The summer of domestic cricket is over in Aotearoa and before swinging into Kiwi County Tour mode where we follow kiwis in County Championship, here are the 10 best young players from New Zealand.
New Zealand went down 1-4 to England in the T20 series and aside from a flurry of runs from Izzy Gaze in the fifth T20, the White Ferns have slumped to a new low in Aotearoa.
Wellington are Plunket Shield champions and their championship campaign features the best young cricketers in Aotearoa.
Thankfully the White Ferns vs England T20 series is a five-gamer and New Zealand still has a chance at building on their 1-2 start, otherwise the last three games would fall into the status-quo of White Ferns melancholy.
The 2023/24 Plunket Shield campaign is heading towards a climax in Hamilton with Northern Districts hosting Wellington in a battle for the championship.
Michael Bracewell's 8-wicket haul has propelled Wellington to victory over Otago and maybe a late push towards Plunket Shield glory.
New Zealand's White Ferns start their series against England on Tuesday with the first of five T20Is which will be followed by three ODIs.
Two rounds of Plunket Shield are left for the summer and Northern Districts head into the final stage on top of the ladder.
After defying the odds in blunting and then dominating Deontay Wilder in December, Parker has defied the odds in blunting (sort of) and then dominating (on the cards, at least) Zhilei Zhang less than three months later
The sharp pain of losing to Australia gets a whole lot nigglier when Aotearoa is in a position, or multiple positions to win and instead of celebrating historical mahi, the status-quo of losing to Australia continues.
The Aotearoa Test cricket summer needs its annual check in with who is using what bats.
The next month will be an intriguing phase for White Ferns as Aotearoa's wahine play lots of cricket against a touring England crew.
After rolling through some of the best youngsters in Plunket Shield, now we tap in with the hearty domestic troopers who hold things down as the best players in domestic cricket.
The latest round of Plunket Shield involved lots of cricketing funk from a growing group of youngsters.
Nothing tickles Blackcaps frustration like a capitulation on home soil and regardless of who the opposition is, the Test loss in Wellington felt like it was straight out of prior decades.
Neil Wagner charged in the same way as he always did. Jimmy Anderson was on strike for England with two runs required for victory but only one wicket remaining…
The Blackcaps will defend their top spot in the World Test Championship with the Test series against Australia starting on Thursday at the Basin Reserve.
Otago grabbed the HBJ Shield championship by defeating Wellington and the best youngster in wahine cricket Emma Black added a few more wickets to her season's tally.
On the day of the Ford Trophy final between Canterbury and Auckland we come together in harmony to celebrate the five best youngsters.
Wellington are hunting a double dose of HBJ Shield and Super Smash glory as they head to Dunedin for the HBJ Shield final against Otago.