New Zealand

New Zealand quick Hamish Bennett has announced his retirement from all cricket, bringing the curtains down on a 17-year long career. The 35-year old, who has represented the New Zealand U-19 side, the senior men’s team and domestic teams Wellington and Canterbury, has said that the 2021-22 season will be his last. “When I started

New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has said that although the team missed the services of Kane Williamson for the home season, the move to rest him was the right one and that the team was at peace with the decision. Williamson was ruled out of the Mumbai Test due to an elbow injury during

New Zealand 333 for 8 (Young 120, Guptill 106, Floyd 2-41) beat Netherlands 218 all out (Myburgh 64, Henry 4-36, D Bracewell 2-23) by 115 runs New Zealand gave the departing Ross Taylor a perfect send-off by comprehensively beating the Netherlands to seal a 3-0 sweep of the ODI series. Fittingly, it was him who

Finn Allen, the explosive New Zealand batter, has signed to play for Yorkshire in this year’s Vitality Blast. Allen, who appeared for Lancashire in the competition last year and is currently at the IPL with Royal Challengers Bangalore, will come in to the Yorkshire set-up after the departure of Pakistan seamer Haris Rauf, who is

News Importantly, the New Zealand captain also focussed on singles, dominating the middle overs with his nudges and pushes Tom Latham put on a one-man show in Hamilton on Saturday in the second ODI against Netherlands. On his birthday, the New Zealand captain found himself walking out to bat 30 for 3 in the eighth

Report New Zealand captain stroked 140* before bowlers rallied to bowl Netherlands out cheaply New Zealand 264 for 9 (Latham 140*, van Beek 4-56, Klaassen 3-36) beat Netherlands 146 all out (de Leede 37, M Bracewell 3-13, Sodhi 2-17) by 118 runs Tom Latham cracked a career-best 140*, producing a batting masterclass in a near

News As a result, ND are up to second place on the Plunket Shield points table Northern Districts had just begun their second innings, having put up 496 for 6 declared in the first. Central Districts had responded with 408 for 7 declared and their bowlers had picked up an early wicket as well when

News It continues NZ’s long trip across Europe, following up from tours to England, Scotland and Ireland New Zealand are set to play two T20Is in Netherlands this August. In an announcement by the two boards, it was confirmed that they will be facing the hosts on August 4 and 6 at the Voorburg Cricket

Report Pacer picks four wickets on debut while the opener scored his maiden ODI ton New Zealand 204 for 3 (Young 103*, Nicholls 57, Rippon 2-32) beat Netherlands 202 all out (Rippon 67, Seelaar 43, Tickner 4-50) by seven wickets New Zealand hadn’t played an ODI for just over a year, had as many as

News The rest of the squad are unaffected, and will continue following Covid guidelines and completing their daily health-checks New Zealand batter Mark Chapman has been ruled out of the upcoming ODI series at home against Netherlands, after testing positive for Covid-19. Auckland batter George Worker, who last played for New Zealand in 2018, has

News The three games will be played in Edinburgh on July 27, 29 and 31 Scotland will host New Zealand in July 2022 for two T20Is and a one-off ODI after New Zealand finish their tour of Ireland on July 22 in Belfast. The three matches in Scotland will be played at the Grange in

Report Rosemary Mair comes in for the injured Lea Tahuhu; Muneeba Ali and Anam Amin replace Nahida Khan and Aiman Anwer Toss Pakistan Women chose to bowl vs New Zealand Women In their final appearance at the 2022 ODI World Cup, hosts New Zealand did not win the toss but got what they wanted anyway

Report Bad weather didn’t even allow the toss to take place at McLean Park New Zealand vs Netherlands match abandoned without toss Intermittent rain forced the abandonment of the only T20I between New Zealand and Netherlands at McLean Park in Napier. It was raining around one-and-a-half hours before the scheduled start of play at 7.10pm,

News The wicketkeeper-batter has been handed a “surreal” chance to make an New Zealand debut because of the absence of a number of IPL-bound players It has been an eventful few weeks for Dane Cleaver. In February this year, he became a dad, and around mid-March, he made his captaincy debut for Central Districts, against

News He will work as batting coach in the absence of Luke Ronchi Former New Zealand batter Dean Brownlie has been added to the team’s coaching staff for the upcoming home series against Netherlands. Brownlie will work as the batting coach in the absence of Luke Ronchi, who is currently with Auckland Aces for the

News “The only way these Associate Nations are going to get better is by playing against the Full Member nations more often” After a gap 25 years, New Zealand will face the Netherlands in an ODI and eight years after last competing against them in any format, when the two teams clash in a one-off

News Oram has left the squad after learning that his wife and two children have tested positive for Covid-19. New Zealand Women’s assistant coach Jacob Oram has left the squad and returned home to his family after learning that his wife and two children have tested positive for Covid-19. Head coach Bob Carter was fully

A strong 12-18 months in the lead up to the 2022 World Cup on their home soil has somehow culminated in New Zealand being the first top side being all but knocked out of the tournament. Amy Satterthwaite, one of the experienced players in the team who stood in for the injured Sophie Devine when

Report Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka shared six wickets between them New Zealand 228 all out (Devine 93, Ismail 3-27) vs South Africa Sophie Devine fell seven runs short of a second century at this World Cup as New Zealand set South Africa a target of 229 on a good Seddon Park pitch. Runs were expected

News New Zealand are hoping to have a fully-fit Williamson in the mix for the Test tour of England after he finishes up with the IPL New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has revealed that the team management wants Kane Williamson, who has been struggling with injury for a while now, to focus on T20

News The hosts will miss 12 first-choice players who will be away at the IPL, with Tom Latham to lead both white-ball squads Allrounder Michael Bracewell and wicketkeeper-batter Dane Cleaver have earned their maiden New Zealand call-ups for the upcoming white-ball home series against Netherlands. While Bracewell has been named in both the ODI and

News Michael Bracewell will lead the NZ XI side in the warm-ups; BJ Watling to be among coaching staff Soon-to-retire New Zealand batter Ross Taylor will turn out for New Zealand XI against the Netherlands in Napier next week to get some game time before his final ODI series starting at the end of the

News After the Bangladesh innings, “I made sure I got off the field quickly and reset and do the routines I have been doing” It was February 2020. Suzie Bates was set to play an international in Dunedin, her home ground, for the first time – 14 years after she made her international debut. But

News Captain hopes to do what McCullum & co did in spurring a revolution seven years ago “Let’s show them,” is the mantra New Zealand is embracing for the next 18 months as it becomes the centre of women’s sport, with three World Cups in three major sports. The Cricket World Cup kicks off on

News Kagiso Rabada moves up to No. 3 on Test bowlers’ table, while in ODIs, Rashid Khan has re-entered the top ten Shreyas Iyer was the Player of the Series in India’s 3-0 T20I sweep against Sri Lanka after scoring 204 runs with three unbeaten half-centuries, and that has given him a remarkable promotion of

News After losing two of four home Tests, and the series in India, the defending Test world champions are precariously placed on the WTC table In a Test match that Tom Latham feels was “even stevens” for the first three days, South Africa’s batting on the fourth day proved to be the difference between a

Report South Africa are five wickets away from squaring the series and will bowl a minimum of 62 more overs Lunch New Zealand 293 & 180 for 5 (Blundell 44*, de Grandhomme 10*) need another 246 runs South Africa 364 & 354 for 9 by 246 runs Devon Conway fell eight runs short of a

Report New Zealand took the second new ball just before lunch and lost a review as well Lunch South Africa 364 & 232 for 7 (Verreynne 76*, Rabada 2*) lead New Zealand 293 by 303 runs South Africa achieved their goal of setting New Zealand a target of at least 270 in the first session

South Africa will be looking for at least 60 more runs, but would be more comfortable with 90 more from their last five batting pairs as they seek to set New Zealand a target in excess of 300 to win the second Test. On a pitch that remains good for batting, Rassie van der Dussen,

Report South Africa took just two wickets on a surface that continues to offer something for the quicks under cloudy skies Lunch New Zealand 253 for 7 (de Grandhomme 103*, Southee 3*) trail South Africa 364 (Erwee 108, Wagner 4-102) by 111 runs Colin de Grandhomme‘s second Test century and a 133-run sixth-wicket stand with