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CricketOctober 22

Smith, Hay poised to make debuts

Wellington all-rounder Nathan Smith and Canterbury keeper Mitch Hay are poised to make their international debuts.

CricketOctober 22

Selection of Inglis nod to future: coach

The week just got even better for Otago cricket.

CricketOctober 22

Rejigged Otago lineup ready to fire again

Otago's reimagined batting lineup piled on 316 runs in their first outing.

SouthlandMarch 12

Team rue ‘disappointing’ semis loss

Wyndale have fallen 42 runs short of reaching a Southland Cricket final.

NewsMarch 8

Photos: Cricket day 1

Action from Day 1 at the University of Otago Oval.

SportDecember 3

Black Caps v W. Indies in Dunedin - day 1

The Black Caps dominated day one of the first test against the West Indies at University Oval in Dunedin, with unbeaten centuries from Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor propelling NZ to 367 for 3 at the close of play.

SportNovember 3

Junior Volts Fun Day

About 100 children with dreams of becoming prominent cricket players took some professional cricketing advice from the SBS Bank Otago Volts cricket squad yesterday during the Junior Volts Fun Day at the University Oval.

CricketApril 27

Cricket: Fletcher appointed India coach

India have appointed former England coach Duncan Fletcher as the new coach of the national team.

CricketMarch 23

Cricket: England all-rounder Fred Titmus dead

Middlesex cricket club said Fred Titmus, a former England all-rounder whose first-class career with the county side spanned a remarkable 33 years, died Wednesday. He was 78.

CricketFebruary 8

Cricket: Auckland squad for one-day semifinal with Otago

The Auckland squad has been named for the domestic one-day semi-final against Otago at Colin Maiden Park, Auckland tomorrow.

QueenstownJanuary 23

Cricket teams arrive in town

About 4000 cricket fans are expected to gather for the one-day international between New Zealand and Pakistan at the Queenstown Events Centre on Wednesday.

CricketJanuary 13

Cricket: Martin aiming for milestone treble

New Zealand pace bowler Chris Martin knocked off two milestones last week and he is keen to make it a trifecta when the second cricket test against Pakistan starts at the Basin Reserve here on Saturday.

CricketSeptember 21

Cricket: Pakistan squares series

Pakistan took the one-day series against England into a deciding fifth match after winning thr fourth match by 38 runs, on a day relations between the two teams threatened to boil over following fresh corruption claims.

North OtagoSeptember 17

Teams clash over use of sports field

Two sporting codes have clashed over the use of the Centennial Park Oval on February 11.

EditorialAugust 30

Cricket no-balled

From the heights of a magnificent unpredictability acquired through the seesawing fortunes and switchback reversals that so often make it the most enthralling of sports - one, moreover, in its duration and sensibilities seemingly isolated from the instant gratification of lesser contests - test cricket has seemingly been brought to its knees by the most mundane and base of motives: greed.

DunedinMarch 29

Building makes way for cricket

Dunedin should have a cricket field big enough to host major tests from next year, after a compromise was hammered out between the Dunedin City Council and the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.

NewsMarch 23

Big is good - Dykes

Bigger is better, as far as Otago Cricket Association chief executive Ross Dykes is concerned.

CricketMarch 23

Cricket: Art gallery decision culmination of a lot of effort: Dykes

You might describe Ross Dykes' push to have part of the former Dunedin Art Gallery demolished as a patient and diligent innings.

OpinionMarch 22

No alas about it - Yorick back in his holly hedge, as forseen

PRESCIENCE. There are probably some incisive definitions of this word around, but I have always preferred the one from Oscar Wilde, and I am paraphrasing, when he defined prescience as being right on the button, mate.

CricketMarch 19

Cricket: Clarke punishes NZ

Australia's vice-captain Michael Clarke put a horror fortnight behind him, scoring his 14th test century to wrest control of the first cricket test away from New Zealand here today.

OpinionJanuary 27

Better to bat than to bomb

Cricket has arrived in Afghanistan and a team is about to contest the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. It could do more for peace in that country than the latest troop surge, suggests John de Bueger.

DunedinDecember 29

Laid-back crowd appreciates cricket

Provincial one-day cricket proved a popular drawcard at the University Oval in Dunedin yesterday, with the double of a sunny day, and a holiday, attracting 765 people.

DunedinNovember 23

Cricket: Premier paceman back in attack

Today is expected to be special for Black Caps' spearhead Shane Bond.

CricketOctober 20

Cricket: Beard out to make most of chances

Nick Beard spent most of the winter practising spearing in dot balls. Now the Otago left-arm spinner has to practise giving the red ball some air.

CricketOctober 19

Cricket: Hesson looking to plug gaps

Otago coach Mike Hesson has put the disappointment of the Champions League behind him and is busy working on plugging the gaps in the first-class side.