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NZC: Patel set to return to BLACKCAPS contracts list | Michael Bracewell receives first offer

New Zealand Cricket - May 13, 2022

Photo Credit: BCCI Central Stags spinner Ajaz Patel is set to return to the BLACKCAPS contracts list for the coming season, alongside Wellington Firebirds all-rounder Michael Bracewell who will receive an offer for the first time. The pair would be the...

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NZC: Henry Nicholls Injury Update

New Zealand Cricket - May 11, 2022

Photo Credit: BCCI BLACKCAPS batsman Henry Nicholls will depart with the touring party to England this weekend as planned, after an MRI scan revealed a grade one strain to his right calf. The Test number five sustained the injury during a...

Coaches: Hirings and Departures

NZC: Expanded BLACKCAPS Coaching Group for Winter Tours

New Zealand Cricket - May 10, 2022

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket Dion Ebrahim, Dean Brownlie, Graeme Aldridge and Luke Wright will feature on the BLACKCAPS coaching roster this winter as player and support staff well-being continues to be prioritised. Former Zimbabwe international Ebrahim will join head coach...

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NZC: Good morning PlayHQ

New Zealand Cricket - May 5, 2022

After eight years, NZC has decided to move its grassroots participation platform requirements away from CricHQ and to Australian-based provider PlayHQ. NZC Head of Community Cricket Kent Stead said, after a number of years listening to feedback and investigating alternative...

Squad Selection - International

NZC: Bracewell, Fletcher and Tickner join familiar core for England Test tour | Winter workloads to be managed

New Zealand Cricket - May 5, 2022

Photo Credit: ICC Wellington Firebirds all-rounder Michael Bracewell has capped off an impressive season with inclusion in the BLACKCAPS Test squad for the upcoming tour of England. The 31-year-old earned his maiden T20I and One Day International calls ups over the...

In Memoriam

NZC: Memorial Service – Fred Goodall

New Zealand Cricket - May 3, 2022

A memorial service to celebrate the life of international umpire Fred Goodall will be held at the Cello Basin Reserve on Friday, May 13 at 2pm. One of the New Zealand’s best-known umpires, Fred passed away in October last...

Features

NZC: Umpires are getting younger

New Zealand Cricket - April 20, 2022

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket Whilst teenage umpires are not unheard of; they are still somewhat unusual. The writer should know, having started at 18, while current NZCUSA Chair George Morris was even younger, George umpired senior cricket in Dunedin...

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NZC: Boundary Assessment

New Zealand Cricket - April 20, 2022

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket For many years umpires have been assessed by grading personnel from the boundary. This type of assessment has been particularly successful in Otago. New Zealand Cricket has introduced the concept this season, with some umpires...

In Memoriam

NZC: Stalwarts of the Game Pass

New Zealand Cricket - April 20, 2022

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket It has been a sad couple of months for the umpiring fraternity in New Zealand with the falling of two giant Totara from our history. Fred Goodall passed away on the 18th of October in Wellington,...

Interviews

NZC: Sir Richard Hadlee salutes Tim Southee

New Zealand Cricket - April 15, 2022

Photo Credit: ICC New Zealand’s greatest fast bowler Sir Richard Hadlee has congratulated Tim Southee on winning his Medal on the final day of the ANZ New Zealand Cricket Awards and believes the 32-year-old is only getting better. Southee, who had...

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