KFC announced today a three-year deal with New Zealand Cricket, as a Partner of the BLACKCAPS and WHITE FERNS as well as naming rights partner for the T20 series against the West Indies and presented by Partner of the Super Smash
12 Nov, 2020 in Corporate News
A cricket-loving geneticist from Otago and a double international from Auckland – these are the two new additions to the board of New Zealand Cricket following its annual general meeting today
11 Nov, 2020 in International News
NZC was yesterday made aware that some members of the West Indies team had contravened protocols within the Managed Isolation Facility in Christchurch
11 Nov, 2020 in Corporate News
Streaming giant Amazon Prime Video has purchased the exclusive rights to live stream New Zealand-based BLACKCAPS and WHITE FERNS matches into India for the next six years
10 Nov, 2020 in International News
A wet week at Saxton Oval spells frustration for the Central Stags and Auckland Aces
08 Nov, 2020 in Match Reports
Neither defending champions the Wellington Firebirds nor the Otago Volts have celebrated victory yet this Plunket Shield season. That was all about to change at the Basin with one of the rarest modes of dismissal in the game...
08 Nov, 2020 in Match Reports
The Canterbury paceman grabs his second consecutive first-class bag, then Fraser Sheat swoops for nine in the match as undefeated Canterbury opens up a big lead at the top of the Plunket Shield table
07 Nov, 2020 in Match Reports
The inaugural winners of the national Over-50 cricket competition, the Wellington-Tasman Firehawks, have rung the changes as they seek to defend their Inter-Provincial title in Auckland in January.
05 Nov, 2020 in Community News
Former BLACKCAP and Wellington Firebird Luke Ronchi has been appointed BLACKCAPS batting coach for the coming summer, replacing the post left vacant by Peter Fulton in July
04 Nov, 2020 in International News
A quarter of the way into the first-class championship, we’ve seen six five-wicket bags, seven centuries and New Zealand’s 43rd first-class hat-trick! And guess who's leading the run charts again?
02 Nov, 2020 in Domestic News
Central Stags speedster Adam Milne has been granted a contract release by Central Districts Cricket to sign for the Sydney Thunder where he will be reunited with former BLACKCAPS bowling coach Shane Bond
01 Nov, 2020 in Domestic News
The celebrations keep coming for big BLACKCAP Kyle Jamieson as he snared a first-class hat-trick, and yet another bag, in a tight win against the Central Stags
31 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
Despite a maiden Jamie Gibson century, the bumpy start to 2020/21 continued for defending champions the Firebirds as Canterbury collected an innings victory at Hagley
31 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
Northern Districts captain Joe Carter has posted three first-class centuries in his last six Plunket Shield innings while Tim Southee had his first five-for of the summer in ND's first win of 2020/21
31 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
A public memorial service for the late great John R Reid will be held this Friday (30 October) at 2.00pm in the Norwood Room at the Basin Reserve.
29 Oct, 2020 in International News
It was all happening at Auckland's Eden Park Outer Oval - an innings victory, two centuries, two five-wicket bags, a ninth-wicket record and the very first instance of a COVID-19 substitute player, all inside three days
22 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
Despite the appearance of a greentop and inclement weather, ND openers Jeet Raval and Henry Cooper fashioned a solid century stand against the Stags. But with six lost sessions in three days, could there be time for a result?
22 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
After 31 weeks and one day, the NZC game returned to New Zealand cricket fields with defending champions the Wellington Firebirds hosting Canterbury at the Basin Reserve in an action-packed opening round
22 Oct, 2020 in Match Reports
Eleven WHITE FERNS are set to get a taste of the 2020 Women’s Big Bash League, with an additional five players remaining in Australia following the WHITE FERNS tour.
19 Oct, 2020 in International News
There will be no more fitting place for reigning Plunket Shield champions the Wellington Firebirds to begin their defence of New Zealand’s first-class championship on Monday than the Basin Reserve
16 Oct, 2020 in Domestic News
Reid, who has died aged 92, was a giant of New Zealand cricket. There had been outstanding players who preceded him, such as Stewie Dempster, Martin Donnelly and Jack Cowie, while Reid’s career ran parallel with that of Bert Sutcliffe, a wonderful left-handed batsman, still talked of in any discussion on New Zealand’s finest all-time batsmen. But Reid was different. He was a terrific player, but he also led New Zealand to its first three Test wins, in days when they were scarce.
15 Oct, 2020 in International News
