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  • Veteran Vettori set for positive Test comeback against England

    All signs are pointing to veteran left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori playing his first test for New Zealand after a gap of ten months. According to Kiwi fast bowler Neil Wagner, the return of 112-Test veteran Vettori to the first eleven is being seen within the team as massive. Wagner described Vettori as a seasoned and experienced campaigner and a player who brings a lot to the team. He said ...

  • Oz pace attack shaking in their boots after ominous English swing against Kiwis at Lords

    Australia's much-vaunted pace attack had to sit up straight and take notice of England's prowess with the swing and seam bowling at the first day of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's. Although captain Michael Clarke does not want his team losing focus and getting too engaged in England's series with New Zealand, but Stuart Broad's ominous second-innings spell in the first Test ...

  • Indian-origin actor honoured in New Zealand

    Indian-origin actor Jacob Rajan has been made a member of New Zealand Order of Merit for his contributions to theatre. Rajan was honoured Thursday at an investiture ceremony by New Zealand Governor General Sir Jerry Mataparae at Government House here, local media reported. Rajan is a founding partner of the Indian Ink theatre company. He is known for collaborating with his partner in Indian ...

  • Clarke not worried by Englands winning performance against Kiwis in first Test

    Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that he is not worried by the fact that England's highly rated swing and seam bowlers demolished New Zealand for just 68 this week. England opening bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad were almost invincible as 14 wickets fell on the scheduled fourth day of the first Test, in which New Zealand, which was chasing 239 for victory in a low-scoring ...

  • Kiwi keeper Watling ruled out of Headingley Test with knee injury

    New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling has been ruled out of the second and final Test against England at Headingley starting from Friday because of a knee injury. Watling injured his knee during New Zealand's 170-run first Test defeat at Lord's last week, News.com.au reports. Following Watling's injury, Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum, who deputised behind the stumps at Lord's, will keep at ...

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Thieves' Highway [DVD]

Thieves' Highway [DVD]

After the prison-set Brute Force (1947) and the mean-streets-of-New-York expos Naked City (1948), director Jules Dassin turned his eye to another element of modern life that characterized the dark side of the American postwar experience: long- ... ...

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  • Kiwis warn starry-eyed Root not to get carried away by adulation and familiarity at debut Headingley Test

    Upcoming England batsman Joe Root has been warned to expect a fiery attack by the New Zealand side in the middle as they look to ruin his first homecoming at Headingley. Although Root is out to etch his name into Yorkshire cricketing folklore on his debut Test, however, Kiwi pace bowler Neil Wagner is of the opinion that all the adulation and familiarity of home could backfire on the youngster ...

  • Daniel Vettori left out of New Zealand side for second England Test

    England Daniel Vettori's hopes of making a return to Test cricket in New Zealand's series finale with England in Leeds ultimately came to nothing after he was ruled out on Thursday.Former captain Vettori has not played a Test for nearly a year, mainly because of Achilles trouble, and was only originally selected for the one-day leg of this tour.But a calf injury suffered by his ...

  • Two men remanded in custody over burned mans death

    Two men charged with murder after their alleged victim died in hospital have been remanded in custody at an appearance in the Christchurch District Court. Jason Alistor Barr, 42, and Shay Barry Webster, 20, have been charged with murdering Terrance Martin Smith in an attack on Anzac Day. The pair had previously been held in custody on assault charges while Smith was transferred to ...

  • Smooth sailing for Team NZ on debut

    Team New Zealand have had an incident-free debut in their massive America's Cup catamaran on the San Francisco Bay. It was the big cat's first taste of the waters where the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series and the America's Cup will be raced. The Kiwis were out on the water for two hours, sailing in winds that ranged from 5-16 ...

  • SFO charges seven people over mortgage fraud

    SFO concerned about fraud risks in Christchurch The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged seven people over a series of alleged mortgage frauds which occurred between July 2007 and December 2010. In total, the white-collar crime investigator has laid 48 Crimes Act charges against the group, it said in a statement. Primary defendant, Eli Devoy, who also goes by the name Ellie Stone, faces ...

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