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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Cricket articles  Cricket
    Black Caps coach Rob Walter is optimistic his number one-ranked 50-over batter will be ready for the first test match against the West Indies in Christchurch
     24 November 2025
    Black Caps coach Rob Walter is optimistic his number one-ranked 50-over batter will be ready for the first test match against the West Indies in Christchurch
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    The 14-man New Zealand test cricket squad has been released for the opening match against the West Indies in Christchurch starting Tuesday week with Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Zak Foulkes and Blair Tickner contesting the pace bowling spots
    24 Nov: The 14-man New Zealand test cricket squad has been released for the opening match against the West Indies in Christchurch starting Tuesday week with Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Zak Foulkes and Blair Tickner contesting the pace bowling spots... more
    The England cricket team won't be dwelling on their humbling eight-wicket loss to Australia in the first Ashes test in Perth
    23 Nov: The England cricket team won't be dwelling on their humbling eight-wicket loss to Australia in the first Ashes test in Perth... more
    The Black Caps are relishing a shift to test cricket against the West Indies next month after sweeping the one-day series against the tourists
    23 Nov: The Black Caps are relishing a shift to test cricket against the West Indies next month after sweeping the one-day series against the tourists... more
    The West Indies have been bowled out for 161 by the Black Caps in the final one-day cricket match in Hamilton
    22 Nov: The West Indies have been bowled out for 161 by the Black Caps in the final one-day cricket match in Hamilton... more
    The West Indies have lost three wickets but are scoring at a respectable rate in today's final one-day dead rubber at Seddon Park in Hamilton
    22 Nov: The West Indies have lost three wickets but are scoring at a respectable rate in today's final one-day dead rubber at Seddon Park in Hamilton... more
    Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc is confident he'll be able to back up his career-best spell on day two of the Ashes cricket test against England in Perth
    22 Nov: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc is confident he'll be able to back up his career-best spell on day two of the Ashes cricket test against England in Perth... more
    A memorable week for the Boyle brothers in cricket's Plunket Shield domestic competition
    22 Nov: A memorable week for the Boyle brothers in cricket's Plunket Shield domestic competition... more
    England have fired back from being rattled by Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc's career-best spell as 19 wickets fell on the opening day of the first Ashes cricket test in Perth
    22 Nov: England have fired back from being rattled by Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc's career-best spell as 19 wickets fell on the opening day of the first Ashes cricket test in Perth... more
    The ‘Bazball’ game style has revolutionised English cricket. Australia should be nervous
    21 Nov: Data suggest when England goes into full attack mode, scoring more than 4.8 runs per over, they usually win.... more

     Most Popular Recent Cricket News
     20 Nov: New Zealand have clinched the three-match one-day international cricket series over the West Indies 2-nil with a game to spare, after securing a five-wicket victory in the second fixture at Napier +++++++++++++++
     09 Nov: Rain has denied the Black Caps their first opportunity to wrap up their T20 international cricket series against the West Indies +++++++++++
     09 Nov: New Zealand lead the five-match T20 cricket series against the West Indies 2-1 after a nine-run victory in Nelson ++++++++++
     17 Nov: A seven-run triumph for New Zealand in the opening one-day cricket international against the West Indies in Christchurch, but the win may have come at a middle-order cost ++++++++++
     13 Nov: The Black Caps have started with a roar in their bid to score a meagre 141 to beat the West Indies in the 5th T20 in Dunedin ++++++++++
     06 Nov: Black Caps white ball captain Mitch Santner is keen to spread the bowling load in the T20 series against the West Indies +++++++++
     06 Nov: Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins reckons he's on track to return for the second Ashes Test in Brisbane in four weeks' time, but has conceded playing through the rest of the five-test series unchanged could be difficult +++++++++

     Cricket NewsLinks
      5 Dec: The numbers behind mitchell starc’s stunning first over test record (Sydney Morning Herald)
      5 Dec: Watch: ‘i didn’t know its origin story’: scotty stevenson explains syrup suckers remark (Stuff.co.nz)
      5 Dec: Live: black caps v west indies first test - day four (RadioNZ)
      5 Dec: 'no more average joe': root's elusive century seals his all-time great status (BBCWorld)
      4 Dec: Christ’s college complains over ‘sexualised slur’ about schoolboys in cricket commentary (Stuff.co.nz)
      4 Dec: Ex-black caps raise serious concerns over new t20 cricket league (Stuff.co.nz)
      4 Dec: A fix looking for a problem: why the ashes doesn’t need a pink-ball test (Sydney Morning Herald)
      3 Dec: Scotty stevenson calls private school boys 'syrup suckers' in highly awkward cricket commentary (Stuff.co.nz)
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