Napier, March 2 NZPA - New Zealand and India cricket squads for the five-match one-day international series starting at McLean Park here tomorrow (2pm).

Wellington, March 2 NZPA - Northern Knights captain James Marshall has been ruled out of the next two rounds of the State Twenty20 with a broken toe.

Marshall broke the toe in the game against the State Wellington Firebirds.

Wellington, March 2 NZPA - New Zealand's Junior Tall Blacks have been grouped with Argentina, Croatia and Kazakhstan in the draw for the U19 men's basketball world championship in July.

The draw for the championships, which are being held in Auckland from July 2-12, was made today.

2 March 2009 - If you strolled along Takapuna Beach this Tuesday night, you could be forgiven for thinking you had walked into a rerun of the Halberg Awards 'beach style', such is the range of sporting stars and celebrities lining up in the North Shore City Beach Series.

By Chris Barclay of NZPA

Napier, March 2 NZPA - Kyle Mills missed phase one of India's batting onslaught but is primed to reinforce a disciplined New Zealand attack as the one-day series takes precedence.

Napier, March 1 NZPA - New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has skirted a potential impasse with its Indian counterparts and the New Zealand Players' Association to enable six members of the Indian test squad to gain valuable match practice in the domestic four-day competition.

Napier, March 1 NZPA - New Zealand Cricket (NZC) is considering using a spectator-free "buffer zone" for the one-day cricket series between New Zealand and India after a bottle- throwing incident during the Twenty20 international in Wellington last Friday.

By Chris Barclay of NZPA

Napier, March 1 NZPA - As artists create an anatomically correct wax image of Indian cricket's "little master" Sachin Tendulkar, New Zealand are hoping to be architects of his downfall in the upcoming one-day series.

By Alastair Bull of NZPA

Auckland, March 1 NZPA - The New Zealand Breakers face next season knowing there is plenty of work to do if they want to become a championship-winning basketball team.

Wellington, March 1 NZPA - England A enjoyed much the better of a heavily truncated opening day of their four-day tour cricket match against New Zealand A in Queenstown today.