An important match for both teams played out in wintery conditions, the Otago Volts hosting their first home match of the season. Could they get their first win of the season, or would under-pressure defending champs the Central Stags bounce back? Warning: cliffhanger!
09 Nov, 2023 in Match Reports
Diana Puketapu-Lyndon will replace Martin Snedden as chair of NZC, the first woman in the history of the organisation to fill the role.
08 Nov, 2023 in Corporate News
The first Aotearoa Māori Women’s cricket team is set to contest the Pacific Cup tournament, to be held in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland in January.
08 Nov, 2023 in International News
Hawke's Bay is off to the ball at last for a long-awaited, cyclone-delayed Challenge Match against its regular Hawke Cup adversary, Canterbury Country that starts this Friday in Rangiora
08 Nov, 2023 in Community News
A spin-heavy BLACKCAPS Test squad featuring the return of Kyle Jamieson, Rachin Ravindra and Mitchell Santner has been selected for a two-Test series in Bangladesh starting later this month
07 Nov, 2023 in International News
A quarter of the way into the national first-class championship and we’ve seen four five-wicket bags, four centuries, young stars shining, veterans performing and some quality all-round statchat
05 Nov, 2023 in Domestic News
Everybody’s talking about Rachin Ravindra. The 23-year-old from the Wellington Firebirds has just become the first rookie to score three centuries at an ICC Cricket World Cup
04 Nov, 2023 in International News
Matt Henry has been ruled out of the ICC Cricket World Cup in India with a torn right hamstring and has been replaced in the BLACKCAPS squad by Kyle Jamieson. Henry sustained the injury during Wednesday’s match against South Africa in Pune, with an MRI scan confirming he has a grade two lower tear which will require at least two to four weeks to recover from
03 Nov, 2023 in International News
Kyle Jamieson has been called into the BLACKCAPS ICC Cricket World Cup squad in India as cover.
02 Nov, 2023 in International News
Northern Districts keeps its grip on the top of the table after the first two rounds of the first-class championship, unbeaten one quarter of the way through the Plunket Shield competition as the Aces stumble again on their own turf
31 Oct, 2023 in Match Reports
BLACKCAP Henry Nicholls produces his highest Plunket Shield score for Canterbury as the hosts put the Otago Volts in a tight corner
31 Oct, 2023 in Match Reports
The Wellington Firebirds go two from two after the first two rounds of the national Plunket Shield championship - taking down the defending champs on their home turf
30 Oct, 2023 in Match Reports
Umpiring icon Billy Bowden will become the first New Zealand umpire to stand in 200 first-class matches this weekend.
27 Oct, 2023 in Domestic News
Central Stags and BLACKCAPS allrounder Doug Bracewell has become just the 16th New Zealand first-class cricketer to take 400 first-class wickets and score 4000 first-class runs
24 Oct, 2023 in Domestic News
Veteran Central Stags captain Greg Hay tons up on day one and Doug Bracewell achieves the elite 400 wickets-4000 runs first-class double as the Stags get their Plunket Shield defence off to a near perfect start
23 Oct, 2023 in Match Reports
Ben Sears takes a wicket with his very first delivery of the season as the Wellington Firebirds open their season with a see-sawing win, with a day to spare
22 Oct, 2023 in Match Reports
Nine wickets in the match for Scott Kuggeleijn and a maiden Sandeep Patel century see ND to the first Plunket Shield outright of the summer
22 Oct, 2023 in Match Reports
The beginning of the 2023/24 Domestic season this Friday heralds the start of a new journey for a number of new coaches who'll be taking the team reins for the first time
19 Oct, 2023 in Domestic News
An inspirational weekend of Cricket in Hastings culminates in Central Districts Māori being awarded the inaugural Rona McKenzie Taonga by Darren McKenzie, grandnephew of the late Rona McKenzie
16 Oct, 2023 in Community News
An X-ray has confirmed an undisplaced fracture to Kane Williamson’s left thumb, after he was struck by a throw while running between the wickets in Friday’s match against Bangladesh in Chennai. Williamson will remain in the BLACKCAPS ICC Cricket World Cup squad with the aim of being available for the back end of pool play next month
14 Oct, 2023 in International News
Collaboration between associations and inspiration from young leaders has allowed ‘Young Leader Programmes’ to thrive in Wellington, Canterbury & Otago.
11 Oct, 2023 in Community News
