Christchurch:As the contract battle heats up in the Caribbean, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) is also on a collision course with players, who are refusing to sign their personal sponsorship rights to the board.
Wellington:New Zealand will play only two cricket Tests in the next domestic season, choosing instead to focus on the One-day game in the lead up to the World Cup starting in March.
Wellington:New Zealand included batsman Mathew Sinclair and all-rounder Andre Adams among 20 contracted players for the 2006-07 season, New Zealand Cricket said today.
Wellington:Disappointed New Zealand Cricket (NZC) officials emphasized the positives after losing a joint bid with Australia to host the 2011 World Cup but winning the event for 2015.
Wellington:India's cricket tour to New Zealand scheduled for early next year has been postponed until late 2008, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said.
Wellington:Former Australian hockey star Ric Charlesworth is joining New Zealand Cricket (NZC) as its new high performance manager, the Cricketing body said.
Wellington:The West Indies will play an extra Test in New Zealand early next year after the cancellation of Zimbabwe's tour in December, New Zealand Cricket said.
Wellington:World cricket's governing body ruled out cancelling New Zealand's tour to Zimbabwe next month but said it accepted the New Zealand government could stop it going ahead.
Wellington:Zimbabwe's first black Test cricketer, Henry Olonga, is to join a campaign here aimed at stopping New Zealand's cricket tour of his homeland, Greens Party co-leader Rod Donald said.
Wellington:New Zealand's foreign minister Phil Goff has asked cricket's world governing body to ban Zimbabwe from international tours because of what he called human rights abuses by President Robert Mugabe's government.
