New Zealand

News “At the end of the day, there are stats in this game, but you know if you’re winning World Cups, people will remember those moments more.” Before he made his Test debut, Devon Conway was asked about the landmarks he’d love to tick off during his career by his Wellington team-mate Logan van Beek

News The New Zealand allrounder aims to continue representing the Auckland Hearts in the domestic circuit New Zealand allrounder Anna Peterson has announced her retirement from international cricket. Having made her debut against England in 2012, Peterson spent close to a decade in the international set-up. She played 65 matches in that period, including 32

News NZ coach feels “there are six-seven teams that could win this tournament” Having won the inaugural World Test Championship earlier in June, New Zealand now have the rare chance to clinch another world title in the same year as they prepare for the forthcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE. Head coach Gary Stead

News Teams of Auckland and Northern Districts will see their opening rounds of matches postponed There will be disruption to the start of the New Zealand domestic season due to the ongoing lockdown in Auckland. The opening rounds of matches for men’s and women’s sides from Auckland and Northern Districts will be delayed due to

News Fast bowler says her comeback after having a pre-cancerous mole removed is the kind of performance “you would dream of” Lea Tahuhu admits it was touch-and-go as to whether she would be able to play any part in New Zealand’s tour of England after undergoing foot surgery. On Tuesday in Leicester, fast bowler Tahuhu

News Captain admits tour cancellation “very disappointing”, but thanks NZC, Pakistan authorities for keeping players safe Tom Latham, New Zealand stand-in captain for the cancelled Pakistan series, admitted the team’s decision to pull out of the tour citing security concerns was “very disappointing” for Pakistan fans. Latham, who is currently in Dubai, was speaking to

News Training cancelled at Grace Road after warning of bomb at NZ hotel The third ODI of the series between England and New Zealand looks set to go ahead in Leicester despite a security threat made against the New Zealand team. ESPNcricinfo understands that a member of the New Zealand team management was contacted and

News Former New Zealand allrounder was first shifted from Canberra to Sydney for emergency heart surgery Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns has spoken for the first time since having an emergency surgery following a major heart problem. In a video he posted on Twitter, the 51-year-old mentioned he was “grateful to be here”, although

News “The advice changed, the threat level changed and, as a consequence, we took the only responsible course of action possible.” New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said that given the advice they had received, “there was no way” the New Zealand team could have stayed on in Pakistan. NZC had made the decision

News Decision taken by New Zealand Cricket following “escalation in the New Zealand Government threat levels for Pakistan” New Zealand have called off their limited-overs tour of Pakistan because of security concerns. The tour, comprising three ODIs and five T20Is, was supposed to start today, with the first ODI in Rawalpindi, but neither team left

News Blundell had sustained a left-quad strain in the recently-concluded T20I series in Bangladesh Tom Blundell, the New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter, has been ruled out of the team’s upcoming ODI series against Pakistan due to a left-quad strain. Blundell had sustained the injury in the recently-concluded T20I series in Bangladesh, during the fourth game. Blundell will

News Captain expects pitches in Pakistan to allow seamers to have a bigger role than they did in Bangladesh Stand-in captain. Wicketkeeper. Middle-order accumulator. Middle-order power-hitter. Tom Latham had to juggle with multiple responsibilities in the recently concluded T20I series in Bangladesh. With Tom Blundell suffering a quad injury during that T20I series, Latham confirmed

Opener Finn Allen was among the few batting positives for New Zealand in the recently concluded low-scoring T20I series in Bangladesh. While he missed the first two matches to complete his recovery from covid-19, he returned to make scores of 15, 12 and 41 in spin-friendly Dhaka surfaces. New Zealand’s stand-in coach Glenn Pocknall, who

News Because of the non-availability of DRS, the three matches will now be played as a standalone bilateral series Pakistan’s three-match home ODI series against New Zealand, which begins on September 17 in Rawalpindi, will not count towards the ICC World Cup Super League, and will instead be played as a standalone bilateral series. The

News “A lot of these guys haven’t played in the subcontinent before, so being exposed to a different brand of cricket is good for them.” After being skittled for their joint-lowest total in T20I cricket in the series opener against Bangladesh, New Zealand have shown improvement over the next four matches despite losing the series

News The allrounder was due to be with Brisbane Heat for the second year of her deal New Zealand allrounder Amelia Kerr has withdrawn from this season’s WBBL with Brisbane Heat to continue managing her mental health. Kerr, who signed a two-year deal with Heat last season, opted out of the ongoing tour of England

News Stand-in coach prepared to bombard Bangladesh with spin Glenn Pocknall is used to winning T20s. His side, the Wellington Firebirds, has won the Super Smash the last two seasons. But in his first two games as New Zealand coach, he oversaw two contrasting defeats. Then, in the third T20I, a second-string New Zealand stunned

Sophie Devine also moved up to the fifth spot on the batters’ rankings © Getty Images New Zealand captain Sophie Devine has joined England’s Nat Sciver at the top of the ICC rankings for women’s allrounders in T20Is. India opener Shafali Verma and England spinner Sophie Ecclestone retained the No. 1 spot for batters and

News “If you’re able to stick in there, then it is actually tough for them as well,” Nicholls says about the tough Dhaka tracks In the T20I series opener, New Zealand combusted to 60 all out – their joint-lowest total in the format. In the second match, they came within one hit of toppling Bangladesh.

Play 02:13 ‘Mentally I was nowhere’ – Sophie Devine on mental health struggles Flaying England’s bowling over the fence repeatedly at Hove felt “like home” for Sophie Devine. Devine, the New Zealand captain and opener, cleared the rope four times – twice onto the roof of the hospitality boxes – on her way to a

New Zealand brought in Finn Allen,Scott Kuggeleijn and Jacob Duffy for the third T20I © Getty Images Toss New Zealand chose to bat vs Bangladesh New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and opted to bat in the third T20I, a must-win game for his side, on a sunny afternoon in Mirpur. It’s the

News “You have to take a bit of responsibility in these conditions and make sure you do something for your team” Ajaz Patel is possibly New Zealand’s fourth-choice T20I spinner, behind Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, and Todd Astle. But, as the side’s only specialist spinner on tour in Bangladesh, he is relishing the responsibility in

Rachin Ravindra picked up a three-for in the second T20I in Mirpur © AFP/Getty Images Rachin Ravindra had fairly a low-key return to the scene of his first Under-19 World Cup from more than five years ago, falling for a golden duck in New Zealand’s drubbing in the first T20I against Bangladesh. Two days later,

Report New Zealand have also brought in Hamish Bennett and left out Blair Tickner and Jacob Duffy Toss Bangladesh opted to bat vs New Zealand An unchanged Bangladesh chose to bat in their second T20I against New Zealand, who made two changes to their XI after the thrashing a couple of days ago in the

“I think I have had pretty good preparations over the last few months for this tour” – Finn Allen © Getty Images New Zealand opener Finn Allen wants to bat in his own aggressive way despite having seen how the Bangladesh spinners operate on the slow pitches at the Shere Bangla National Stadium without much

News NZ left-arm spinner eager to learn how to adapt to different conditions On Wednesday, Ajaz Patel stepped up as New Zealand’s lone specialist spinner in Dhaka, coming away with 1 for 7 – the second-most economical four-over effort for the side in T20Is . On Thursday, Patel revealed that he had a chat lined

News The NZ captain, who is returning from taking a break, was just happy to be on the park with her ‘good mates’ For Sophie Devine, Wednesday night’s hefty defeat at the hands of England was about much more than it appeared. Yes, New Zealand were thumped by 46 runs off the back of a

News “He will add a lot of firepower to our batting line-up is a big part of our squad,” says head coach Pocknall New Zealand opener Finn Allen has returned to the team bio-bubble after returning two negative Covid-19 tests on successive days. If Allen is available for the second T20I against Bangladesh on Friday,

News Coach Glenn Pocknall and captain Tom Latham taking “plenty of learnings” from rocky start to Bangladesh tour Debutant Rachin Ravindra rushed through a leg-side clip in the very first over and chipped a simple return catch to left-arm fingerspinner Nasum Ahmed. Will Young slashed at Shakib Al Hasan and dragged a non-turning ball back

Report Bangladesh brought in Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das for Soumya Sarkar and Mosaddek Hossain Toss: New Zealand chose to bat vs Bangladesh New Zealand’s stand-in captain Tom Latham chose to bat first in the opening T20I against Bangladesh in Dhaka. Allrounder Cole McConchie and batter Rachin Ravindra were brought in to the playing XI