The Cricket World Cup trophy had its own seat on the plane, a minder with a thousand-yard stare who never left it out of his sight and it was the most popular of photo requests yesterday.
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World Cup tickets sell like hot cakes
Tickets for the first Cricket World Cup pool match in Christchurch sold out yesterday in less than four hours.
2015 Cricket World Cup countdown is on
AUCKLAND As the road to next year’s Cricket World Cup begins, Martin Crowe’s 1992 exploits are at the forefront of one mind in particular. Auckland mayor Len Brown today recalled Crowe’s brilliant batting as his favourite Cricket World Cup moment but wished for more Kiwi success at next year’s tournament.
Germon ‘hopeful’ of test return to Hagley Oval
Test cricket could be set to return to Christchurch after an eight-year hiatus. Canterbury Cricket boss Lee Germon has requested a test match and a one-day international during Sri Lanka’s tour next summer and is “hopeful” of a positive result.
Rural push at Hagley Park cricket venue
We are trying to talk about cricket at Hagley Park but all we can hear is the deafening beat of cicadas in the trees. The sound is a signature of the game in Christchurch and is also the background to a fiercely contested push to lift the game in the city’s rebuild.
Prime Minister turns sod at Hagley Oval
Prime Minister John Key officially marked the upgrade of Hagley Oval in Christchurch with a sod turning ceremony on Tuesday the 17th December 2013. The Hagley Oval Pavilion is expected to be finished by September next year. A grass embankment will also be built up around the cricket pitch before the ground hosts three matches … Read More