This year, the MILO Kiwi Cricket Kids will display their skills at the six BLACKCAPS v India National Bank Series matches in March and April.
The MILO Kiwi Cricket Kids programme promote the game and recognise the role of schools in delivering the game and developing players.
Last year, 800 boys and girls who play Milo Kiwi Cricket either for their schools or junior clubs, and over 100 teachers and parent coaches demonstrate their cricket skills on some of the country’s major cricket grounds. .
The players were well received by appreciative and enthusiastic crowds at the innings break of at each of the five National Bank ODI Series BLACKCAPS v England matches.
Mark Robson, coach of Auckland University Cricket Club, said: “Thanks for giving the kids such a wonderful opportunity which they will remember for the rest of their lives. I cannot begin to explain how excited my team was on the day, the kids were fizzing.”
Jessica Roberts, one of the MILO Kiwi Cricket players from Mangatangi School, Waikato Valley, who went to the Hamilton match said: “It was fun playing on the cricket pitch in the break time. It was such a brilliant feeling when the crowd OOOOhed and AAAAhed as we smashed those balls for sixes”.
Schools located near the venues - Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and Napier – or those who would be interested in attending should contact their local cricket association Community Cricket Coordinator.
