Exploring Otago's Dominant Start To The 2024/25 HBJ Shield Season
Defending Hallyburton Johnstone Shield champions Otago have maintained their perch at the top of the ladder this season after a 4-0 start.
New Zealand vs England Second Test Preview
New Zealand's loss to England in Christchurch saw them slide back into their status-quo and perhaps some expectations need adjusting given how different the tour of India was compared to nearly everything else Blackcaps have done in recent years.
2024/25 Plunket Shield: More Rhys Mariu Runs & Northern Districts Six Hitting
Rhys Mariu hit another century as Canterbury captain, while Brett Hampton and Ben Pomare blasted lots of sixes for Northern Districts.
2024/25 HBJ Shield: Bella James & Otago In A Groove
Bella James is quietly stacking up big runs for an Otago team that is undefeated in HBJ Shield.
The Most Impressive Young New Zealand Domestic Cricketers Early In The 2024/25 Summer
A decent chunk of domestic cricket has been played with the first stanza of Ford Trophy followed by a couple Plunket Shield games and that provides a nice spot to check in with the most impressive emerging cricketers in New Zealand.
New Zealand vs England First Test Preview
New Zealand starts the kiwi summer of cricket with the first Test against England at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Thursday.
2024/25 HBJ Shield: Otago On Top, Ocean Bartlett Baggy
Otago are the only HBJ Shield team with two wins and leggy Ocean Bartlett leads all bowlers for wickets.
2024/25 Plunket Shield: Rhys Mariu Double Banger, Northern Districts On Top
Northern Districts is the only Plunket Shield team with two wins and 22-year-old Rhys Mariu is the only bloke with a double century.
New Zealand T20I/ODI Tour Of Sri Lanka Notebook: Emerging Talent & Will Young
New Zealand's Blackcaps are in Sri Lanka were they drew the T20I series 1-1 and lost the first of three ODIs.
Observations From The 2024 New Zealand Cricket Resurgence
Cricket in New Zealand has always been the headline act of an Aotearoa summer and it is one of the many sports in which kiwis out-perform nations with far more resources.
2023/24 Ford Trophy: Auckland Finish First Stanza Top Of The Table
The first stanza of Ford Trophy has finished with Auckland at the top of the ladder, one point ahead of Canterbury.
New Zealand vs India Third Test Debrief
The smallest Test playing nation in the world won the first World Test Championship and now we can now add a 3-0 series sweep in India to New Zealand's glorious achievements in Test cricket since the pandemic started this decade.
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.
2023/24 Ford Trophy: Curtis Heaphy Goes Large, Simon Keene's Back In The Wickets
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.
2023/24 Ford Trophy: Canterbury's Winning Start, Auckland Youngsters
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.
New Zealand vs India Second Test Debrief
Last month New Zealand's Blackcaps lost two Tests in Sri Lanka and now they have won two Tests in India.
White Ferns 2024 T20 World Cup Debrief
The White Ferns are T20 World Cup champions.
2024/25 Ford Trophy: Will O'Donnell, Angus McKenzie & Otago's Sizzling Start
Ford Trophy cricket has started with wins for Otago, Auckland and Canterbury.
New Zealand vs India First Test Debrief
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.
White Ferns vs South Africa 2024 T20 World Cup Final Preview
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.