White Ferns ODI Series vs India & Women's Championship Update
New Zealand's White Ferns had to quickly switch into ODI mode after their T20 World Cup success and went down 1-2 to India in the Women's Championship.
New Zealand's White Ferns had to quickly switch into ODI mode after their T20 World Cup success and went down 1-2 to India in the Women's Championship.
Auckland are top of the Ford Trophy ladder after their win over Canterbury and a big hundy from 21-year-old Curtis Heaphy led Central Districts to their first win of the season.
Canterbury is the only undefeated team in Ford Trophy after Chad Bowes' crazy double hundy last week and despite the rain impacting two games on the weekend, Auckland had a win over Otago to snap up second spot on the ladder.
Last month New Zealand's Blackcaps lost two Tests in Sri Lanka and now they have won two Tests in India.
The White Ferns are T20 World Cup champions.
Ford Trophy cricket has started with wins for Otago, Auckland and Canterbury.
New Zealand defeated India in the World Test Championship, doing what very few kiwi cricket teams have done over the past century by winning in one of the trickiest countries to tour.
Aotearoa's White Ferns are in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa after defeating West Indies in the semi-final, so here are a bunch of last minute notes to set the table.
It kinda feels like the stars are aligning for New Zealand's White Ferns at the T20 World Cup as they return to the semi-final stage for the first time since 2016.
New Zealand are 2-1 in the T20 World Cup after defeating Sri Lanka with Georgia Plimmer finding a groove at the perfect time.
New Zealand heads to India for three Tests in the World Test Championship and while that's always a recipe for kiwi underdog status, expectations for this Test series should be low.
The White Ferns started their T20 World Cup campaign with a fabulous win over India, their second T20I win in 14 games this year.
The Aotearoa summer of cricket will start with Ford Trophy instead of Plunket Shield and while the best lads still need to pile up runs or wickets, this does provide a few intriguing wrinkles framing the start of the season.
New Zealand's loss to Sri Lanka in the second Test of their World Test Championship excursion brings together many concerning threads for New Zealand Cricket.
The White Ferns lost all three T20Is against Australia and they are now preparing to start their T20 World Cup campaign in a couple weeks.
There are two storylines that make things a wee bit more complicated than just another disappointing loss for the Blackcaps after their loss in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
New Zealand continue on their solid World Test Championship campaign with two Tests in Sri Lanka starting this Wednesday, where they will need to quickly adjust and adapt after no cricket was played against Afghanistan.
The biggest issue in New Zealand cricket isn't the Blackcaps contract 'crisis', it is an under-performing White Ferns team who must now flip their trajectory around for the T20 World Cup.
As the White Ferns try to flip their mundane form around for the T20 World Cup, the women's domestic cricket circuit holds plenty of intrigue ahead of the summer.
New Zealand's Blackcaps will play Afghanistan in India early in September and while this may appear like a warm up for World Test Championship fixtures in Sri Lanka then India, Afghanistan present an intriguing challenge for a Blackcap group who need to win some games.