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T20 World Cups don't have the same glimmer as other major cricket tournaments as they pop around every couple of years, but the 2026 event is another opportunity for New Zealand to crack a top-four spot and perhaps ... well let's try get out of the group stages first.
While there have been many notable checkpoints to suggest that the Blackcaps will be alright after the previous generation started to dip out of the mix, the last few months have escalated a sense of calm about New Zealand cricket.
New Zealand's Blackcaps have snuck over to India to play three ODIs and while their is a distinct development flavour to the ODI group, it's also a fair reflection of the best one-day cricketers available.
The Blackcaps have wrapped up a Test series win vs West Indies after adding a Bay Oval victory to their win at the Basin Reserve and currently sit in their usual top-four spot on the World Test Championship ladder.
New Zealand has started the 2025/27 World Test Championship in their usual top-four spot after Blackcaps depth flourished for a Test win in Wellington vs West Indies.
Blackcaps are about to start their Test series vs West Indies and that means it’s time to dive into lots of bits and bobs.
New Zealand's Blackcaps have maintained their ODI excellence with a series sweep of West Indies and now they wiggle into a Test series that will be the start of their World Test Championship campaign.
New Zealand's 3-1 T20 series win vs West Indies takes them to a 12-6 record this year as Jacob Duffy continues his legendary mahi in this format.
Blackcaps have a loss and a win in their first two T20Is vs West Indies, which is roughly aligned with their 11-16 record in T20 internationals at Eden Park.
Blackcaps brushed aside England in their ODI series with a 3-0 sweep and they are now 14-3 in ODIs this year.
Across the six T20Is scheduled for Blackcaps over the past month there were only three results and all of them were losses for New Zealand.
New Zealand is 9-4 in T20Is this year and they take on England in their next series with these two teams sharing a 3-3 record since the start of 2020.
New Zealand slipped to their fifth consecutive T20 loss vs Australia in home conditions and offered a fresh dose of funky wrinkles after the two losses a Bay Oval.
The New Zealand A cricket team continued their undefeated streak to eight First-Cass games with a win and a draw in South Africa, with four wins and two draws in their last six games overseas.
After winning every game of the T20 tri-series in Zimbabwe, New Zealand returns to Aotearoa to host Australia for three T20Is with a squad that continues to integrate the best emerging cricketers into the regular flow for Blackcaps.
The New Zealand A cricket team is about to start their second overseas tour of 2025 with three List-A games followed by two First-Class games in South Africa.
New Zealand did what needed to be done in Zimbabwe for a tour that was the perfect mix of ruthless performances for the best players and a splendid development opportunity for younger players, as well as the new Blackcaps coach.
New Zealand grabbed another Test win in Zimbabwe and after winning all five of their T20 tri-series games, they finish the tour of Zimbabwe with eight wins and no losses.
New Zealand got the job done in the first Test vs Zimbabwe and they have a chance of grabbing the most Test wins for all nations in Zimbabwe heading into the second Test.
Aotearoa are Zimbabwe tri-series champions after defeating South Africa in the final, winning all five games of the tri-series and taking their record since the last T20 World Cup to 12-3.