Gary Stead will remain Head Coach of the BLACKCAPS until mid-2025. First appointed for a two-year term in late 2018, Stead had his contract renewed in 2020 until the end of the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup in India, and will now stay on until the conclusion of the current World Test Championship cycle, in June 2025.
11 Jul, 2023 in International News
Following the announcement of BLACKCAPS bowling coach Shane Jurgensen stepping down the bowlers have shared their messages of gratitude for the impact Jurgensen has had during his decade-long tenure.
06 Jul, 2023 in International News
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
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
An Over-50s Quad Series involving New Zealand, Australia, USA and New Zealand “A” will be held in Blenheim in March 2024.
29 Jun, 2023 in Community 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
Former WHITE FERN Paula Flannery, and current domestic players; Holly Topp, Kate Ebrahim, and Sam Barriball have all been announced in the 2023/24 intake of NZC’s ‘Pathway to Performance Female Coaching Programme’.
28 Jun, 2023 in Community 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
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
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
Coaches from the 2022/23 cohort of New Zealand Cricket’s ‘Pathway to Performance Programme’ were recently given the opportunity to observe and learn from WHITE FERNS coaches at a training camp held in Lincoln.
14 Jun, 2023 in Community 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
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
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
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
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
Cricket Wellington’s 2022/23 cohort of ‘Young Leaders’ graduated earlier this month in an event held at the Cello Basin Reserve’s Longroom. The graduation ceremony ends the programme which saw nineteen (19) young females participate in; individual online learning, peer-to-peer learning, group workshops, mentoring sessions and community volunteer work over a 6-month period.
25 May, 2023 in Community News
