New Zealand

Big Picture After a poor performance then a better performance, Australia produced an almost-perfect performance to keep themselves alive in the T20I series. A well-constructed innings, lit up by the hitting of Glenn Maxwell, was followed by a strong bowling display led by an impressive debut for Riley Meredith and a record six-wicket haul from

News Devon Conway climbs 46 spots to No. 17 in the batting rankings after his 99 not out against Australia New Zealand’s Tim Southee and Mitchell Santner have moved up to No. 6 and No. 7 in the T20I bowling rankings after their performances in the first two T20Is against Australia. Southee produced impressive figures

News Natalie Sciver and Heather Knight also gained, as did NZ’s Amelia Kerr, Brooke Halliday and Hannah Rowe England opener Tammy Beaumont has jumped five spots to become the top batter in the women’s ODI rankings following a fruitful tour of New Zealand. England beat the hosts 2-1 in the recently concluded series, which also

News The fast bowler has been sidelined since December with a stress fracture of his back New Zealand are hopeful that fast bowler Lockie Ferguson will be able to make his return from a back injury in the T20I series against Bangladesh at the end of March. Ferguson has been sidelined since the middle of

News Sodhi had gone unsold at the 2021 IPL auction Ish Sodhi, the New Zealand legspinner, will feature in IPL 2021 in a managerial role. After going unsold at the auction, he has now been signed as the team liaison officer by the Rajasthan Royals, a franchise he played for in 2018 and 2019. In

News Her replacement in the squad is the uncapped Canterbury seamer Gabby Sullivan New Zealand pace bowler Lea Tahuhu has been ruled out of the remainder of the ODI series against England with a hamstring injury and is in doubt for the T20Is that follow. Tahuhu was helped off the ground late in the opening

Report Tash Farrant stars in first ODI for seven years, but NZ lose tenth match in a row England Women 181 for 2 (Beaumont 71, Knight 67*) beat New Zealand Women 178 (Jensen 53, Halliday 50) by eight wickets Tammy Beaumont and Heather Knight produced a pair of fluent half-centuries at Hagley Oval, as England

News The New Zealand batsman has now hit five consecutive 50-plus scores in T20 cricket Devon Conway is just trying to “ride the wave” of his spectacular T20 form after an innings in the series opener against Australia that those from both sides lauded as incredible. Conway finished unbeaten on 99 in Christchurch when he

News “We’re waiting for the final dates, but the ideal scenario is to be available and around for all that cricket” New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has admitted that potentially missing the Test matches against England in early June due to complete the IPL is not his preferred option but that it’s another case of

News The Australia captain believes that for a player like Guptill one shot could spark him back into form Australia’s captain Aaron Finch believes a technical tune-up during quarantine ahead of the T20I series against New Zealand has given him the chance to atone for a grim BBL that saw him go unsold in the

News “For me, it’s about how can I learn, how can I grow, and focusing on trying to do the job for the team at that time” Kyle Jamieson had originally planned to sleep through the IPL auction, like Jimmy Neesham, but then woke up at around midnight in Christchurch to watch the Royal Challengers

News James Neesham, Kyle Jamieson, Devon Conway and Finn Allen aren’t too fussed about the auction, scheduled on February 18 There has been a sense of excitement and buzz among the New Zealand public around Kyle Jamieson‘s potential IPL call-up after he headlined the international home summer both with ball and bat. The 6’8″ quick

News Martin Snedden replaces Greg Barclay on the board of the women’s ODI World Cup 2022 Former batsman Roger Twose has been appointed as the director of New Zealand Cricket to replace Greg Barclay, who was required to step aside after being named ICC chairman. Steve Tew, who earlier served as CEO of New Zealand

Martin Guptill made just 46 in three T20Is against Pakistan in December © AFP via Getty Images New Zealand opener Martin Guptill will have to prove his fitness in order to be part of the T20I series against Australia, which begins on February 22 in Christchurch. The 34-year-old Guptill, who had missed the final two

Finn Allen had a stellar strike rate of 193.93 in the Super Smash, with 25 sixes © Getty Images The Super Smash, New Zealand’s premier T20 competition ended on Saturday, with Michael Bracewell’s Wellington Firebirds successfully defending their title against the Canterbury Kings in front of a packed home crowd at the Basin Reserve. ESPNcricinfo

News Allrounder Frances Mackay returns to the ODI side after seven years New Zealand Women have included two potential debutants in 16-year-old Fran Jonas and Brooke Halliday for their 13-person squad to take on England in the upcoming ODI series at home. However, the team will continue to miss Suzie Bates due to a shoulder

News The only cricketer to score a century and take a five-for on Test debut, Taylor died aged 77, on Saturday morning Bruce Taylor, the former New Zealand allrounder, who remains the only cricketer to score a century and take a five-for on Test debut, died aged 77 on Saturday morning. According to Stuff.co.nz, Taylor

News The New Zealand captain is currently nursing an elbow niggle, but he is confident it will “settle” well before their T20I series in Australia Kane Williamson has said he is “chuffed” at New Zealand making the World Test Championship (WTC) final, and believes that their position is reflective of the team’s “hard work through

News Batsman takes decision after failing to find quarantine space for return to New Zealand after the tournament in Pakistan Colin Munro will not be available for the Islamabad United in the 2021 edition of the PSL, starting later this month, because of difficulties with finding quarantine space for his return to New Zealand after

News Fixtures against No. 1-ranked Test side to be played at Lord’s and Edgbaston England will play a two-Test series against New Zealand this summer, with the ECB confirming fixtures at Lord’s and Edgbaston in June. New Zealand will be the fourth touring country hosted by England in 2021, with limited-overs series against Sri Lanka

Adam Milne is just happy to put one foot in front of the other at the moment. He still holds hopes for a return to international cricket with New Zealand, and even dreams of a coveted Test cap, but after 16 months without playing any top-level cricket due to a serious stress fracture in his

News He has been put on a splint and will be reviewed by a hand specialist in a week New Zealand allrounder James Neesham has undergone surgery for a compound dislocation on his left ring finger. Cricket Wellington confirmed on Twitter that Neesham has been put in a splint, and that he will be reviewed

News The trio took 31 wickets between them in the recent Tests against Pakistan New Zealand’s pace trio of Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Kyle Jamieson will all make a return to the Super Smash when Auckland take on Northern Districts at Eden Park Outer Oval on Sunday. Both teams currently occupy the bottom two

Lou Vincent, the former New Zealand opener, is considering an approach to the ECB to plea for “leniency”, more than six years after being found guilty on 11 counts of match-fixing. Speaking for only the second time since admitting, in an open letter in 2014, that he was a “cheat”, Vincent reiterated to Giving the

Meg Lanning scored an unbeaten century against New Zealand in October © AFP Australia’s women’s team will return to action in late March on a tour of New Zealand which includes three T20Is and three ODIs. The T20I series will be held in Hamilton on March 28, 30 and April 1 followed by the ODIs

News “That’s the most encouraging and pleasing thing that we are managing to do that on a daily basis” With his New Zealand side seeing off Pakistan inside four days, Gary Stead could skip away from coaching to watch his daughter Libby play for Canterbury in the women’s Under-19 tournament in Lincoln. On the sidelines

News ‘I’m sure a few New Zealand coaches there have got their eye on him’ Everyone wanted a piece of Kyle Jamieson in New Zealand’s international home summer, with the Bay Oval crowd even standing up to sing ‘Happy birthday’ to him when he turned 26. While he had a dream first year in Test

News The New Zealand quick has shattered several records in his first year, but refuses to be drawn into stats At the start of New Zealand’s home summer, Kyle Jamieson was just feeling his way into the side. The 6ft 8in quick towered over everyone else by the end of it, bagging 27 wickets in

News He played 14 first-class games between 1940-41 and 1951-52, scoring 466 runs and picking up 16 wickets Alan Burgess, the world’s oldest first-class cricketer, has died “overnight in his sleep” aged 100 years and 250 days at Charles Upham Retirement Village in Rangiora, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced on Wednesday. Born May 1, 1920

News Being No. 1 “means that there’s been a lot of hard work over a lot of matches and trainings” New Zealand captain says New Zealand have made it four wins out of four in their home Test summer, and become No. 1 in the world in the format for the first time, while also