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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Cricket articles  Cricket
    Sadness Kiwi cricket's startling new opening partnership has been broken after just three matches
     1 January 2026
    Sadness Kiwi cricket's startling new opening partnership has been broken after just three matches
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    Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann is the surprise inclusion in the Australian squad for the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and India
    1 Jan: Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann is the surprise inclusion in the Australian squad for the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and India... more
    Concern is mounting for the health of former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn
    1 Jan: Concern is mounting for the health of former Australian cricketer Damien Martyn... more
    Martin Guptill is offering his perspective on the evolution of franchise cricket after featuring in the New Year honours list for services to the sport
    31 Dec 2025: Martin Guptill is offering his perspective on the evolution of franchise cricket after featuring in the New Year honours list for services to the sport... more
    The Wellington Blaze have continued their unbeaten start to the women's T20 Super Smash with a 61-run thumping of Northern at Bay Oval
    31 Dec 2025: The Wellington Blaze have continued their unbeaten start to the women's T20 Super Smash with a 61-run thumping of Northern at Bay Oval... more
    One of our greatest men's one-day batters is stunned to receive a New Year Honour
    31 Dec 2025: One of our greatest men's one-day batters is stunned to receive a New Year Honour... more
    A knight rider will participate in IndyCars next season
    31 Dec 2025: A knight rider will participate in IndyCars next season... more
    The Otago men have beaten Central Districts by 41 runs in Super Smash T20 cricket at Alexandra
    31 Dec 2025: The Otago men have beaten Central Districts by 41 runs in Super Smash T20 cricket at Alexandra... more
    Added speculation over the Ashes cricket futures of Australia's batters
    30 Dec 2025: Added speculation over the Ashes cricket futures of Australia's batters... more
    The Victory have trounced the Phoenix 5-1 at home in men's A-League football, Wellington's fifth loss in seven matches
    30 Dec 2025: The Victory have trounced the Phoenix 5-1 at home in men's A-League football, Wellington's fifth loss in seven matches... more

     Most Popular Recent Cricket News
     22 Dec: Kane Williamson insists he's made no call around retirement - as the third cricket test against the West Indies gets set to enter it's final day in Mt Maunganui +++++++++++++++++++++++
     09 Dec: A realistic reflection of the modern cricket calendar for Black Caps coach Rob Walter as he deals with a raft of injuries ++++++++++++++
     10 Dec: The West Indies are 92 for two at lunch after the first session of the second cricket test against New Zealand in Wellington +++++++++++++
     28 Dec: Ashes 2025: How the internet reacted to England winning the Boxing Day Test in two days ++++++++++++
     30 Dec: Auckland have beaten the wet weather and Wellington in men's Super Smash T20 cricket after a five-wicket win at the Basin Reserve +++++++++++
     11 Dec: Have we witnessed a rubber-and-leather glove cricketing revolution in the New Zealand test wicket-keeping ranks? +++++++++++
     14 Dec: A decision is looming for the Black Caps ahead of the third cricket test against the West Indies, which gets underway on Thursday at the Bay Oval whether to play Kyle Jamieson or not ++++++++++

     Cricket NewsLinks
      6 Jan: Angel wings, feather boas and chemical burn as jane mcgrath day paints scg pink (Sydney Morning Herald)
      6 Jan: Ashes live: head closing in on century on day three at scg after stokes, labuschagne conflict (Sydney Morning Herald)
      5 Jan: Can donald trump be compared to julius caesar? (BBCWorld)
      5 Jan: ‘we’re in the entertainment business’: ca boss frustrated by cricket’s bad light rules (Sydney Morning Herald)
      5 Jan: Aussie cricket great wakes from coma after ‘miraculous’ recovery (Stuff.co.nz)
      5 Jan: He just dropped the mace: the thrilling finish to the melbourne derby that had the mcg rocking (Sydney Morning Herald)
      4 Jan: ‘it’s sad’: peter taylor laments first scg test spin snub in 138 years (Sydney Morning Herald)
      4 Jan: Bondi shooting heroes and victims join sydney’s elite at scg ashes test (Sydney Morning Herald)
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