Ben on...announcement of contracted players

New Zealand Cricket has announced the contracted players for 2006/7.

They are

Andre Adams
Nathan Astle
Shane Bond
Stephen Fleming
James Franklin
Peter Fulton
Jamie How
Hamish Marshall
Chris Martin
Michael Mason
Brendon McCullum
Kyle Mills
Jacob Oram
Michael Papps
Jeetan Patel
Mathew Sinclair
Scott Styris
Ross Taylor
Daniel Vettori
Lou Vincent

The six new players are

Andre Adams (back on after two years off the list)
Mathew Sinclair (back after one year off)
Jamie How
Peter Fulton
Ross Taylor
Michael Mason

The players that did not make it back on the list are

Chris Cairns
Chris Harris
James Marshall
Daryl Tuffey
Craig McMillan
Paul Wiseman