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Cricket: Losing streak ends on dramatic last day
Star bowlers Shane Bond and Iain O'Brien overcome injury to ensure a rare New Zealand victory but not before a scare.

Cricket: Test in balance as NZ's batting wobbles
New Zealand surrendered a rare position of dominance as costly misjudgments and a batting collapse provided Pakistan with the chance to claim the first cricket test at University Oval.

Cricket: Bond puts NZ in command
Shane Bond and Umar Akmal - the ageing but indefatigable warrior and the precocious teenager.

Cricket: Vettori joins an unhappy club
Captain becomes eighth New Zealand test player to be dismissed just one run short of a century

Cricket: Captain's knock cuts through gloom
If Pakistan's batsmen can do what Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum did yesterday it might turn into tough grind all round.

<i>Chris Rattue</i>: Scottish debacle could be Deans' death knell
Deans was supposed to raise the bar, not drop it into a big vat of porridge.

Cricket: Old coaches still on call for help
Two former casualties of the NZ Cricket coaching shake-up are grooming a vulnerable batting line-up for tomorrow's first test against Pakistan.