New Zealand

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

New Zealand are only behind Australia and India on the World Test Championship table © Getty Images New Zealand have toppled Australia from the No. 1 position in the ICC Test rankings, getting to 118 rating points as against Australia’s 116 after winning the second and final Test against Pakistan by an innings and 176

News “Kane is a freak, isn’t he? He’s amazing and will go down easily as New Zealand’s greatest.” Daryl Mitchell has described getting his maiden Test century as “surreal”, after he stroked 102 at his adopted hometown in Christchurch. New Zealand were 599 for 6 at tea and had a lead of 302, but the

News Pakistan dropped more catches than they took, apart from leaking well over 50 extras On their way to a record partnership on the third day in Christchurch, Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls were dropped at least twice each, which helped them score a double-century and a century respectively, and demoralise Pakistan. Here are all

News Luke Ronchi says period when Pakistan bowled part-timers changed momentum on Day 2 Mohammad Abbas admitted dropped catches by Pakistan that allowed New Zealand to surge into a position of dominance in the second Test proved to be “quite frustrating”. New Zealand were 286 for 3 at the end of the second day’s play

Haris Sohail’s reflexes at slip helped dismiss Tom Latham © Getty Images Lunch New Zealand 66 for 2 (Taylor 10*, Williamson 4*, Ashraf 1-11) trail Pakistan 297 (Azhar 93, Jamieson 5-69) by 231 runs In a session of two halves, Pakistan, toothless and searching for answers in the first hour, came storming back in a

News Kyle Jamieson, meanwhile, reckons Pakistan have a ‘par’ total on a pitch made for quick runs and quick wickets Azhar Ali believes Pakistan’s first-innings total of 297 is “decent and enough to build on”, given the grass cover on the pitch at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. That said, he felt there were runs to

Kane Williamson recently became the world’s No. 1 Test batsman © AFP via Getty Images Kane Williamson has started the new year as the No.1 Test batsman and his New Zealand side could become the new No.1 Test team if they beat Pakistan in the second Test in Christchurch. Williamson, though, downplayed those thoughts, saying

Report Pakistan hand debut to 25-year old allrounder Zafar Gohar in place of Yasir Shah Teams winning the toss had previously elected to bowl in each of the seven Tests played at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. On Sunday, Kane Williamson made it the eighth time with New Zealand going in with an all-pace attack

Preview Mohammad Rizwan will continue to lead Pakistan; New Zealand will be without Neil Wagner Big Picture New Zealand has to be one of the toughest countries to tour in recent times. Last time a visiting team won a Test in New Zealand was in March 2017. That was also the last time New Zealand

News When the seamers were out of ideas, he stepped up to apply the finishing touches with his subtle variations Mitchell Santner‘s Test future seemed uncertain at the start of 2020 when he was dropped following the Australia tour as part of a spin overhaul. However, he returned and ended the year with a crucial

News Fast bowler Henry picked up a six-for in his most-recent first-class outing for New Zealand A A year after he last represented New Zealand, Matt Henry could add to his 12 Test appearances after being called up for the second Test against Pakistan in Christchurch starting January 3. Henry replaces Neil Wagner, who is

News Neil Wagner had bowled 49 overs across two innings in the first Test despite two broken toes Neil Wagner has been ruled out of the second Test in Christchurch against Pakistan and would need “probably five to six weeks of healing”, New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said. The fast bowler played through the

News The incident occurred during Pakistan’s first innings at Mount Maunganui Kyle Jamieson will part with 25% of his match fee and has been docked one demerit point after he threw the ball towards Faheem Ashraf on the third day of New Zealand’s first Test against Pakistan. The act fell foul of Article 2.9 of

News NZ captain says the search for WTC points had made the team push harder for victory New Zealand’s dramatic win against Pakistan in the first Test, achieved with less than five overs remaining on the last day, had several notable contributions, but the one that will be remembered most perhaps is Neil Wagner’s effort

Azhar Ali fell in the second over of the day’s play © Getty Images Lunch Pakistan 239 and 137 for 4 (Alam 48*, Rizwan 20*) need another 236 runs to beat New Zealand 431 and 180 for 5 dec An unbroken fifth-wicket stand between Fawad Alam and Mohammad Rizwan, so far spanning 25.3 overs, has