Shane Jurgensen will step down as BLACKCAPS bowling coach following the ICC Cricket World Cup in October-November, to take up the role of Wellington Firebirds head coach. Jurgensen will finish as the team’s longest serving coach with a combined ten years in the position after returning for his second stint in 2016
05 Jul, 2023 in International News
Former Otago cricketer turned international umpire Chris Gaffaney will stand in his 50th men’s cricket Test in London on Wednesday night NZT, when the second Ashes Test gets underway between England and Australia at Lord’s
28 Jun, 2023 in International News
New Zealand have successfully booked their ticket to the 2024 ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka.
28 Jun, 2023 in International News
The 2023/24 contract offers have been announced today for 17 WHITE FERNS players
21 Jun, 2023 in International News
Wellington Blaze bowler Jess Kerr has been ruled out of the WHITE FERNS upcoming tour to Sri Lanka with a broken toe and will be replaced by Blaze teammate Leigh Kasperek
19 Jun, 2023 in International News
Central Hinds bowler Rosemary Mair and Auckland Hearts wicketkeeper Izzy Gaze will return to the WHITE FERNS squad for the upcoming tour to Sri Lanka.
15 Jun, 2023 in International News
BLACKCAPS all-rounder Michael Bracewell is set to be sidelined for six to eight months after rupturing his right achilles while batting for the Worcestershire Rapids in the English T20 Blast
14 Jun, 2023 in International News
If records were to be kept for cramming as much sport as possible into a lifetime, New Zealand Test representative Ethna Rouse would surely rank amongst the top echelon. Rouse, who passed away last week aged 85, played one Test and three One-Day Internationals for New Zealand, and 19 years for Canterbury, after making her debut as a 16-year-old in 1953-54
10 Jun, 2023 in International News
Fast bowler Adam Milne has been offered a NZC central contract for the first time in five years. Milne’s elevation to the list comes off the back of his most productive international season, in which he appeared 16 times for the BLACKCAPS, including 5-26 against Sri Lanka, the third best T20I figures by a New Zealander
08 Jun, 2023 in International News
Lindsay Crocker, who passed away on Sunday morning aged 64, was one of life’s logical thinkers, playing a central role in the professional transition of both Auckland Cricket and NZC. An opening batsman for Northern Districts between 1982-83 and 1988-89, Mr Crocker was chief executive of Auckland Cricket from 1996 to 2003 before heading south to take on the role of NZC’s first full-time BLACKCAPS manager
09 May, 2023 in International 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
The next generation of New Zealand’s cricketing talent has been selected to contest the ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualifiers in Darwin in June.
27 Apr, 2023 in International News
Mark Chapman has been added to the BLACKCAPS ODI squad for the five-game series against Pakistan which starts in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
25 Apr, 2023 in International News
Kane Williamson will require surgery on his injured right knee, after scans on Tuesday confirmed he’d ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament while fielding for the Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League
06 Apr, 2023 in International News
Tom Latham will lead a BLACKCAPS ODI Squad in Pakistan later this month featuring two potential debutants in Ben Lister and Cole McConchie. The regular Canterbury skipper is also part of the T20 Squad to tour Pakistan and has won selection on the back of a strong season across all formats in domestic cricket
04 Apr, 2023 in International News
For former New Zealand representatives Maia Lewis and Peter McGlashan, Sunday’s historic bilingual commentary of the T20 between the BLACKCAPS and Sri Lanka at Eden Park represents both a celebration of te reo Māori and an opportunity to embrace their whakapapa
31 Mar, 2023 in International News
Tom Latham will return to international T20 action for the first time since 2021 to lead the BLACKCAPS T20 sides against Sri Lanka (home) and Pakistan (away). Latham will captain both squads which feature potential T20 debutants in Canterbury Kings duo Chad Bowes and Henry Shipley, along with several players returning to international T20 cricket on the back of strong international and domestic form
27 Mar, 2023 in International News
Melie Kerr and Daryl Mitchell have been recognised as the country’s outstanding women’s and men’s cricketers of the year, carrying off the inaugural Debbie Hockley Medal and the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal, respectively, at tonight’s ANZ New Zealand Cricket Awards ceremony in Auckland.
23 Mar, 2023 in International News
A New Zealand A squad featuring a host of international talent and a handful of new faces has been selected for two four-day matches against Australia A next month.
21 Mar, 2023 in Domestic News
All rounder Rachin Ravindra has been called into the BLACKCAPS ODI Squad to face Sri Lanka. Ravindra has been called up to replace Michael Bracewell, who has been released from the white ball squad to join Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League
18 Mar, 2023 in International News
