NZ Cricket News

Gilchrist takes over captaincy 24/01/2006 Victorian batsman Brad Hodge has been recalled to the Australian one-day international squad for Thursday's VB Series clash with Sri Lanka in Adelaide after selectors decided to rest captain Ricky Ponting. read more →
Dhoni rescues India 24/01/2006 India survived a comparative middle-order slump to end the third day of the second Test with Pakistan at Faisalabad 147 runs behind the home team. read more →
India faces battle 23/01/2006 India ended the second day of the second Test in Faisalabad 478 runs behind Pakistan with Virender Sehwag already dismissed. read more →
Chris Cairns retires from international cricket 23/01/2006 BLACKCAP Chris Cairns has announced that he is retiring from international cricket following the Twenty20 match against the West Indies at Eden Park on February 16. read more →
Cairns: 'the time is right' 23/01/2006 A tearful Chris Cairns admitted the time was right to pull down the curtain on his international career. read more →
Bracewell tribute to Cairns 23/01/2006 BLACKCAPS coach John Bracewell conceded replacing retiring all-rounder Chris Cairns will prove tough. read more →
Hinds claim State League final place 22/01/2006 State Central Hinds completed a comprehensive 67-run win over State Wellington Blaze to earn a place in the State League final. read more →
Pakistan straight back in groove 22/01/2006 Ominous signs are showing already in the second Pakistan-India Test as the home batsmen pick up in Faisalabad from where they left off in the Lahore run fest with Pakistan ending the first day 379-4. read more →
ND win a Heart-breaker for Auckland 22/01/2006 Nicola Browne and Louise Milliken¦s partnership engineered a 34-run win for State Northern Spirit at Melville Park which denied State Auckland Hearts another State League final appearance. read more →
Mason century edges tight contest 22/01/2006 Aimee Mason¦s century was enough to help State Central Hinds to a narrow two-run win over State Wellington Blaze at Wanganui. read more →