New Zealand

Report Fast bowler restricts Central Districts to 213 and middle-order batter chases it down with 92 off 75 Auckland 217 for 2 (Chapman 92*, Worker 65*) beat Central Districts 213 (Bruce 63, Ferguson 4-32) by eight wickets Lockie Ferguson and Mark Chapman had days to remember as they led Auckland to their second Ford Trophy

News But captain encouraged the players to focus on what they do in the middle rather than a bigger picture Having been inspired by New Zealand’s victory in the 2000 Women’s ODI World Cup, current captain Sophie Devine is conscious that her team has the chance to leave a legacy in a home tournament but

Report Zubayr Hamza was forced out with a fractured thumb among South Africa’s changes Toss South Africa chose to bat vs New Zealand Dean Elgar decided South Africa’s batters would front up first and bat on a green pitch. This is only the second toss South Africa have won in their last 17 Tests, and

News The 38-year old, with 10,841 runs and 130 wickets across formats, will walk away at the end of the 2021-22 season Anaru Kitchen, a stalwart in New Zealand domestic cricket, has decided to walk away at the end of the 2021-22 season. The 38-year old amassed 10,841 runs, and five trophies, in 348 games

News Ahead of second South Africa Test, stand-in captain pleased but not distracted by Team of the Year accolade at Halberg Awards Having crushed South Africa by an innings and 276 runs inside three days last week and followed that up with the Halberg Award for Team of the Year on Wednesday night in Auckland,

News “People ask me that question, obviously,” says the bowler who was born in Pretoria and moved to New Zealand 14 years ago Matt Henry was the standout bowling star for New Zealand, with Tim Southee a not-too-distant second, in their innings-and-276-run win over South Africa in the first Test, but Pretoria-born Neil Wagner played

The trees outside Matt Henry‘s window were swaying in a stiff breeze against greyscale skies on a gloomy Christchurch evening. “It’s a bit of a whirlwind,” he said, smiling, not referring to the weather at all, but New Zealand’s innings and 276-run win inside seven sessions against South Africa. Henry’s is a rare Zoom interview

News New Zealand will likely field an unchanged side with Gary Stead not expecting conditions to differ much Trent Boult will not be available for the second Test against South Africa with his lack of recent bowling deemed to be put him at too great of an injury risk. It means Boult has likely played

News New Zealand beat South Africa by an innings and 276 runs without Williamson, Taylor or Boult It’s been 14 years since New Zealand have had to play a Test match without Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor and Trent Boult. And yet they still managed to beat South Africa by an innings and 276 runs, a

Report New Zealand won the first Test by an innings and 276 runs, with the fast bowler becoming their highest Test wicket-taker at home New Zealand 482 (Nicholls 105, Blundell 96) beat South Africa 95 (Hamza 25, Henry 7-23) and 111 (Bavuma 41, Southee 5-35) by an innings and 276 runs New Zealand completed a

Report They went to lunch on day two leading by 140 with six wickets in hand Lunch New Zealand 235 for 4 (Nicholls 86*, Mitchell 14*) lead South Africa 95 by 140 runs New Zealand added 119 runs for the loss of only one wicket to increase their lead to 140 on the second morning.

News NZ seamer’s 7 for 23 are the best figures by a New Zealand bowler at home, joint with Richard Hadlee “You pinch yourself a little bit when you hear those stats,” a beaming Henry said afterwards, though he hasn’t always had reason to be quite as cheerful in his Test career. Henry made his

Report Colin de Grandhomme and Matt Henry, meanwhile, returned to New Zealand’s XI New Zealand chose to bowl v South Africa The battle of the bowlers began at Hagley Oval with both XIs stacked with seamers as New Zealand opted to bowl first in Christchurch. The home team included four specialist quicks with Matt Henry

Report Deepti Sharma’s 4 for 52 helped India stay alive in the chase till the end, but wasn’t enough for them to level the series New Zealand 273 for 7 (Amelia 119*, Green 52, Deepti 4-52) beat India 270 for 6 (Raj 66*, Ghosh 65, Meghana 49) by three wickets In a match where momentum

News New Zealand and SRH captain says surgey is “an absolute last resort” on his troublesome elbow New Zealand and Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson is hopeful of being fit for IPL 2022. The 31-year-old has opted against surgery for a long-standing elbow injury and is instead undergoing rehab now. Williamson had come into IPL

Report Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates set the tone with a strong opening stand, while the bowlers never allowed India to get into the chase New Zealand women 155 for 5 (Bates 36, Devine 31, Tahuhu 27, Green 26, Vastrakar 2-16, Deepti 2-26) beat India women 137 for 8 (Meghana 37, Bhatia 26, Amelia 2-25)

News Kane Williamson, who is yet to recover from his elbow injury, will sit out the two-match series “Cam has been excellent across the three formats for Canterbury over the past couple of seasons, producing consistent and often match-winning performances for his team,” New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said. “Blair’s been a consistent performer

News The former NZ allrounder suffered a major heart problem last August Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, after a series of health complications last year. The 51-year-old revealed on his Instagram post that it came as a “big shock”. According to New Zealand media reports, he was discharged

News Seventeen-year-old Fran Jonas has been selected as part of the spin attack Offspinner Leigh Kasperek, New Zealand’s leading ODI wicket-taker since the 2017 World Cup, has been left out of the squad for this year’s tournament. Fran Jonas, the 17-year-old left-arm spinner who has played two ODIs, has been preferred in the 15-player squad

News The NZ allrounder says he is only skipping the 2022 season, and hopes to feature in future editions of the tournament Kyle Jamieson opted out of the IPL auction in order to spend more time at home – and away from Covid-19 restrictions on tour – and to give himself a window in which

Report Blistering knocks from the pair helped set a target of 218, which proved too far beyond Canterbury’s reach Northern Districts 217 for 5 (Santner 92*, Clarke 71, Shipley 2-30) beat Canterbury 161 (Henry 44, Southee 3-39, Sodhi 3-48, Walker 2-25) by 56 runs Blistering knocks from Katene Clarke and Mitchell Santner powered Northern Districts

News Event CEO Andrea Nelson has confirmed that the tournament will be played at the original six venues The delayed Women’s ODI World Cup will go ahead as scheduled across the original six venues in New Zealand, starting March 4 even as the hosts’ bilateral series for the rest of the season have moved to

News New Zealand allrounder expected to feature in full campaign in 2022 season James Neesham, the New Zealand allrounder, has agreed to join Northamptonshire for their T20 Blast campaign. Neesham, whose heroics in the 2019 World Cup final at Lord’s were instrumental in that contest’s thrilling finish, gained a measure of revenge over England in

News Visits by India women and South Africa men, plus the Women’s World Cup and a tour by Netherlands men, are scheduled for the next few weeks Upcoming domestic and international matches in New Zealand, potentially including the Women’s ODI World Cup, will continue to take place – behind closed doors – after the entire

News Who will replace the retiring champion at No. 4 in Tests? Latham expects Conway to be in the running As the fading sun hung above Hagley Oval, the end was in sight for Bangladesh. And it was close to finishing time for Ross Taylor. But for a career as remarkable as his has been,

News “I think after losing the toss, putting a significant score on the board, and then for the bowlers to do their thing, was outstanding.” New Zealand captain Tom Latham said he was pleased with his team’s scoring rate, which he believes put Bangladesh under a lot of pressure, in the second Test in Christchurch.

News “It comes with a bit of hard work, fitness and pride in your performance” The delivery Trent Boult bowled to get his 300th Test wicket was as memorable as the milestone itself. He came around the wicket to Mehidy Hasan Miraz. The ball pitched outside off stump, and swerved in, talking like only Boult

News The opener picked up a calf injury during the Ford Trophy earlier this month Martin Guptill faces a tight timeframe to be fit for New Zealand’s limited-overs tour of Australia after picking up a “moderate” calf strain during the Ford Trophy one-day competition. Guptill suffered the injury on January 3 and is targeting a

News Luke Ronchi says that leaving the ball early on forced the Bangladesh bowlers to bowl to the New Zealand batters’ strengths New Zealand are on their way to a mammoth first-innings total against Bangladesh in Christchurch, and they have set it up by doing what they are happiest doing: stick to their basics and

Preview The series is on the line in Christchurch with the visitors leading 1-0 Big picture The visitors put together a team effort that provided world cricket with one of the greatest upsets in Test history. It also radically changed the mood of a dressing room that was in a a ten-game slump. That Bangladesh