Early next week, either Northern Districts or the Wellington Firebirds will be crowned as the Plunket Shield champions for 2023/24, and they're playing each other from this Sunday for that privilege. Check out the tale of the tape
22 Mar, 2024 in Domestic News
Wellington College have emerged victorious at the 2024 Junior Secondary Boys' national tournament.
22 Mar, 2024 in Community News
Just two teams remain contenders for the coveted national first-class Plunket Shield — and they’ll be playing each other for the title in Hamilton from this Sunday, in their final four-dayer of the NZC Domestic season
19 Mar, 2024 in Domestic News
Northern Districts could have sewn up the Plunket Shield with a round to spare, but Canterbury had other plans for them in a slick win at their country estate
19 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
Central's miserable run of luck continued, this time with only an all-time wicketkeeping record to celebrate - while occasional Ace Jordan Sussex had a blinder in just his second game in two years, getting Auckland their belated first win
19 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
Central Hinds batter Mikaela Greig has been called into the WHITE FERNS squad for the first Life Direct T20I against England at University of Otago Oval tomorrow.
18 Mar, 2024 in International News
A stunning career best eight-for from Wellington Firebird Michael Bracewell put the Wellington Firebirds back in charge of the national championship, with a day to spare, in the penultimate round
18 Mar, 2024 in Domestic News
New Zealand’s top junior secondary school boys’ cricket teams take to the pitches in Palmerston North this week to compete in the annual NZC Junior Secondary School Boys’ Tournament - the first national tournament for a suite of emerging talents
18 Mar, 2024 in Community News
Despite a century and bag of their own, the Otago Volts ran smack into Michael Bracewell, in his first red-ball match for the Firebirds all summer, and came out stinging from a bruising defeat inside three days
18 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
Melie Kerr and Sophie Devine will be unavailable for the opening match of the WHITE FERNS’ Life Direct T20I series against England at the University of Otago Oval on Tuesday.
17 Mar, 2024 in International News
Otago Volts captain Dean Foxcroft provided a star turn with a stunning haul of 6/49 against Plunket Shield contenders the Wellington Firebirds at the Cello Basin Reserve - but it won't be enough to keep his team alive in the championship
17 Mar, 2024 in Domestic News
Plunket Shield frontrunner Northern Districts has handed a lifeline to the chasing pack after securing just one of the four first innings batting points on offer to them in Rangiora
16 Mar, 2024 in Domestic News
The Plunket Shield national championship is boiling down to the last two decisive rounds of summer, with several teams still well in the hunt for the coveted first-class trophy
15 Mar, 2024 in Domestic News
Petone-Riverside CC stalwart, Mark James, has collected the premier community cricket award at the 2023-24 ANZ New Zealand Cricket Awards.
13 Mar, 2024 in Community News
Rachin Ravindra and Melie Kerr have been recognised as New Zealand’s outstanding male and female cricketers, respectively, at the ANZ New Zealand Cricket Awards ceremony in Christchurch this evening.
13 Mar, 2024 in Corporate News
Defending Plunket Shield champion the Central Stags won't be sending the Auckland Aces any Christmas cards this year after the Aces failed to see out the last two balls of their match against Northern Districts, while weather and the Firebirds denied the Stags in Manawatū
12 Mar, 2024 in Domestic News
Otago scorer Helen Simpson will be the first to receive one of New Zealand Cricket’s newly minted badges to mark her long service to the game.
12 Mar, 2024 in Community News
The Central Stags plastered their fourth highest ever first-class total on Fitzherbert Park as they looked to move up the Plunket Shield ladder before it was too late. But a defiant Wellington Firebirds nightwatchman, and some ill-timed wet weather interventions, conspired against them
11 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
In one of the great Plunket Shield finishes, Northern Districts sweated all day against a determined Auckland Aces line-up, before snaffling a crucial victory - with just minutes to spare
11 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
The Otago Volts file away their first victory of the first-class season with a day to spare, while the Central Stags and Northern Districts are looking to join them in the winner's circle after taking commanding positions
10 Mar, 2024 in Domestic News
Hawke's Bay has completed the perfect Hawke Cup season, brushing aside all four Challengers to keep the Hawke Cup in Napier until it all begins again next summer
10 Mar, 2024 in Match Reports
