick Larkins

Glow of Howell's century dulled by Horne's glitter

Seldom is a player who carries his bat through an innings for a century, in a winning cause, overshadowed in having done so

16-Jan-2002•Steve McMorran

Skill execution improving as we go in State Shield

As I write this the State Northern Knights are in Rotorua preparing to play Wellington in the sixth round of the State Shield

15-Jan-2002•Robbie Hart

Central Districts side named for New Plymouth

Glen Sulzberger (captain), John Nelson, Mathew Sinclair, Richard King, Ben Smith, Bevan Griggs, Campbell Furlong, Brent Hefford, Michael Mason, Andrew Schwass, Lance Hamilton, Jamie How.

14-Jan-2002

ND deserved winners in Alexandra

On a day which defied the weather pundits, spectators at Molyneux Park in Alexandra were lucky to be uninterrupted and see the Northern Districts deservedly beat Otago by 74 runs

12-Jan-2002•Warwick Larkins

Auckland fall short in artificial chase

Flummoxed as much by the eccentricities of the Duckworth-Lewis system as they were by the dazzling Central Districts fielding, Auckland might have felt hard done by as they lost the State Shield one-day match by 19 runs at Eden Park Outer Oval today

12-Jan-2002•Don Cameron

Weather spoils annual clash of inter-city rivals

It is cruel that a season which has lifted cricket's profile to such a marked extent in New Zealand is being marred by the most abominable weather possible

12-Jan-2002•Lynn McConnell

Nelson joins list of cricket casualties

New Zealand's miserable summer weather created another casualty on the cricket scene today when the Central Districts-Otago State Shield match was abandoned in Nelson today before a ball was bowled

09-Jan-2002•Lynn McConnell

Doull stands out in the murk at Cobham Oval

Northern Districts-Canterbury matches on the Cobham Oval pitch are starting to develop a low-scoring tradition

09-Jan-2002•Chris Rosie

Change of approach pays big dividends for Wellington's Nevin

A carefully-considered decision to change his approach to one-day cricket led to Chris Nevin's match-winning innings of 111 for Wellington who beat Auckland by 19 runs in a State Shield match at the Basin Reserve today

08-Jan-2002•Steve McMorran

Recovery day for Whangarei opponents

Initial front-runners in the State Shield, Northern Districts and Canterbury, go into their fourth-round match at Cobham Oval tomorrow having to pick themselves off the deck after suffering comprehensive defeats by Wellington and Otago respectively

08-Jan-2002•Chris Rosie

Lawson spearheads Otago first win in eight games

Robbie Lawson, unwanted by Otago in its initial selection for the State Shield, made the most of his call-up when his 80 spearheaded a batting assault that allowed the side its first win in eight matches

07-Jan-2002•Lynn McConnell

Deja vu helps Wellington to strong position on table

06-Jan-2002•Steve McMorran

Low Otago score sets Auckland up for easy win

The first rain-free day in Central Otago for a fortnight did not prove to be a happy omen for Otago who lost their State Shield match with Auckland at Molyneux Park in Alexandra today by seven wickets

05-Jan-2002•Warwick Larkins

Wellington's Hitchcock bowls CD for record worst score

Paul Hitchcock was in a pleasant, almost blissful state of shock tonight as he reviewed the bowling performance - his five wickets for 10 runs - which cast out Central Districts for 58 and gave Wellington a bonus point and a win by 110 runs in a

05-Jan-2002•Steve McMorran

Auckland include Nash in side for Otago game

Dion Nash, named in the CLEAR Black Caps one-day team yesterday returns to the Auckland side for tomorrow's State Shield match with Otago at Molyneux Park in Alexandra

04-Jan-2002

Stead's century seals exciting Canterbury last-ball win

One-day cricket at its best

03-Jan-2002•Chris Rosie

Northern Districts building that winning feeling

For the second consecutive day in the State Shield, Northern Districts won chasing a demanding total

03-Jan-2002•Peter Hoare

McMillan helps Canterbury to first bonus point

Craig McMillan made an effortless transition from Test to limited overs cricket, scoring a century from 77 balls as Canterbury beat national one-day champions Central Districts by five wickets in a State Shield match at Pukekura Park today

02-Jan-2002•Steve McMorran

Tight finish belied all but Nevin's skills in Queenstown

Queenstown's first scheduled top level game finally got under way two hours late and was just a 39 overs per side contest, but a game was at least played, with Wellington beating Otago in their State Shield match by an exciting three runs

02-Jan-2002•Warwick Larkins

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