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The Global Game
Overview
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Cricinfo
World wide coverage from Cricinfo, including history, equipment, umpiring, preparing pitches, playing conditions, Cricketing Organisations, news, live scores etc
About
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BBC Sport Academy
attempts to explain the game; Rules, pitch dimensions, pitch and weather conditions, scoring guide, how to get 'out', etc
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Channel 4 Analyst
a popular feature of Channel 4's Test Match Cricket coverage which looks at how cricket 'works' and explains the sport's many technical and historical nuances.
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David Mar
gives a very thorough introduction from basics to equipment, field placing, pitch dimensions etc. Not recently updated but still useful
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Virtual Dominica
has an introduction to the game of cricket for beginners, with origin of cricket terms too.
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Wikipedia
covers The fielding positions, including a useful diagram to understand positional play in Cricket.
History
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Wikipedia
has Origin and History of Cricket including a possible explanation for the name
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334 Not Out
The history of the Ashes matches between England and Australia and much more
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Cricinfo
have a selection of links to sites relevant to Cricket History
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Early Roman aspects
Of ball games; how balls were constructed for early ball games or exercise, includes pictures of a similar game portrayed on ancient Greek vases
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Rick Eyre
presents Today in Cricket History: People and events
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ABC of Cricket
has a range of articles on the history of cricket (advertising and pop-ups too, when checked)
Rules
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MCC
are the official custodians of the laws of cricket, and have detailed information about the current laws of the game
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Cricinfo
Provides a detailed study of the Duckworth-Lewis method of resetting targets in rain-affected one-day cricket matches
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Rachid Latif Cricket Academy
Includes a useful section on the Laws of Cricket
Equipment
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BBC Sports Academy
provides the Pitch dimensions, including the stumps, and information on how the pitch responds to changing weather conditions
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Cricket equipment
reviews and price comparisons on Ciao.co.uk
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Stadium Turf
presents information designed for Groundskeepers on how to lay, prepare and maintain a cricket wicket
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Cricket bat manufacture
A blog (and ads) with content on cricket bat manufacture
Improve
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BBC Sports Academy
present a range of information resources and masterclasses all aimed at improving your cricket - batting, bowling, keeping wicket etc
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Channel 4 Analyst
has plenty of information, pictures, and historical references for technique analysis covering all aspects of the game
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CricketWeb
has a resource area for Cricket Coaching, covering batting, bowling, and fielding with drills, articles, and techniques for each
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Live India
has Cricket Tips and Techniques; photos, diagrams and explanations; covering batting, bowling, fielding and wicket keeping
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MiCricketCoach
has a lot of free online content including guides to nutrition, fitness, drills, field settings etc
Coaching
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Canada Cricket Online
has information for coaches, including a fielding position chart, batting strokes chart, and animated practice drills
Drills
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TackleSport
Has some sample animated drills (Shockwave plugin required)
Fitness
Injuries
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Sports Injury Bulletin
advises: be prepared for Injuries at cricket. "The mean time spent off work by amateur cricketers is 1.4 weeks, but among professional cricketers this rises to 6.5 weeks"
Science and Technical
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Business Times
highlights research on how cricket balls respond to a wearing pitch - uses high tech camera
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Cricinfo
has a detailed article on the Science behind swing bowling
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Stadium Turf
has an analysis of the science of Assessing pitch performance
Play/Watch
Organisational bodies
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International Cricket Council
the international governing body for the game of Cricket, with news, events, development, rankings, awards, and ICC tournament details
Competitions
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Wikipedia
gives an overview of Internation Test cricket, background, competing nations, history etc
News
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Cricket20
"The Home of Twenty20 Cricket" covers Twenty20 games, including the World Cup, Internationals, Champions League, IPL, ICL, etc
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Cricket365
has extensive coverage of the worldwide game, news, stats, fixtures, results, blogs etc.
Servers-Blogs-Forums
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BBC Sport
"Have Your Say" on Cricket, with search to find relevant content and sortable by title, date etc
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Big Cricket
an on-line community with forums, polls, news, blogs etc
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Cricinfo Blogs
has a variety of cricket opinion and comment to check out
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Cricket 360
A Cricket portal - news, scores, forum, videos, social network.
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Cricket Fanatic
has the latest cricket news from blogs covering all corners of the cricket world
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Cricket Highlights
is a forum dedicated to showing cricket highlight videos of the latest games worldwide
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CricketWeb
is an international cricket portal with news, stats, forums, blogs, stats, etc
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Crickety
A cricket forum for you to air your views.
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The Cricket Discussion Forum
Cricforum is a long-established cricket discussion forum for fans from all around the world.
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The Big Project
has a page of links to cricket sites on a range of topics
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Cricket At Its Best
amateur cricket blog
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Cricket Fan Club
Community site: a fan club for cricket fans, join up and contribute for your favourite team or player
Players
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Cricket Heroes
Photographic encyclopedia; search by player, country, decade, or view by country
Variations
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Backyard and Beach Cricket Rules
The rules of backyard and beach cricket are as fluid as the waves on an ocean shore, which will snatch the ball from off the very pitch itself; so what follows are the myths and legends by which we play.
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British Blind Sport
gives an introduction to Blind Cricket and provides opportunities to find out more
Africa
Play/Watch
News
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iAfrica
has a channel for cricket news
South Africa
Play/Watch
Organisational bodies
Competitions
Professional
Indian Premier League - IPL
All of our content for the Indian Premier League is filed under "India".
Asia
Bangladesh
Overview
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Cricbd
Bangladesh cricket site includes articles, player profiles and statistics, Test and ODI scorecards, message board, and news about cricket, Bangladesh and beyond.
Play/Watch
Organisational bodies
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Tiger Cricket
The official site of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, with News, fixtures, and results for the international team and the Bangladesh Premier League
News
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BBC Sport
focuses on the International team - The Tigers - with news, squads, results etc
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CricInfo
covers Bangladesh cricket - all aspects of the game, including domestic
Servers-Blogs-Forums
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Bangla Cricket
the place for Tigers Fans, with news, articles, tournaments, history, stats, players information etc
India
Play/Watch
Competitions
News
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123 India
has coverage of the game of cricket for India
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Rediff
has a channel for Indian cricket news
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Sify
has an Indian Cricket news channel
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That's Cricket
from OneIndia, has news, articles, results, scores, etc
Servers-Blogs-Forums
Players
Europe
Play/Watch
News
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Cricket Europe
provides news coverage of the game across Europe providing the stories you don't see on the back page
Finland
Play/Watch
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Empire Cricket Club
in Helsinki; committed to giving anyone who wants to play the game an opportunity
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Play/Watch
England
Overview
History
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24hr Museum
discusses Cricket museums in England; where to go to find out more about cricket history
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Wisden Almanack
A searchable archive of stories from over the years
Rules
Play/Watch
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Play-Cricket
is the ECB’s on-line cricket network for all Clubs, Leagues, Cup Competitions and County Boards. It is the official source of all information and statistics on club cricket for all cricketers and supporters. The directory and exchange help if you are trying to find a club to play for
Organisational bodies
Competitions
England Cricket Team
County Cricket Teams
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Derbyshire County Cricket Club
The latest news, fixtures and results, tickets and membership details
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Durham County Cricket Club
The Durham Dynamos; news, travel details, live scores, fixtures and results, tickets and membership details
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Essex County Cricket Club
has fixtures, news, team details, match reports, etc
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Glamorgan Cricket
has news, tickets, membership details etc (actually in Wales but listed here for convenience)
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Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
has news, membership, ticketing, supporters information etc
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Hampshire Cricket
at the Rosebowl; has fixtures, results, tickets, membership etc
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Kent County Cricket
provides news, fixtures, players, fans forum etc
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Lancashire County Cricket Club
has news, team information, tickets, fanzone etc
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Leicestershire County Cricket Club
has news, team information, membership, tickets, and history
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Middlesex County Cricket Club
provides fixtures and results, membership, tickets, youth cricket information etc
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Northants Cricket
home of the Steelbacks has news, fixtures, live scores etc
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Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
has news, fixtures, history and tickets etc
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Somerset County Cricket Club
has headlines, fixtures, stats, tickets, membership details etc
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Surrey Cricket
"everything you wanted to know about Surrey Cricket"
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Sussex County Cricket Club
The Sussex Sharks; news, tickets, fanzone, membership etc
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Worcestershire County Cricket Club
provides fixture information, archive, membership and visitor details
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Yorkshire County Cricket Club
has news, fixtures, membership, captain's blog etc
County Championship
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BBC Sport
has a full wrap up of news and results from around the Counties
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CricInfo
has full news, results and information on the County Championship
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Liverpool Victoria
(LV=) are the official sponsors of the County Championship, and provide a full fixture list, press releases, and press information
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Sporting Life
covers the County game
Friends Provident Trophy
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English Cricket Board
has a section of their website for Friends Provident Trophy news, blogs, fixtures, videos etc
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Wikipedia
explains the Friends Provident Trophy
NatWest Pro40
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English Cricket Board
has a section of their wesite for NatWest Pro40 news, blogs, fixtures, videos etc
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NatWest Cricket
is the official sponsor of the Pro40 league, has fixture information, teams, news etc
Minor Counties Cricket
Amateur
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Kent Village cricket league
News, league tables, fixtures, results, forum
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Saltwood Cricket Club
Playing in the KVCC Division 3; fixtures, results, match reports, stats
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Strange Britain
describes a match that takes place once a year, lasts one hour, and is played on a sandbank pitch that is usually submerged under the sea
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The Cockspur Club Twenty20
is run by the ECB for non-first class club cricket in England
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The Fixture List
attempts to provide website listings for all cricket clubs in the UK, organised by County
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Ware Cricket Club
Ware CC are a community based cricket club in Ware, Hertfordshire offering facilities for all.
School
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Chance to Shine
(a charity) gives many more young people the opportunity to flourish through cricket at school.
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Schools Cricket
covers all the news and results for Schools Cricket in England
News
Servers-Blogs-Forums
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CricInfo On the Circuit
Blog, covering the English County Scene
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Cricket.co.uk
has news, blog, forums, results and fixtures
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Fans Focus
has a UK cricket forum - from local, through county to international cricket
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Grockles
is an unofficial Somerset CCC forum
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The Corridor
(a Cricket blog) has comment and opinion about various events in English and worldwide cricket
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The WHITE ROSE forum
The original Yorkshire cricket discussion group | est. 1999
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This is Cricket
is a directory of cricket websites in the UK
Venues
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Fan Zone
"The Away Fans Bible" - Profile for county cricket grounds, ranging from Trent Bridge to Lords.
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Lords
the official site for the home of the game - and the MCC
Variations
Scotland
Play/Watch
Organisational bodies
Competitions
News
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Cricket Europe
has a Scottish channel for all age groups, associations and team news
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Daily Record
has news about Cricket in Scotland
Servers-Blogs-Forums
Wales
Play/Watch
Organisational bodies
Competitions
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Glamorgan Cricket
Official site; club information, fixtures and results. The only Welsh side to play in the English County Championship
North America
Overview
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Cricinfo
has extensive news, results, features and fixtures for West Indies cricket
About
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Barbados.org
has some basic information about the West Indies Cricket team
Play/Watch
Barbados
Overview
About
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Barbados.org
has information about Cricket in Barbados for visitors
Trinidad and Tobago
USA
Overview
Play/Watch
Organisational bodies
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Cricket Council USA
Our site is for cricket development and international cricket matches in usa and around the world.
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United States of America Cricket Association
(USACA) "Promotes the game of Cricket at all levels in the United States of America, developing national teams that will be competitive and successful in international competitions"
Oceania
Australia
Overview
History
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Wikipedia
covers the history and achievements of the Australian National Cricket side
Play/Watch
Organisational bodies
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Australian Institute of Sport
provides facilities and support for the development of the game of cricket, men and women.
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Cricket Australia
has news, results and information for the domestic and international game, plus stats and score, tickets etc
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Cricket Victoria
covers the Bushrangers, events, memberships, news etc
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Northern Territory Cricket Association
Events, Associations and clubs , junior cricket,. umpiring
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South Australian Cricket Association
covers the Redbacks, Scorpions, membership, support etc
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Tasmanian Cricket Association
covers the Tasmanian Tigers, inside the TCA, the David Boon Club etc
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Western Australia Cricket Association
covers the Warriors, tickets, fixtures and news
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Southern Stars
is the home of Women's Cricket in Australia
Competitions
News
Servers-Blogs-Forums
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Not Out
has information about various aspects of cricket, with some specifically for Western Australia
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A.N.T.S. Cricket Links
An attempt to index cricket club sites in Australia and around the world
Players
Venues
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austadiums
has information on most australian venues
New Zealand
Overview
History
Statistics
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CricketWeb
has a stats page for the historical achievements of the NZ Blackcaps
Play/Watch
Organisational bodies
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NZ Cricket
the official site, with international and domestic coverage. Includes an archive, grassroots, and New Zealand Cricket the organisation. (works best in IE, not Firefox)
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Auckland Cricket Association
Responsible for developing and managing and developing the game of cricket within the wider Auckland region from Orewa to Papatoetoe; home of the Auckland Aces
News
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CricInfo
has a channel for news, results and fixtures for NZ cricket
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NZ Herald
has a news channel for NZ Cricket
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Stuff.co.nz
has a news channel for NZ Cricket
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