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.
Auckland, Canterbury and Otago had wins to start the Plunket Shield with Auckland and Otago snaring away wins against Central Districts and Wellington.
Auckland and Central Districts started the women’s domestic cricket season with a couple of wins, while Northern Districts and Wellington shared their weekend series with a win each.
Ford Trophy takes a break as Plunket Shield swings around and with five games of one-day cricket in the scorebooks, it's a lovely spot to roll through the five best players from the opening stanza.
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.
Canterbury are top of the Ford Trophy ladder after their win vs Central Districts and Auckland claimed the second spot after defeating Wellington, while Northern Districts vs Otago was washed out.
Hallyburton Johnstone Shield starts this weekend with the regular flow of back to back games played on Saturday and Sunday.
Wins for Canterbury, Central Districts and Wellington took them to 3-1 starts to the season, while Otago are still hunting their first win.
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.
Wellington, Canterbury and Central Districts had wins in Ford Trophy’s round three and along with Auckland, these four teams are 2-1 to start the season.
Blackcaps brushed aside England in their ODI series with a 3-0 sweep and they are now 14-3 in ODIs this year.
Auckland have back to back wins on home turf to start Ford Trophy and all other teams except for Otago have a win so far.
Auckland, Canterbury and Central Districts had wins to start the domestic cricket summer.
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.
The domestic cricket summer starts in a week with Ford Trophy sparking up the action. Every team has high quality young cricketers with fresh Blackcaps likely to start the season in domestic cricket and a wave of lads who will soon elevate to the Blackcaps mix.
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's White Ferns have started the ODI World Cup with two losses and while there is still room for a positive outlook, their 4-11 record in ODIs since the start of 2024 suggests that they won't be good enough to bounce back from these defeats.
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.
New Zealand start the Women's ODI World Cup on Wednesday and while there is a strong group of leaders who are likely to dominate the White Ferns' mahi throughout the tournament, there are also a few sneaky important players who are likely to play most games.
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.