Gareth Hopkins

Gareth Hopkins, the former New Zealand wicketkeeper, has retired from cricket. The 37-year-old, played four Tests, 25 ODIs and 10 Twenty20 internationals

After Jamie How struck 222 on Wednesday, the Ford Trophy was treated to another high-scoring match when Auckland, after posting 383 in Eden Park, beat Wellington by 18 runs

A round-up of the Ford Trophy matches on March 3

A round-up of the Plunket Shield match played between February 7 and 10

After a strong chase of 198 by the top order of Canterbury, an effective last over from Andre Adams sealed an eight-run victory for Auckland

An all-round performance by Kyle Mills gave Auckland seven-wicket victory against Canterbury

An effective final-innings bowling performance wasn't enough to prevent Auckland's four-wicket defeat against Central Districts in Napier

Auckland's regret was not falling over the final hurdle but leaving it for the last to jump over it. Gareth Hopkins pinned their bowing out before the knockouts on the match against Titans in Durban

Opening batsman Martin Guptill has claimed the top honour at the New Zealand Cricket Awards in Auckland, winning the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for 2011-12

After three successful chases of relatively small targets in the CLT20, Auckland Aces' batting unraveled against Titans

For some teams the Champions League T20 will be a case of blink-and-you-miss-it but, as expected, those sides needing to qualifying were not about to start moaning

Auckland were hurt when they failed to move out of CLt20 qualifiers last year and this time around have made sure they a better prepared

A round-up of the eighth round of Plunket Shield games

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 seventh round of matches from the 2010-11 Plunket Shield

A round-up of the final round of league matches in the NZC one-day competition

Northern Districts held their nerve to clinch a thrilling one-wicket win over Central Districts at Fitzherbert Park to move to the top of the points table after the second round of the New Zealand Cricket one-day competition

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.

Wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins, who had a poor tour of India, has been replaced by the Canterbury's uncapped Reece Young in New Zealand's 13-member squad for the two-Test home series against Pakistan that begins on January 7