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ANZ Junior Cup and Shield about to launch

The 2020 ANZ Junior Cup and Shield tournaments are due to get underway from Monday 16th of November.

13 Nov, 2020 in Community News

Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown

BLACKCAPS batsman Henry Nicholls has been named in a strong New Zealand A side to face the West Indies in a three-day game in Queenstown next week, eight months on from his last game of cricket

12 Nov, 2020 in International News

Corporate News

KFC and New Zealand Cricket sign three year partnership

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

International News

NZC Board welcomes two new directors

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

Corporate News

NZC statement on West Indies team in Managed Isolation

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

International News

NZC & Amazon Prime Video sign six-year deal

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

Match Reports

Squish, squish

A wet week at Saxton Oval spells frustration for the Central Stags and Auckland Aces

08 Nov, 2020 in Match Reports

Match Reports

Victorious Volts!

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

Match Reports

Will Williams does it again!

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

Community News

Wellington-Tasman Firehawks chase back to back national titles

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

International News

Ronchi signs on as BLACKCAPS batting coach

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

Domestic News

Plunket Shield 25% Loaded

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

Domestic News

Adam Milne to play in Big Bash

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

Match Reports

Kyle Jamieson hat-trick in clutch win

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

Match Reports

Ton city as Canterbury takes innings victory

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

Match Reports

ND wins at Bay Oval

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

International News

John R Reid Public Memorial Service

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

Match Reports

Aces vault to top of the table

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

Match Reports

Stags win weather-riddled opener

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

Match Reports

Canterbury brushes aside defending champions

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

International News

Valuable WBBL experience awaits WHITE FERNS

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