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NZC: Williamson to lead team in final series of 2023

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket Regular BLACKCAPS white ball captain Kane Williamson will lead a largely settled T20 squad in the team’s final international series of the year. The three match KFC T20I Series against Bangladesh starts at Napier’s McLean Park...

NZC: Obituary – Derek Stirling

Photo Credit: ECB BLACKCAP No.154, Stirling played six Tests and six ODIs between 1984 and 1986, and is best remembered for a strong tour of Pakistan, in which he toiled on unhelpful pitches and took four for 88 at Karachi. Initially...

NZC: Sears added to Bangladesh ODI Squad as cover for Jamieson

Photo Credit: Cricket Wellington Ben Sears is to join the BLACKCAPS ODI Squad in Dunedin as cover for Kyle Jamieson, who experienced stiffness in his left hamstring after travelling back from Bangladesh. The Test squad returned to New Zealand on Tuesday...

NZC: NZ U19 squad named for ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa

Photo Credit: Twiiter Photo of @BLACKCAPS Wellington all-rounder Oscar Jackson will captain a 15-strong New Zealand squad at the ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024 in South Africa this January and February. The touring party features three players, Mason Clarke...

NZC: Vincent life ban relaxed

Photo Credit: Zimbabwe Cricket New Zealand Cricket has joined with the New Zealand Cricket Players Association in welcoming a relaxation of the life ban imposed on former international Lou Vincent. In a ruling just announced, the England & Wales Cricket...

NZC: Ashok, Clarkson & O’Rourke called up for Bangladesh ODIs

Photo Credit: Canterbury Cricket BLACKCAPS fans will get an early look into the future with three potential debutants included in the 13-player ODI squad to face Bangladesh. Twenty-six-year-old Central Stags all-rounder Josh Clarkson and Canterbury seamer Will O’Rourke (22) have earned...

NZC: WHITE FERNS Stand Up Ahead of Pakistan Series

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket When 19-year-old WHITE FERN Georgia Plimmer smoked 147 off 139 balls for the Wellington Blaze in New Zealand's first ever day/night Hallyburton Johnstone Shield match on Saturday, she fell just 16 runs shy of smashing Sophie Devine's Blaze...

NZC: Cricket Wellington launch first Young Leaders programme for boys

Photo Credit: Cricket Wellington Following the success of their award-winning ‘Young Leaders’ programme for girls, Cricket Wellington have extended the programme to include their first cohort of male leaders. The programme kicked off in October of this year, providing fourteen (14)...

NZC: PlayHQ Support | Hot Topics

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket Read below for FAQs regarding PlayHQ from the cricket season thus far. For more support, head to our PlayHQ Support page. 1. Editing bowlers, batters, value of runs/extras & team line ups? As a scorer you may need to...

NZC: Kasperek to lead young NZ XI squad against Pakistan

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket Wellington Blaze off-spinner Leigh Kasperek will lead a 13-strong New Zealand XI squad in two warm-up matches against Pakistan next week. The 87-cap WHITE FERN, who most recently featured on the tour of Sri Lanka in...

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The New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, made their Test debut in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth nation to play Test cricket. After waiting 26 years for their first Test win against the West Indies in 1956, they also played their first ODI in 1972–73 against Pakistan. New Zealand are the inaugural World Test Championship champions (2021) and have won the ICC Champions Trophy (2000). They have reached the Cricket World Cup final twice and the T20 World Cup final once.
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