The blocks are almost ready. The players are in the nets or going hard out in warm-up games. Season 2023/24 is just around the corner, with New Zealand's six Plunket Shield teams gearing up for first ball next Friday!
09 Oct, 2023 in Domestic News
The action-packed schedule released today features all 32 men’s and women’s doubleheaders hosted across 10 venues in Aotearoa, all broadcast live free-to-air on TVNZ+ and Duke for the first time in the competition’s history
10 Sep, 2023 in Domestic News
New Zealand’s six Major Associations have today announced their women’s Domestic contract lists for the 2023/24 summer.
18 Aug, 2023 in Domestic News
The Hallyburton Johnstone Shield will feature day-night matches for the first time in the women’s one-day competition, while Invercargill’s Queens Park is back on the circuit – all confirmed in today’s release of NZC’s domestic schedules
08 Aug, 2023 in Domestic News
The 2023/24 home summer of cricket inches another step closer with New Zealand’s six Major Associations finalising their men’s Domestic contracted player rosters.
21 Jul, 2023 in Domestic News
New Zealand’s six Major Associations have today announced their first round of contracted male players for the 2023/24 Domestic summer including some key player movements across the country.
04 Jul, 2023 in Domestic News
Former Central Hinds captain and 2018 WHITE FERN Jess Watkin is moving to Northern Districts, after a decade-long career with CD
16 Jun, 2023 in Domestic News
After four years with the Auckland Aces, BLACKCAP Kyle Jamieson is returning to Canterbury for the 2023/24 season while the Aces will regain the services of Finn Allen who is on the move from the Firebirds
13 Jun, 2023 in Domestic News
As a left-arm unorthodox wrist spinner, the Canterbury slow bowler possessed one of the rarest talents in the New Zealand Domestic game
09 Jun, 2023 in Domestic News
After a nine-year career with the Otago Volts, entertaining paceman Michael Rae will be available for Canterbury next season
01 Jun, 2023 in Domestic News
After a successful career spanning seven seasons, Auckland Aces wicketkeeper/batsman Ben Horne has announced his retirement from professional cricket
26 May, 2023 in Domestic News
“The Claudia Green Cup” was introduced last summer, offering Nelson's female cricketers the opportunity to develop their skills in the game. Learn more right here!
11 May, 2023 in Domestic News
There was plenty to celebrate in the 2022/23 first-class season with a hotly contested Plunket Shield championship producing memorable matches and outstanding individual feats across all six teams
03 May, 2023 in Domestic News
Will Somerville crafted a career like none other, a circuitous loop that took him from early days in Otago to Australia where he represented New South Wales and the Sydney Sixers and finally back to Auckland to represent the BLACKCAPS
01 May, 2023 in Domestic News
Former New Zealand Under 19 captain and Otago Volts allrounder Josh Finnie announced his retirement from representative Domestic cricket at the end of the season
26 Apr, 2023 in Domestic News
Tāmaki Makaurau Māori has become New Zealand's first Māori national cricket champion, lifting the new NZC trophy undefeated at the inaugural national tāne tournament in Whangārei
09 Apr, 2023 in Domestic News
The last Domestic match of the 2022/23 season would decide the Plunket Shield. Only the hosts, the Central Stags, were in contention, while the Auckland Aces would have all of Canterbury hoping they would have the final say
04 Apr, 2023 in Match Reports
Some of them have just starred for the BLACKCAPS in the one-dayers against Sri Lanka, others are bubbling away on the Domestic circuit, putting their hand up. Who were the top drawer players in the 2022/23 Ford Trophy?
01 Apr, 2023 in Domestic News
Only two teams remain in the hunt to win the 2022/23 New Zealand Plunket Shield first-class championship - and only one of them is playing in the final game of the season, scheduled to start today, free admission at Nelson's Saxton Oval
01 Apr, 2023 in Domestic News
The Central Stags roared to their first one-day Ford Trophy title since 2016, Clarkson's unbeaten ton in a century stand with Tom Bruce backing up a strong bowling effort that denied Canterbury dominance
28 Mar, 2023 in Match Reports
