Michael Bates

A round-up of the Georgie Pie Super Smash games that finished on November 22, 2015

The final-wicket pair of Logan van Been and Ed Nuttall helped Canterbury into a Super Over, but Auckland's Michael Bates snuffed out their hopes after that

Round-up of the Plunket Shield 2014-15 matches that ended on February 9, 2015

Auckland cruised into the Georgie Pie Super Smash final with a comfortable six-wicket win against Northern Knights, who had lost the first preliminary final as well

The new-ball partnership of Kyle Mills and Michael Bates picked up three wickets each to help bundle Canterbury out for 107 and set up a seven-wicket win for Auckland

Auckland won their second one-day title in three seasons, taking the 50-over Ford Trophy after beating Canterbury in a low-scoring final at Eden Park Outer Oval

A round-up of the HRV Cup matches on January 6, 2013

Michael Bates, the Auckland seamer, has been named as a replacement for Mark Gillespie in New Zealand's Twenty20 squad for the tour of South Africa

David Balcombe took eight wickets but it was Gloucestershire who ended the second day in control

Brendon McCullum will lead New Zealand in the ODI and T20 series against Zimbabwe, in place of Ross Taylor who has been ruled out due to a calf injury

Auckland Aces took home the HRV Cup with a resounding win over Canterbury at Colin Maiden Park

Steve Snell proved the unlikeliest of heroes for Somerset with a game-turning late cameo which ended Auckland's Champions League hopes

A round-up of the seventh round of matches from the 2010-11 Plunket Shield

Fast bowler Michael Bates' triple-wicket maiden set up a thrilling four-run win for Auckland in the HRV Cup final against Central Districts at the Colin Maiden Park

Pakistan's tour of New Zealand got off to a poor start after they lost their twelve-a-side Twenty20 match to Auckland at Colin Maiden Park. Michael Bates took 4 for 11 as the Pakistanis were bowled out for 91

The New Zealand captain retained the Player-of-the-Year award and the Winsor Cup for first-class bowling, and also won the Walter Hadlee trophy for being the best ODI bowler

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

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

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