Former South Africa coach Rob Walter has been named as New Zealand’s new coach, across all three formats of the game. The 49-year-old South African takes up the Black Caps job from the middle of June, and will lead the side on their upcoming tour of Zimbabwe. Walter was an early favourite for the job, … Read more
Former captain Kane Williamson has again rejected a central contract with New Zealand Cricket and likely will miss the Black Caps two-Test tour to Zimbabwe next month. Williamson also decided not to accept a central contract last year, to leave himself free to play in Twenty20 and other leagues around the world. He instead signed … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) has signed New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert as a replacement for Jacob Bethell, who will leave the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on May 24 to join the England national team. Bethell will be available for RCB’s final league-stage match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 23 before his departure. Seifert, who … Read more
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has partnered with True North Sports Ventures (TNS), a US-based company, to launch a new Major League Cricket (MLC) franchise in the 2027 season. MLC co-founders Sameer Mehta and Vijay Srinivasan are the majority owners of entities with exclusive rights to own and operate two MLC expansion franchises, the first of … Read more
Tim Seifert’s explosive unbeaten 97 off 38 balls powered New Zealand to a dominant eight-wicket victory over Pakistan in the final T20I in Wellington, clinching the series 4-1. Chasing 129, Seifert set the tone with 18 runs off the first over despite being hit on the body. He smashed six fours and 10 sixes, including … Read more
Pakistan will look to level the five-match series when it faces New Zealand in the fourth T20I at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday. After being 0-2 down in the series, Pakistan delivered an inspiring performance in the third game by chasing a 205-run target in just 16 overs. The visitor’s thumping victory was … Read more
New Zealand and Pakistan will face off in a five-match T20 International series, starting on Sunday at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. The series will mark a new era for Pakistan in T20 cricket, with Salman Ali Agha taking over the mantle of leadership from Mohammad Rizwan. The visitors will also be missing the services … Read more
Varun Chakaravarthy’s career has been filled with bursts of highs and lows. Starting as a professional only at 26, he found instant success moving from the TNPL and IPL to the national team in a dizzy three-year spell before falling out of favour just as quickly by the end of 2021. After reinventing himself over … Read more
New Zealand won the second edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, then called ICC Knockout, but has had to wait to get its hands on the trophy since. It managed a runner-up finish in the 2009 edition, losing to Australia in the final. The Black Caps have failed to make it past the group stage … Read more
New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr was named the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2024, beating Laura Wolvaardt, Chamari Athapaththu and Annabel Sutherland to the honour. Kerr is the first New Zealander to win the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, first awarded in 2017, and also the first Kiwi to win the overall ICC Women’s Cricketer … Read more