Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar. 10: Hamilton's Indian community is expected to turn out in force to vocally voice their support for Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s boys during the fourth one day international to be played against the Black Caps at Seddon Park.

The Indian team with international superstar cricket reputations wasn’t expected in the city until today, but Indian fans were waiting outside the Novotel Hotel last night for autographs.

Kiwi fans tend to rest easy on the ground''''s grassy banks, but Indian fans prefer to be nearer to their cricketing heroes and spend much of the game lining the boundary fence.

They''''ll also be making their presence felt the same as England''''s travelling fans, The Barmy Army.

Hamilton (New Zealand), Mar. 10: New Zealand cricket team coach Andy Moles is optimistic his troops can recover from the battering India has inflicted on them in the fourth match of their one-day series in Hamilton tomorrow.

According to the Waikato Times, Moles is upbeat about Black Caps fighting back at Seddon Park.

Skipper Daniel Vettori is back following the birth of his son and fellow spinner Jeetan Patel has been retained in the

Wellington  - Fiji military strongman Commodore Frank Bainimarama is delivering his country "a passport to poverty" with his refusal to hold democratic elections, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said Monday.

"He needs to recognize that if he wants Fiji to progress and to be taken seriously by both the (British) Commonwealth and the Pacific Forum leaders he needs to demonstrate that he has got a willingness for democracy to be restored," Key told reporters at his weekly news conference.

Wellington, Mar 9 : After scoring a majestic 163 in Christchurch and helping India to take a 2-0 series lead over New Zealand, batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar is doubtful for fourth ODI to be played in Hamilton on Wednesday.

The "Little Master" retired hurt with an abdominal injury that left him a doubtful starter at Seddon Park.

The record holder for most one-day and test runs was to have the injury examined today, but may be rested for the fourth match in the five-game ODI series, the Waikato Times reported.

Wellington, Mar. 8 : New Zealand cricket umpire Billy Bowden has said the very thought of being inside the umpires' mini-van that was sprayed by bullets during the terror attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore last week, still sends shivers down his body.

Bowden said he could have been given duty for the Pakistan-Sri Lanka series, but the International Cricket Council (ICC) appointed him for the South Africa-Australia series.

"It''s a sobering thought," stuff. com quoted Bowden, as saying.

Wellington, Mar. 8 : Former Kiwi fast bowler Daryl Tuffey has snubbed a call from New Zealand Cricket bosses asking him to sit out of Auckland's State Championship match against Northern Districts because of his links with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL).

According to stuff. com the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had asked New Zealand Cricket officials to ask Tuffey sit out of the game so as to adjust one of the Indian Test cricketers in the Auckland team. But Tuffey refused.