Wellington, Mar 23 : New Zealand vice-captain Brendon McCullum has backed the decision to shift the Indian Premier League from India due to a clash of schedules with general elections.
McCullum is one of eight New Zealand players contracted to the lucrative Twenty20 competition; last night learned the tournament would be moved to South Africa or England.
The 59-match tournament, scheduled for April 10 to May 24, clashed with the Indian general election campaign between April 16 and May 13.
Wellington - The New Zealand cabinet on Monday abandoned a controversial new copyright law, which was widely condemned overseas, and decided to go back to the drawing board.
Prime Minister John Key told reporters that the law, designed to counter illegal downloading of films and music on the internet, was unworkable in its present form.
It was originally to have come into effect on February 27 but the government postponed it for a month to allow representatives of New Zealand's recording industry and internet service providers to negotiate a compromise agreement.
Wellington - Pam Dickson, a 55-year-old grandmother, has become the oldest person to swim the 26-kilometre Cook Strait separating New Zealand's North and South Islands, a news report said Saturday.
She completed the crossing from north to south on Friday in 9 hours and 23 minutes, Radio New Zealand reported.
Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar. 20 : New Zealand cricket coach Andy Moles has bemoaned his side''s performance in the first Test against India as a "poor advert" for their skills.
India have totally dominated all but one session of the contest through three days at Seddon Park – when Daniel Vettori and Jesse Ryder scored hundreds on Wednesday''s opening day to resuscitate New Zealand from a parlous 61 for six.
India''s grip tightened today as Sachin Tendulkar''s grafting 160 guided the tourists to a 241-run first innings lead.
Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar. 20 : India were firmly placed in the driver’s seat on third day of the first Test against New Zealand being played at the Seddon Park in Hamilton, thanks to a master class 42nd Test ton by Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
Having started the day one run in arrears, India piled up a further 242 runs in two sessions before dismissing both New Zealand openers and Kyle Mills, the night-watchman, in 31 overs before stumps.
Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar. 20 : Former internationals are struggling to remember a better maiden test century than the one posted by Jesse Ryder against India in Hamilton this week.
Ryder''s 102 was his fourth successive 50-plus score in tests and came just 10 days after he posted his maiden one-day hundred in Christchurch.
Former Indian international Ravi Shastri marvelled at the way Ryder was able to adapt to his game to the match situation.
"I see him getting many more hundreds, but at the end of it all, he might just rate this as one of his best," Shastri said.
Wellington, Mar 23 : New Zealand vice-captain Brendon McCullum has backed the decision to shift the Indian Premier League from India due to a clash of schedules with general elections.
Wellington - The New Zealand cabinet on Monday abandoned a controversial new copyright law, which was widely condemned overseas, and decided to go back to the drawing board.
Wellington - Pam Dickson, a 55-year-old grandmother, has become the oldest person to swim the 26-kilometre Cook Strait separating New Zealand's North and South Islands, a news report said Saturday.
Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar. 20 : New Zealand cricket coach Andy Moles has bemoaned his side''s performance in the first Test against India as a "poor advert" for their skills.
Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar. 20 : India were firmly placed in the driver’s seat on third day of the first Test against New Zealand being played at the Seddon Park in Hamilton, thanks to a master class 42nd Test ton by Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar.
Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar. 20 : Former internationals are struggling to remember a better maiden test century than the one posted by Jesse Ryder against India in Hamilton this week.
