Brooke Walker

Auckland rocketed to the top of the State Championship table after beating Canterbury at the Hagley Oval by an innings and 60 runs

Stephen Fleming hit his second hundred in consecutive matches as Wellington thrashed Northern Districts by 62 runs

A round-up of the latest State Shield matches

Northern Districts reached 137 but that wasn't enough to deny Canterbury an innings victory at Christchurch

Michael Papps scored an unbeaten 147, as Canterbury scored 311 for 3 to gallop past Northern Districts's first-innings total of 206 at Hagley Oval in Christchurch

Having planned a budget deficit for the last summer due to the lack of international cricket, the Auckland Cricket Association managed to come with a lighter deficit than it anticipated

Movement of players within New Zealand's domestic cricket has resulted in a re-balancing of player experience, especially when international players are taken out of the picture

No great surprises have occurred in the naming of players contracted to the six major associations for next summer

Auckland Cricket today released the names of 11 players offered domestic contracts for the 2003-04 season

Recalled New Zealand leg-spinner Brooke Walker was put through the grinder at Sharjah last year and will be heading back into the cauldron after his selection in teams for Sharjah and both one-dayers and Tests in Pakistan today

Auckland's leg spinning all rounder Brooke Walker will lead the State Auckland Aces for the 2001/02 summer

New Zealand may be no nearer to configuring their frontline attack for the Test series against South Africa after the three-day game against Boland ended in a draw on Thursday, but, as coach David Trist acknowledged, at least two of the backup

Auckland leg-spinner Brooke Walker has had a surprise elevation to the New Zealand team for the six One-Day Internationals against South Africa starting on Friday

Brooke Walker has every reason to expect a big season with Auckland this year