Chris Nevin

Wellington had some nervous moments as Canterbury threweverything at them, but the composure that has marked theirseason carried them to their 20th championship title at theBasin Reserve

A round-up of the State Twenty20 matches played on January 26, 2007

Wellington ride on Nevin's 133

Luke Woodcock's composed hundred gave Wellington an outside chance in the State Championship final against Auckland at Eden Park

In a game of stunning drama which had constant stoppages due to rain, Northern Districts pulled off an incredible win against Wellington with a last-ball six

Wellington were in the box seat in the race for the State Championship final at the end of the second day's play at the Basin Reserve

Stephen Fleming hit his second hundred in consecutive matches as Wellington thrashed Northern Districts by 62 runs

Otago retained their lead after four rounds of the State Shield, but Canterbury moved to within one point of them

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

Wellington produced an outstanding comeback to avoid following on against Canterbury in their State Championship match at the Basin Reserve in Wellington

The final league game of the TVS Cup is a crucial one, both in terms of this tournament as well as India's selections for Australia

Even before the tournament, New Zealand's battingwould have been ranked third of the three at the TVSCup, but when the first two positions are occupied byAustralia and India - in whichever order - that is nocriticism

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

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

Pardon me for interrupting, but in a game which revels in spurious statistics there is one that defies belief doing the rounds in New Zealand cricket at the moment

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

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

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

Chris Nevin and Daryl Tuffey have been recalled to the CLEAR Black Caps for the first two National Bank Series One-Day Internationals against England at Christchurch and Wellington this week