New Zealand news

The press seems to be squeezing stories from New Zealand cricket as hard as it can. I suspect Ashes fever has left them searching for a local fix.

The Manawatu Standard has a piece on Jacon Oram, while the Waikato Times features Dan Vettori - who tells us that the Australians are still top with him.

Elsewhere, the Black Caps website talks about Ian O'Brien's place on the 'A' side's tour to Sri Lanka, possibly in an attempt to justify his selection ahead of Ian Butler.

The schedule for the tour of Sri Lanka, by the way, is:

Triangular Tournament:
16th - New Zealand A warm-up match - Colombo (Police Park)

21st - Sri Lanka A v South Africa A - Colombo (R.Premadasa)
22nd - Sri Lanka A v New Zealand A - Colombo (R.Premadasa)
24th - New Zealand A v South Africa A - Colombo (SSC)
25th - New Zealand A v Sri Lanka A - Moratuwa Stadium
27th - Sri Lanka A v South Africa A - Colombo (Colts)
28th - New Zealand A v South Africa A - Colombo (R.Premadasa)

October
1st - Final - Colombo (SSC)

First-class matches
3rd - 4th - v SLC Development XI (not first-class) - Colombo (P.Sara)
7th - 10th - v Sri Lanka A - Asgiriya Stadium
13th - 16th - v Sri Lanka A - Colombo (Colts)
19th - 22nd - v Sri Lanka A - Colombo (R.Premadasa)