Reece Young

An eventful third day, which included a century from Tom Latham and a declaration from New Zealand A, ended with India A in control of the first unofficial Test in Lincoln

Mark Gillespie took six wickets in the second innings and Josh Brodie led the chase with a hundred as Wellington completed a stunning comeback to win by five wickets against Canterbury

New Zealand's selectors have dropped the wicketkeeper Reece Young from the side that defeated Australia in Hobart for the one-off Test to be played against Zimbabwe in Napier

The allrounder James Franklin is the surprise omission from New Zealand's list of contracted players for the next year

A round-up of the fourth round of Plunket Shield matches

Reece Young, the New Zealand wicketkeeper, has pointed to his move from Auckland to Canterbury in July as the key to his call-up to the national squad.

Eighteen-year-old fast bowler Adam Milne is among seven uncapped players that have been included in New Zealand's preliminary 30-man squad for the 2011 World Cup

Wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins, who had a poor tour of India, has been replaced by the Canterbury's uncapped Reece Young in New Zealand's 13-member squad for the two-Test home series against Pakistan that begins on January 7

Wicketkeeper Reece Young has switched to Canterbury for the next New Zealand domestic season after having spent more than a decade with Auckland

A round-up of the first two preliminary finals of the New Zealand Cricket One-day Competition

The Pakistanis began their tour on an encouraging note, with their seamers finding form on the opening day against New Zealand Invitation XI in Queenstown

Brendon McCullum and Jesse Ryder have been hit by a stomach bug and have returned to their hotel room at the start of the fourth day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle today

Reece Young, the Auckland wicketkeeper-batsman, has said he hadn't expected to be picked in the national squad for the two-Test tour of Sri Lanka

Shane Bond is set to play his first international matches in nearly two years after being named to tour Sri Lanka

Fast bowler Mark Davies took four wickets to help England Lions dismiss New Zealand A for 243 in their first innings in Lincoln, giving the visitors a valuable first-innings lead of 103

Riding on their captain Richard Jones' unbeaten 186, Auckland finished the day on a commanding 359 for 2 after electing to bat

Canterbury's title defence got away to a poor start as they lost the opening State Championship match of the season, never recovering from Auckland's powerful first-day batting effort

Auckland were on top of the State Championship table after four rounds thanks to an innings victory over Northern Districts

A round-up of the State Championship matches that took place on February 26