Chris Martin

Ian Butler and Chris Martin had a field day with Sri Lanka's batsmen, picking up four wickets each, and reducing the team to 210 for 9

Michael Papps's consistent performance in the one-day internationals against South Africa has earned him a berth in New Zealand's squad for the first Test, which starts at Hamilton on March 10

A round-up of the latest State Shield matches

Northern Districts reached 137 but that wasn't enough to deny Canterbury an innings victory at Christchurch

A round-up of the action from the latest State Championship matches

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

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

The Canterbury Cricket Association announced the 11 players who have been offered playing contracts for the 2003-04 cricket season

The preferred 20 players who have been offered contracts by New Zealand Cricket have been named today with no significant surprises

New Zealand duly completed a 211-run victory over Border in East London on Monday, but ended the match possibly not a great deal closer knowing the composition of their seam attack for the second Test match against South Africa starting in Port

New Zealand may be no nearer to configuring their frontline attack for the Test series against South Africa after the three-day game against Boland ended in a draw on Thursday, but, as coach David Trist acknowledged, at least two of the backup

New Zealand Cricket must be breathing a huge sigh of relief that it took up the invitation to send its Academy side to India for an early season tournament in August