Williamson to lead team in final series of 2023
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
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
Wellington Blaze off-spinner Leigh Kasperek will lead a 13-strong New Zealand XI squad in two warm-up matches against Pakistan next week.
23 Nov, 2023 in International News
Northern Districts paceman Neil Wagner has been called up to the BLACKCAPS Test squad for Bangladesh to replace the injured Matt Henry.
18 Nov, 2023 in International 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
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
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
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
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
Williamson will play as a batsman-only in today's first warm-up match against Pakistan in Hyderabad, with the aim of batting and fielding in Monday's second and final warm-up against South Africa in Trivandrum
29 Sep, 2023 in International News
Former Otago Volts player and selector Sam Wells has been appointed BLACKCAPS selection manager, taking over from Gavin Larsen ahead of the start of the domestic season
28 Sep, 2023 in International News