News Archive: March 2001

• CLEAR Black Caps to Sharjah (31 March 2001)
• Pakistan must regroup and think ahead (31 March 2001)
• Black Caps thrash Pakistan to square the Test Series (30 March 2001)
• New Zealand – Pakistan Test Cricket: Lowest Completed Innings Totals (30 March 2001)
• Sharjah selection chance to assess fringe players (30 March 2001)
• Fleming wants to sort out century skills (30 March 2001)
• All good fun for Kiwi hitmen (30 March 2001)
• McMillan wanted six boundaries but didn't about record (30 March 2001)
• Unhappy first Test as skipper for Inzamam (30 March 2001)
• Record win for New Zealand is worst loss for Pakistan (30 March 2001)
• Sharjah provides cash incentive for next tier of New Zealand players (30 March 2001)
• McMillan smashes record with 26 from over (30 March 2001)
• Hard watching from the sidelines but Pakistan beckons (29 March 2001)
• Harbhajan Singh’s fifteen wicket haul in a match (29 March 2001)
• Avoiding 99 was key for Mark Richardson (29 March 2001)
• Kiwi odd couple cash in as opportunity knocks (29 March 2001)
• Doig says alternative plan available for India and Pakistan (29 March 2001)
• Burnside High School win South Island Secondary School Girls Cricket Tournament (28 March 2001)
• Burnside High School win crucial Cup match (28 March 2001)
• Richardson on auto-pilot in Test opening role (28 March 2001)
• Trist leaving the game with greater Kiwi pool of players (28 March 2001)
• Rain in Hamilton stymies New Zealand (28 March 2001)
• Memorial service an unexpected bonus for Hoskin (28 March 2001)
• Pakistan in a perilous situation after 1st innings collapse (27 March 2001)
• Canterbury Secondary Schools XI lose in close encounter (27 March 2001)
• Scholarship XI's win (27 March 2001)
• If you want boring, watch the Super 12 (27 March 2001)
• Saving the best till last New Zealand hope (27 March 2001)
• Parore claims record but sets sights higher (27 March 2001)
• Martin keen for first Test win (27 March 2001)
• Winter sports offer chance to relax from cricket (27 March 2001)
• Wrighty, Wrighty, Wrighty ... what an Otago man (27 March 2001)
• Harbhajan Singh – Latest entrant in the Lohmann, Barnes and Hadlee Club (27 March 2001)
• 500-Plus in 4 or fewer Tests (27 March 2001)
• Raman Subba Row to work with ICC on Umpire and Referee reforms (26 March 2001)
• Moin Khan out of Test, Sami doubtful (26 March 2001)
• World Round-Up - A feast of Test Cricket in 2000-01 (26 March 2001)
• The race to a thousand and Nevin's famous fifty (26 March 2001)
• The Willows are maintaining tradition (26 March 2001)
• Hamilton takes Hawke Cup with seven wicket win (26 March 2001)
• Both national anthems to be sung before Hamilton Test (26 March 2001)
• Miandad and Waqar can savour Hamilton (26 March 2001)
• Bowling options provide food for thought in Hamilton (26 March 2001)
• Moin Khan in doubt for third Test tomorrow (26 March 2001)
• Grant Bradburn ND's Cricketer of the Year (25 March 2001)
• Hawke's Bay have tough job to win Hawke Cup (25 March 2001)
• Spirit of Wellington cricket remembered at dinner (25 March 2001)
• Personal memories of Sir Donald Bradman rekindled (25 March 2001)
• Consistency the aim for Sinclair as third Test nears (25 March 2001)
• Grant Bradburn caps another great day in his summer (25 March 2001)
• Sinclair and Oram will boost CD in Perth (25 March 2001)
• Injury to Brooke Walker another example of Kiwi curse of 2000/01 (25 March 2001)
• Injury forces Brooke Walker out of third Test - Grant Bradburn recalled (25 March 2001)
• Franklin gets reward for hard work (24 March 2001)
• Younger Pakistan players get their time in the middle (24 March 2001)
• Franklin and Walker get Test recall for final match (24 March 2001)
• Franklin and Walker recalled for third Test (24 March 2001)
• Lincoln Scholarship XI take victory (23 March 2001)
• International scalp would sit well on top table tonight (23 March 2001)
• Competitive Wellington will test Pakistan on final day (23 March 2001)
• Geoff Allott retires from all cricket (23 March 2001)
• Six stress fractures finally dim Allott's spirit (23 March 2001)
• Scan shows Daniel Vettori did not have a stress fracture (23 March 2001)
• CLEAR Black Caps side for third Test to be named on Saturday - Daniel Vettori unavailable (22 March 2001)
• Bowling Milestones: Briggs to Walsh - A journey through the generations (22 March 2001)
• Watkin revels in South African experience (22 March 2001)
• Vettori out for Test, team to be named on Saturday (22 March 2001)
• Walker picks up career best bag at right time for Wellington (22 March 2001)
• Wellington's batting depth could tell story of Pakistan match (22 March 2001)
• Hat-tricks in Test Cricket (22 March 2001)
• Wellingtonians set to celebrate 125 years (22 March 2001)
• Has the Rawalpindi Express ended his run? (21 March 2001)
• O'Connor shoe-in for third Test after Lincoln performances (21 March 2001)
• Pakistan should be thinking about England (21 March 2001)
• Teams well primed for Hawke Cup final at weekend (21 March 2001)
• Timely break for Pakistan captain Moin Khan (21 March 2001)
• Oram has a big role to play in New Zealand's future (21 March 2001)
• Unusual dismissals in Test and One-Day International Cricket (21 March 2001)
• Central name side for inaugural Champions Cup (21 March 2001)
• The Christchurch Test belonged to Richardson (21 March 2001)
• An extraordinary first for New Zealand, Sinclair joins a short list and Fleming and Parore pass some milestones (20 March 2001)
• ICC appoints new Chief Executive (20 March 2001)
• Vincent emerges as Test contender in season to remember (20 March 2001)
• Drawn Lincoln practice match fulfils many objectives (20 March 2001)
• Christchurch's batting friendly track produces a draw full of records (20 March 2001)
• Search for replacement New Zealand women's players begins (20 March 2001)
• CLEAR White Ferns winter training squads named (19 March 2001)
• O'Connor has fairytale comeback from injury (19 March 2001)
• O'Connor's return promises likely Test call up (19 March 2001)
• Richardson looking to contribute with his fielding rather than bowling (19 March 2001)
• Inevitable draw in Christchurch but both teams delighted with individual efforts (19 March 2001)
• Remarkable turnaround after Auckland despair (19 March 2001)
• Drum injury has him out for eight weeks and selectors looking again (18 March 2001)
• Youhana's double century day but Saqlain two short of first ton (18 March 2001)
• Inzamam guides Pakistan to safety with his 13th Test century (17 March 2001)
• Women's team to be named on Monday (17 March 2001)
• Resurgent Black Caps put Pakistan on the defensive (16 March 2001)
• Dragons successfully defend their one-day title (16 March 2001)
• Oram released from Test team to captain CD (16 March 2001)
• Chris Drum joins select club at Jade Stadium (16 March 2001)
• Dropped catch ruins what might've been a perfect day for Kiwis (16 March 2001)
• Oram released to captain State Central Districts (16 March 2001)
• ICC committed to shake-up over umpires and referees (15 March 2001)
• Inquiry findings released (15 March 2001)
• Pitch conditions allow New Zealanders to show their abilities (15 March 2001)
• Sinclair's century sets scene for New Zealand recovery (15 March 2001)
• Fleming in charge a welcome sign of captaincy maturity (15 March 2001)
• Resurgent Pakistanis face shaken Kiwis in second Test (14 March 2001)
• Resurgent Pakistanis face shaken Black Caps in second Test (14 March 2001)
• All Eyes set on Christchurch (14 March 2001)
• Pakistan ponder tricky selection issues for Second Test against New Zealand (14 March 2001)
• 1st Test, New Zealand v Pakistan, Statistical Highlights (14 March 2001)
• Central Districts team for Selection game (14 March 2001)
• Pakistan face tricky selection issues (14 March 2001)
• Jade pitch could flatter to deceive (14 March 2001)
• Parore close to record but laments one that got away (14 March 2001)
• Finals winners (14 March 2001)
• Pakistan’s teenaged wonders (13 March 2001)
• Wicket in the first over on Test debut (13 March 2001)
• New Zealand and Pakistan Test Averages (13 March 2001)
• Reason for Mushtaq's one-day absence much clearer (13 March 2001)
• Oram has to put business studies aside ... again (13 March 2001)
• Bradburn and Drum relish their recall (13 March 2001)
• New Zealand looking to fight fire with fire (13 March 2001)
• Fleming equals a record, Parore closes in on another and amazing numbers from the first Test (13 March 2001)
• PCB Chairman applauds the Pakistan cricket team on its achievement (12 March 2001)
• PCB Chairman commends Pakistan team performance in New Zealand (12 March 2001)
• Youngsters do Pakistan proud (12 March 2001)
• Sami and Saqlain demolish Black Caps to give Pakistan a thundering victory (12 March 2001)
• Hamilton and Hawke's Bay to contest Hawke Cup final (12 March 2001)
• Selection XI to play Central Districts (12 March 2001)
• Chris Drum, Grant Bradburn and Jacob Oram selected for second Test (12 March 2001)
• A bird's eye view of first Test (12 March 2001)
• Razzaq homeward bound, Mohammad Akram to replace (12 March 2001)
• Spirit of Akram boosts Sami in debut Test (12 March 2001)
• Test match wasn't a place to try out pitch (12 March 2001)
• Batsmen hang on as bowlers changed for second Test (12 March 2001)
• Pakistan's glory is New Zealand's misery in first Test flogging (12 March 2001)
• Lack of support in Auckland a worry for cricket (11 March 2001)
• Younis Khan plays his best Test innings to reveal class (11 March 2001)
• Major turf disaster waiting to happen at major sports venues (11 March 2001)
• Canterbury Country battling back in Hawke Cup semi-final (11 March 2001)
• Kiwis face daunting target but Pakistan will have to fight (11 March 2001)
• Hamilton and Hawke's Bay stake early claim (10 March 2001)
• Special innings will be required from New Zealand to win (10 March 2001)
• Umpires in the firing line in Auckland (10 March 2001)
• New Zealand in trouble, face vital morning session (10 March 2001)
• Rain and the bowlers dominate the 2nd day (9 March 2001)
• Tuffey gets due reward for fine bowling effort (9 March 2001)
• Fleming has chance to make a batting statement (9 March 2001)
• Club cricket returns to fore (9 March 2001)
• Canterbury's domestic fortunes turn in year of change (9 March 2001)
• Development programme taking off for NZC (9 March 2001)
• New Zealand Cricket Academy 2001 intake announced (9 March 2001)
• A new-look Pakistan faces the Black Caps (8 March 2001)
• Auckland honours three local legends (8 March 2001)
• New Zealand still to learn the needs of home advantage (8 March 2001)
• Young guard gives Pakistan batting impetus (8 March 2001)
• Mark Richardson suffers back strain, Lou Vincent on standby (7 March 2001)
• Christchurch Metro sides win tight matches against Suburban XIs (7 March 2001)
• Richardson twinge extends Kiwi concerns (7 March 2001)
• Pitch concerns now override state of attrition (7 March 2001)
• A toss up on new pitch (7 March 2001)
• Saeed Anwar returning home tomorrow (6 March 2001)
• Hawke Cup semi-finals at weekend (6 March 2001)
• Supporters have chance to support CD (6 March 2001)
• Ijaz Ahmed not expected to make it in time for first Test (6 March 2001)
• Harry gets fifty while Wellington players attack the record books (6 March 2001)
• Board changes (5 March 2001)
• Was Parore bowled or run out? (5 March 2001)
• Great result for New Zealand through applied pressure (5 March 2001)
• Shackleton appointed chairman in Canterbury (5 March 2001)
• Lincoln Scholarship XI named to play touring club from New South Wales (5 March 2001)
• O'Connor on comeback trail (5 March 2001)
• Vettori ruled out of first Test, probably the series (5 March 2001)
• Vettori out of First Test, Tuffey uncertain; Bradburn and Walker called in (5 March 2001)
• Pakistan confidence will not be affected by embarrassing loss (5 March 2001)
• Nevin picks up a record with more chances to come (4 March 2001)
• Pakistan staring down the barrel of defeat by NZ A (4 March 2001)
• Moin Khan: Will he survive another setback? (4 March 2001)
• Pakistan need to raise their game a notch or two (4 March 2001)
• Mohammed Sami marks his arrival with pacy display (3 March 2001)
• Pakistan struggle with bat but Kiwis not on top yet (3 March 2001)
• Eden Park almost ready to debut portable pitch (3 March 2001)
• Pakistan Cricket Board denies reports of rift with Javed Miandad (2 March 2001)
• Last assignment caps memorable summer for Oram (2 March 2001)
• Miandad denies claims he will resign mid-tour (2 March 2001)
• Backyard Test hits Carterton on Sunday (2 March 2001)
• Imran Nazir, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar leave Pakistan squad today (2 March 2001)
• Latest Academy intake announced (2 March 2001)
• Pakistan reports say Miandad is to resign before Test (2 March 2001)
• Tough draw for CD in Perth tournament (1 March 2001)
• Pakistan squad for the Test Series against New Zealand announced (1 March 2001)
• The advent of Farhats (1 March 2001)
• Success ratio still too low in New Zealand's One-Day Internationals (1 March 2001)
• ICC Match Referee Ranjan Maduagalle confirms reporting of Shoaib Akhtar (1 March 2001)
• Three new players arrive for Test series, Shoaib Akhtar to return to Pakistan (1 March 2001)
• Shoaib Akhtar reported for suspect bowling action (1 March 2001)
• Great to see New Zealand finish so well against Pakistan (1 March 2001)
• Greg Turner to play key role in CD golf day (1 March 2001)
• Akhtar reported by Dunedin umpires, heading home (1 March 2001)