News

Malan on the move

The Auckland Aces will have a new coach next season, but he'll be a very familiar face to their opponents

30 Apr, 2019 in Domestic News

Ryan McCone goes out on top

Central Stags and former Canterbury paceman Ryan McCone — a five-time first-class champion — has bid farewell to cricket at the top of his game

18 Apr, 2019 in Domestic News

Domestic News

Domestic bliss: 2018/19 review

It was one for the books. Two repeat champions and a droughtbreaker were among the five major NZC Domestic titles handed out in 2018/19, while Devon Conway and Natalie Dodd walked away as the individual stars of the season

15 Apr, 2019 in Domestic News

Community News

Who will be New Zealand's top club?

The last national cricket trophy of the New Zealand season goes back on the line this week as the summer's best club sides from throughout the country convene at Auckland's Cornwall Park

31 Mar, 2019 in Community News

Domestic News

Final day of first-class season

New Zealand's 2018/19 first-class cricket season draws to a close today with two arch rivals set to take it deep and many reasons to want to end on a good note

20 Mar, 2019 in Domestic News

Domestic News

History made for Stags in coach's swansong

The final match didn't go to script for the Central Stags, but the outcome was a rare title defence, historic double and emotional sendoff for coach Heinrich Malan

20 Mar, 2019 in Domestic News

Match Reports

Final fling

Northern Districts met again with rivals the Central Stags in the last round of the 2018/19 first-class season, setting the champions a difficult last day chase

20 Mar, 2019 in Match Reports

Match Reports

Maiden centuries for Mitch Renwick, Graeme Beghin

The Otago Volts look to finish their first-class season with two wins on the bounce, posting their highest total of the Plunket Shield summer then forcing the Aces to follow on in Dunedin

20 Mar, 2019 in Match Reports

Domestic News

Wellington scoring double act

The end of this season’s Plunket Shield has seen the stumps pulled on one of the lengthiest partnerships in New Zealand cricket.

17 Mar, 2019 in Domestic News

Domestic News

Canterbury withdraws from Plunket Shield match | Central Stags to retain first-class title

NZC’s 2018/19 Plunket Shield first-class national championship has been decided with ahead of this week's final round in sad and unique circumstances

16 Mar, 2019 in Domestic News

Domestic News

Former WHITE FERN Lucy Doolan retires

Allrounder Lucy Doolan ends her 14-year cricket playing career as a Wellington Blaze icon who won multiple trophies for the capital and represented New Zealand at several World Cups

15 Mar, 2019 in Domestic News

Domestic News

"Woody" hanging up the bat

The forthcoming final round of the Plunket Shield will be the last appearance by Wellington Firebirds legend Luke Woodcock who is retiring after a record-breaking career

14 Mar, 2019 in Domestic News

Domestic News

Two left in Shield race

Canterbury or Central Stags? This season's first-class Plunket Shield championship is going down to the last round next week

13 Mar, 2019 in Domestic News

Match Reports

And then there were two

Canterbury knock the Aces out of Plunket Shield contention after Stephen Murdoch posts his first first-class century in Canterbury colours and Todd Astle helps wrap it up with a five-wicket bag

12 Mar, 2019 in Match Reports

Match Reports

Maiden bag for Matt Bacon

A breakthrough six-wicket bag to big paceman Matt Bacon, and 10 for the match, gets Otago Volts hearts beating as they finally get a first-class win on the board for 2018/19

12 Mar, 2019 in Match Reports

Match Reports

Stags win thriller at McLean Park

The Plunket Shield leaders chase down 174 for an outright, Ryan McCone and Ish Sodhi trading five-wicket bags on day three in a nailbiting finish for the defending champions against ND's stellar spinners

11 Mar, 2019 in Match Reports

Match Reports

Hinds trump Hearts in Hallyburton Johnstone Shield Grand Final

The day after torrential rain finally doused a long, dry summer, the Central Hinds came up with their own droughtbreaker by lifting the historic one-day Hallyburton Johnstone Shield for the first time in nine seasons

09 Mar, 2019 in Match Reports

Domestic News

Numbers add up for Natalie Dodd

Making a bold move from Northern Districts to the Central Hinds to reinvigorate her game has paid off for Natalie Dodd — even before this Saturday’s one-day national Hallyburton Johnstone Shield Grand Final, the first of her lengthy domestic career

07 Mar, 2019 in Domestic News

Domestic News

Final countdown

The Auckland Hearts and Central Hinds have been the two red-hot teams in this year's one-day Hallyburton Johnstone Shield. Poised to clash in the Grand Final at Pukekura Park this Saturday, who will take out the last domestic women's match of the season?

05 Mar, 2019 in Domestic News

Match Reports

Career best century for captain McConchie

Canterbury captain Cole McConchie top-scored for his side with his third first-class century, and first at his home ground of Hagley Oval, while Firebird Hamish Bennett and Canterbury's Matt Henry both bagged five

04 Mar, 2019 in Match Reports