Paul Hitchcock

Jesse Ryder, the opening batsman, is in a race to be fit for the fourth ODI against England after injuring his left ankle in Friday's six-wicket loss

New Zealand have drafted in the uncapped Jesse Ryder and Tim Southee and recalled Paul Hitchcock for the forthcoming Twenty20 and one-day series against England

Auckland rode on attacking batting and disciplined bowling performance to coast to a comfortable victory over Otago in the State Twenty20 final at Eden Park Outer Oval

Chris Harris's ton went in vain as Canterbury went down by 15 runs in a high-scoring encounter against Auckland at Christchurch

A summary of Round 3 of the State Shield matches

A summary of the latest action in the seventh round of State Shield matches

A summary of the fourth round State Shield matches

Auckland, winners of the State Championship for the last two years, found their lower order scripting a rescue act at the Eden Park Outer Oval today

A round-up from the latest State Championship matches

Yasir Hameed and Imran Farhat notched up commanding hundreds, as Pakistan beat New Zealand by 49 runs in the final one-day international at Rawalpindi

Central Districts fast-medium bowler Michael Mason and Auckland one-day specialist Paul Hitchcock are the big winners in the New Zealand cricket teams to tour India and Pakistan named today

New Zealand Cricket selection manager Sir Richard Hadlee today named the TelstraClear Black Caps Test and one-day squads for the up-coming tour of India and Pakistan

Richard Hadlee, NZ Cricket's chief selector, spoke on some of his selections for the New Zealand squads to India

Indian fans can heave a sigh of relief as Shane Bond has been ruled out of both the Tests and one-dayers for the forthcoming India tour

Movement of players within New Zealand's domestic cricket has resulted in a re-balancing of player experience, especially when international players are taken out of the picture

New Zealand representatives Chris Harris and Craig McMillan added another side to their list of credits when playing for Gloucestershire in a one-day match against India A at Cheltenham yesterday

No great surprises have occurred in the naming of players contracted to the six major associations for next summer

Auckland Cricket today released the names of 11 players offered domestic contracts for the 2003-04 season

As new coach John Bracewell ponders the direction the New Zealanders take over the next few years, he would do well to ponder on performance statistics from the last summer