Gareth Hopkins

The first half-hour of the day was superb for Zimbabwe A; the last hour was disastrous

New Zealand A were the more motivated and determined team on day two of the second unofficial Test against Zimbabwe A, surging powerfully ahead with some excellent late-order batting to declare at 526 for 8

Lively scoring rates and sporting declarations were not sufficient to generate a result in the first unofficial Test between New Zealand A and Zimbabwe A in Harare

A round-up of the ninth round of matches in the Plunket Shield

Being Brendon McCullum's back-up isn't easy but Gareth Hopkins is starting to be viewed as a first-choice instead of a replacement

A round-up of the sixth day's games of the HRV Cup, New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 competition

Gareth Hopkins and James Marshall, captains of Auckland and Northern Districts respectively, have been accused of collusion to force a result in a rain-affected Plunket Shield fixture at Colin Maiden Park

Gareth Hopkins, the wicketkeeper-batsman, has been named captain of Auckland for the next season

A blistering 88 off just 39 balls from Shanan Stewart and an aggressive 41 from wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins shut England Lions out of the Twenty20 match in New Plymouth as New Zealand A punished their bowlers, scoring a mammoth 227 for 6

New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder will play no further part in the Chappell Hadlee Series

The West Indians made a watchful start with the bat after Auckland declared at 587 for 7 on day two of their three-day match at the Eden Park Outer Oval

Cricinfo assess the performance of the New Zealand players after their 2-0 series defeat against England

New Zealand's line-up for the third Test against England at Trent Bridge on Thursday could feature as many as three changes from the side that lost at Old Trafford last week

Ross Taylor continued his fine form with 150 against Northamptonshire as the New Zealanders opted for batting practice on the final day at Wantage Road

A round-up of the latest action from the State Shield in New Zealand

A round-up of matches in the penultimate rounds of the State Twenty20

Gareth Hopkins could slot into the No. 6 position with Brendon McCullum likely to open and keep wickets in the ODI series in South Africa, according to the selection manager Richard Hadlee

John Bracewell has said that wicketkeeper-batsman Gareth Hopkins could play as a specialist batsman in the middle order in the one-day team

Gareth Hopkins will take over the wicketkeeping duties so Brendon McCullum can concentrate entirely on opening the batting when the ICC World Twenty20 starts next week