Daryl Mitchell will miss the final match of the KFC T20I Series against Pakistan at Hagley Oval as part of ongoing workload management. With Mitchell withdrawn from consideration for selection, Wellington Firebird Rachin Ravindra will join the squad in Christchurch for Sunday’s match
20 Jan, 2024 in International News
Friday night’s fourth T20I between the BLACKCAPS and Pakistan at Hagley Oval has officially sold-out with the last of the 8,500 tickets snapped up this morning.
18 Jan, 2024 in International News
New Zealand Cricket has welcomed on board Tegel as the BLACKCAPS’ Test Series naming rights partner. The three-year agreement will start with this summer’s Tegel Test Series against South Africa and Australia, respectively, and will continue until the end of the 2025-26 home season
16 Jan, 2024 in International News
Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the remainder of the KFC T20 Series against Pakistan after a scan confirmed he suffered a minor hamstring strain while batting in Sunday’s T20I
16 Jan, 2024 in International News
Josh Clarkson will no longer join the BLACKCAPS squad ahead of the third match of the KFC T20 Series against Pakistan after being ruled out with a shoulder injury
13 Jan, 2024 in International News
WHITE FERNS spinner Eden Carson has been named in the first Aotearoa Māori women’s squad, to contest the Pacific Cup tournament in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, starting next Wednesday.
11 Jan, 2024 in International News
Former BLACKCAP Andre Adams will join the BLACKCAPS support staff for the upcoming KFC T20 Series against Pakistan. Adams will work as bowling coach for the five match series as part of head coach Gary Stead’s coaching group, which also features regular batting coach Luke Ronchi
10 Jan, 2024 in International News
Pace-bowler Matt Henry has been called into the BLACKCAPS T20 squad to face Pakistan, two months after being ruled out of the ICC Cricket World Cup in India with a hamstring injury. Henry’s is set to make his return to the field on Friday, when his Canterbury Kings side squares off against the Central Stags in a Dream11 Super Smash contest at Hagley Oval in Christchurch
03 Jan, 2024 in International News
Captain Kane Williamson and bowler Kyle Jamieson have been withdrawn from the BLACKCAPS T20 Squad to face Bangladesh after Christmas. They will be replaced by Rachin Ravindra and Jacob Duffy, respectively.
22 Dec, 2023 in International News
Castore is to become the official outfitter for the BLACKCAPS and WHITE FERNS teams – and their fans, from the start of next summer. In a new six-year deal beginning from next October, the UK-based apparel firm will outfit the WHITE FERNS white balls squads, and the BLACKCAPS short-form and Test squads, as well as supplying replica gear for New Zealand cricket supporters.
21 Dec, 2023 in International News
Kyle Jamieson won’t travel with the BLACKCAPS squad for the remainder of the Dulux ODI Series and will instead have a period of rest leading into the upcoming KFC T20 Series against Bangladesh
18 Dec, 2023 in International News
Regular BLACKCAPS white ball captain Kane Williamson will lead a largely settled T20 squad in the team’s final international series of the year.
17 Dec, 2023 in International News
New Zealand fast-bowler Derek Stirling has died in Hastings aged 62. BLACKCAP No.154, Stirling played six Tests and six ODIs between 1984 and 1986, and is best remembered for a strong tour of Pakistan, in which he toiled on unhelpful pitches and took four for 88 at Karachi.
15 Dec, 2023 in International News
Ben Sears is to join the BLACKCAPS ODI Squad in Dunedin as cover for Kyle Jamieson, who experienced stiffness in his left hamstring after travelling back from Bangladesh. The Test squad returned to New Zealand on Tuesday evening and Jamieson then flew on to Dunedin on Thursday
15 Dec, 2023 in International News
Wellington all-rounder Oscar Jackson will captain a 15-strong New Zealand squad at the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024 in South Africa this January and February. The touring party features three players, Mason Clarke (16), Tom Jones (17) and Snehith Reddy (17), who are young enough to be selected again for the next U19 World Cup in 2026, alongside some familiar family names to Kiwi cricket fans
14 Dec, 2023 in International News
A young NZ XI led by experienced Northern Districts batsman Bharat Popli will play Bangladesh in a 50-over warm-up match at Lincoln's Bert Sutcliffe Oval on Thursday. The squad features a number of players who have taken part in the New Zealand Development Squads as part of the New Zealand Men’s Development Series matches against Major Association ‘A’ teams in the past two seasons - including two yet to debut at full domestic level
12 Dec, 2023 in International News
WHITE FERNS captain Sophie Devine will miss today’s third Life Direct T20I against Pakistan in Queenstown, after a receiving a Cortisone injection in her knee.
09 Dec, 2023 in International News
New Zealand Cricket has joined with the New Zealand Cricket Players Association in welcoming a relaxation of the life ban imposed on former international Lou Vincent. In a ruling just announced, the England & Wales Cricket Board’s disciplinary arm has agreed to revise the penalties imposed on Vincent in 2014 so that he can participate and be involved in cricket matches at, or below domestic level
08 Dec, 2023 in International News
BLACKCAPS fans will get an early look into the future with three potential debutants in a 13-player ODI squad to face Bangladesh. Central Stags all-rounder Josh Clarkson and Canterbury seamer Will O’Rourke have earned maiden call-ups, while Auckland Aces leg spinner Adi Ashok has been selected in an ODI squad for the first time after his T20I debut in August
07 Dec, 2023 in International News
Dunedin’s University of Otago Oval will temporarily hand its naming rights over to their former student Suzie Bates next week as the WHITE FERNS open the NZC International home summer against Pakistan.
30 Nov, 2023 in International News
