New Zealand

Photo Credit: Bidgee CC BY-SA 3.0 au NZCPA Media Release Tim Southee and Sophie Devine were acknowledged as the recipients of The Players’ Cap and CPA Players’ Award respectively, in an online team presentation ceremony’s this afternoon. https://twitter.com/WHITE_FERNS/status/1247769195426660353  Devine’s award completes a remarkable trifecta of consecutive...

Wellington Firebirds batsman Devon Conway will be eligible for New Zealand A or BLACKCAPS selection from August 28, the ICC has confirmed. https://twitter.com/BLACKCAPS/status/1244898561034092544 The South African-born Conway has also been granted an Exceptional Circumstance dispensation by the ICC which means, should...

Photo Credit: Twitter profile photo of Craig Cachopa The Auckland Aces will have a new white-ball captain next summer after Craig Cachopa announced today that he is pulling stumps on his professional career. https://twitter.com/BLACKCAPS/status/1244490492915732486 The 28-year-old veteran leaves the Domestic game on...

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket The secret’s out. Andrew Smith’s feet don’t look very nice. We know this because Cody, his nine-year-old daughter, gleefully pointed it out to the world the other day during the livestream of their workout together. https://twitter.com/wgtnfirebirds/status/1244362239697551360 In...

Canterbury and Canterbury Country legend Shanan Stewart has retired - and this time, it’s real. https://twitter.com/CanterburyCrick/status/1242631564569112577 Most recently sighted helping his beloved Canterbury Country lock away the Hawke Cup for the 2020 winter, when Stewart retired from Domestic cricket in April...

A former white-ball BLACKCAP and Canterbury captain, Andrew Ellis has announced his retirement after an 18-year professional career for Canterbury. https://twitter.com/CanterburyCrick/status/1240415849309024256 The 37-year-old allrounder played 15 One-Day Internationals and five T20 Internationals for New Zealand in 2012 and 2013, but his...

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket New Zealand umpire Derek Walker is about to raise his third century in as many months. https://twitter.com/BLACKCAPS/status/1237423033314414594 The former Otago cricketer will stand 100th first-class match when Otago's sixth-round Plunket Shield clash with Central Districts gets underway in his...

New Zealander Kim Cotton is set to become the first woman to umpire a major world cup final after being appointed to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup showpiece in Melbourne tomorrow night. https://twitter.com/WHITE_FERNS/status/1236105406113632257 Cotton will stand in the final between...

Photo Credit: New Zealand Cricket The BLACKCAPS will have their front-line ODI pace attack for the upcoming Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series in Australia with Trent Boult, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson all fit for the three-game series. The trio were ruled...

Photo Credit: ICC The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 isn’t just keeping us entertained in the moment, it’s serving up storylines aplenty for years to come. Teenagers Shafali Verma, 16, and Amelia Kerr, 19, top scored with the bat...