Tuesday, July 23, 2024

New Zealand Cricket

NZC: Gloves off – Ben Horne announces retirement

Photo Credit: Auckland Cricket After a successful career spanning seven seasons, former New Zealand Under 19 rep and Auckland Aces wicketkeeper/batsman Ben Horne has announced his retirement from professional cricket. At 29, 'Hornet' has been a mainstay in the Aces' line-up...

NZC: Cricket Wellington’s ‘Young Leaders’ graduate!

Photo Credit: Cricket Wellington Cricket Wellington’s 2022/23 cohort of ‘Young Leaders’ graduated earlier this month in an event held at the Cello Basin Reserve’s Longroom. The graduation ceremony ends the programme which saw nineteen (19) young females participate in; individual online...

NZC: Takapuna Grammar take cricket head on!

Photo Credit: Takapuna Grammar School Takapuna Grammar School are taking cricket head on - ensuring their cricketers have access to quality facilities, equitable opportunities, and quality coaching from highly qualified school staff and North Shore Cricket Club coaches. The result has...

NZC: New female cricket opportunities in Nelson!

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket During the 2022/23 summer, a dedicated group of Nelson volunteers; namely, Tony Pratt, Gareth Lawes, Jolene Cotton and Win addressed the lack of all-girls playing opportunities in their region by creating a “Town vs Country...

NZC: White to step down

Photo Credit: LinkedIn Profile Photo of David White Long-serving New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White will step down from the role in August. Mr White, who was appointed to the CEO position in February 2012, notified the NZC Board of...

NZC: OBITUARY – Lindsay Crocker

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket Lindsay Crocker, who passed away on Sunday morning aged 64, was one of life’s logical thinkers, playing a central role in the professional transition of both Auckland Cricket and NZC. An opening batsman for Northern Districts...

NZC: The timing was right, says Will Somerville

Photo Credit: Cricket NSW Retiring from the game at the end of the recent 2022/23 summer, Will Somerville crafted a career like none other, a circuitous loop that took him from early days in Otago (for whom he made his...

NZC: 2022-23 Club Cricket Watch – Auckland & Northern Districts

Photo Credit: Auckland Cricket As club cricketers around New Zealand transition into their winter codes, what better time to look back at the club cricket season that was. AUCKLAND: Auckland T20 and Minor Two-Day winners, East Coast Bays CC Record setting rainfall threatened...

NZC: Finnie Farewell

Photo Credit: ICC Former New Zealand Under 19 captain and Otago Volts allrounder Josh Finnie announced his retirement from representative Domestic cricket at the end of the season. The lithe 27-year-old right-hander finishes with 18 first-class Plunket Shield caps, 49 Ford...

NZC: New Zealand U19 squad selected for World Cup qualifiers

The next generation of New Zealand’s cricketing talent has been selected to contest the ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualifiers in Darwin in June. The Darwin tournament represents the East Asia Pacific qualifying route to the next ICC Men’s...

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