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![NZ sport's 25 biggest power brokers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
NZ sport's 25 biggest power brokers
Who will be pulling the strings in our sport in 2010? Who's the person you most want on your side in an administrative scrap?
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Cricket: Batting coach likely choice
National selector Mark Greatbatch is emerging as a strong contender to be New Zealand's batting coach.
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Vettori's steady rise from gangly to googly
Daniel Luca Vettori, the everymanchild of NZ Cricket, didn't spring fully formed into the public consciousness - Matt Nippert charts his rise.
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<i>Chris Rattue:</i> Desperately seeking Bond for Aussie series
Test cricket is dying in New Zealand, but a brilliant clash against Australia will be a marvellous tonic.
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Sport's funny old year
It's been a funny old year for sport. Paul Lewis looks at some of the oddest, most bizarre and brightest moments of the year across all sports.
![Cricket: Heroics from Daniel, bye-bye from Shane](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Cricket: Heroics from Daniel, bye-bye from Shane
Andrew Alderson puts his front foot down the wicket to play through a year of on- and off-field dramas.
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Cricket: Skipper too Dan good as old heads save the day
Vettori’s move up the order pays off as he and Brendon McCullum combine to put NZ in a strong position.
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Cricket: Groundsman calls batsmen 'useless'
The most brutally honest comment in the lead-up to today's third cricket Test in Napier came from the local groundsman.
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Cricket: The new generation to lead bowling attack
All's well in the seam bowling department - but for how long? asks David Leggat.
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Cricket: Black Caps must make history to win
Even without Shane Bond, NZ bowlers do well but the Black caps' embattled batsmen have it all to do.