Friday, 11 May 2012
Nafanua, the Samoan Women's national cricket team, leave New Zealand shores this weekend to head to Vanuatu and their chance at international glory.
The team will take part in a six team ICC EAP World Cup qualifying event against Japan, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Cook Islands and the host country.
Last time around the side missed out on the final in Japan but the change in format to...read more
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
It was a series that created history, and the Samoan Women's side, Team Nafanua, started their first ever Women's international series in the best possible fashion with a 3-0 whitewash over their...
Thursday, 28 January 2010
In just a few days time cricket in Samoa will take a great leap forward as their women's team plays it's first ever international under the guidance of Auckland Hearts coach Maia Lewis.
They...
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Auckland Hearts players Victoria Lind and Saskia Bullen have been picked in the Whiteferns one day and twenty20 squads respectively for the Rose Bowl series in Australia and New Zealand in...
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
It was a special moment for any kid who loves their cricket - the chance to get the Blackcaps signatures and play some games with them!
Yesterday at Cornwall Park up to 1000 kids got that...
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Women's cricket is riding on something of a high at the moment after the performances of the Whiteferns at both the World Cup and World Twenty20. Capitalising on those performances is part of the...
Thursday, 3 September 2009
Guptill is one of eight New Zealand cricket identities in the running for the world’s top cricketing honours of 2009. BLACKCAPS Daniel Vettori and Jesse Ryder, along with Guptill, have...
Thursday, 27 August 2009
New Zealand A closed its India campaign with an emphatic 146-run victory over a local side strong on international talent. The 50-over match against India Cements in Chennai saw New Zealand A...
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
From Reece Young:
Being selected to tour with the Blackcaps and represent my country in test cricket is a dream come true. Here a a few thoughts and experiences of life on tour with the...
Monday, 24 August 2009
Spin twins Tarun Nethula and Nathan McCullum have bowled New Zealand A to a 72-run win over Baroda in their final match at the Buchi Babu All India Invitation tournament in Chennai. Chasing New...
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
New Zealand Emerging Players recorded their first win of the Emerging Players 2009 tournament with a five-wicket win over India in a Twenty20 match. India Emerging Players batted first at...
Monday, 27 July 2009
The New Zealand Emerging Players again came up short against the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in their 50-over match at Brisbane on Sunday, losing by three wickets. NZEP captain Peter...
Thursday, 23 July 2009
The Australian Institute of Sport have comprehensively accounted for the New Zealand Emerging Players, beating them by 190 runs at Fred Kratzman Oval, Brisbane. Batting first, Australia amassed a...
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
The New Zealand Emerging Players side has lost its opening Twenty20 match in the Emerging Players 2009 tournament, going down to South Africa in a closely fought second-last ball finish. NZEP...
Thursday, 16 July 2009
From Pat Cole:
It is not often in life that you get to see the future so clearly. The ICC World Cricket Centre in Dubai Sports City is such an example, when it is finished it will simply be...
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Good things come to those who wait, and in Reece Young's case ten years of patience has paid off with his naming in the Blackcaps test side to tour Sri Lanka in August. He's joined on...
Monday, 29 June 2009
Auckland's international opening pair are two of the six new players offered New Zealand Cricket contracts for the first time.
Both Martin Guptill and Tim McIntosh made a big impression in...
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
From Maia Lewis:
The tournament so far has been amazing and it was great to watch the opening match of the men's competition and see the English get rolled by the Dutch - there were a few...
Monday, 15 June 2009
Confirmation that Auckland has some of the most promising talent at it's disposal was confirmed with the naming of six Aces players in the New Zealand Emerging Players squad to play in a...
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Hearts players Vic Lind and Saskia Bullen are two of the three new caps named in the final White Ferns squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in June. Bullen and Lind along with other new cap,...
Monday, 12 January 2009
Aucklander Martin Guptill joined a rare breed of cricketers to score a century on their one-day international debut at Eden Park on Saturday. In New Zealand's total of 275 for four, 22-year-old...