New Zealand

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

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