ONCE ON THIS ISLAND

The Canterbury Wizards were left wondering "what if" after their three wicket loss in a bizarrely low scoring domestic one-day cricket final against Auckland yesterday. "What if they'd scored another 20 or 30 runs" and "what if they'd batted ...

The national one-day title had only been in Auckland's hands a few minutes when captain Gareth Hopkins was thinking ahead to next summer. The three-wicket win over Canterbury was Auckland's fourth limited-overs title in the last five seasons, a mix ...

Auckland are the domestic one-day cricket champions after sneaking a three-wicket win in a bizarrely low-scoring final at Eden Park No 2. After rolling the Canterbury Wizards for just 139, the Aces had a nervous chase falling from 118-3 to 131-7 ...

Auckland won their second national one-day title in three seasons, beating Canterbury by three wickets at Eden Park's outer oval today. Having sent Canterbury in they bowled the visitors out for 139, which included getting four wickets in the space ...

The return of Black Caps spinner Bruce Martin is the only change to the Auckland line-up for the Ford Trophy final against the Canterbury Wizards on the Eden Park outer oval tomorrow. Martin comes back from international duty to an Aces side that ...

New Zealand's latest cricketing hero, Peter Fulton, and fellow Black Cap Dean Brownlie return for Canterbury in tomorrow's one-day final, but it's the side's bowlers who could well star. The quick bowling quartet of Matt Henry, Ryan McCone, Hamish ...

It will be the same 12 men for the Aces when they face the Canterbury Wizards in the Ford Trophy semi-final tomorrow in Hamilton. The last round didn't go according to plan for the Aces as they fell to a six wicket loss to the Volts but other ...

The Canterbury Wizards head to Hamilton full of confidence ahead of tomorrow's domestic one-day cricket semifinal against Auckland. That confidence isn't from finishing second in the round-robin, though that can't hurt, but from the fact each and ...

The Aces will stick with the same 12 that watched the rain fall on Sunday in their rained out game against the Knights. The Aces have already qualified for the 1 v 2 semifinal but results from the final round will determine both who their opposition ...