Kane Williamson has not given up on playing a part in New Zealand’s 2023 ODI World Cup campaign as he takes his recovery from a right knee injury on a “week-to-week” basis. Williamson, who ruptured his ACL while fielding for Gujarat Titans against Chennai Super Kings in the opening game of IPL 2023 on March

Offspinner Leigh Kasperek will replace medium-pacer Jess Kerr for New Zealand women’s tour to Sri Lanka. Kasperek, who last played an international game in September 2021, returns after Kerr was struck on the toe while batting in the nets. A subsequent scan revealed that Kerr will need six weeks of rehabilitation. Kerr’s injury came early

Isabella Gaze and Rosemary Mair return to the New Zealand women’s team as they embark on their first bilateral series in Sri Lanka. The tour begins on June 27 with the first of three ODIs in Galle, and then moves to Colombo for three T20Is. Gaze, the 19-year-old wicketkeeper, and Mair, the 24-year-old fast bowler,

Raising concerns over fast bowler Trent Boult‘s “flexi” deal with New Zealand Cricket [NZC], Mike Hesson said that his contract is “untidy” and is likely to “open a can of worms”. Boult gave up his New Zealand contract last August to spend more time with family and continue playing franchise cricket around the world. He

Bracewell, 32, is equally handy with bat and ball, and has played eight Tests, 19 ODIs and 16 T20Is for New Zealand since his debut last year. He also played in the IPL this season, coming in as replacement for Will Jacks at Royal Challengers Bangalore, picking up six wickets in five matches. One of

New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne has been offered an NZC central contract for the first time in five years, as the board announced 20 names as part of the list for the 2023-24 period. The 31-year-old quick returned to the national side’s set-up last October after almost a year out, although he had represented

Sussex have signed New Zealand fast bowler Henry Shipley to bolster their attack for the next block of County Championship games. Currently second in Division Two, Sussex have drawn five of their six matches – which included seeing Glamorgan rack up a record second-innings score of 737 at Hove last month – and Paul Farbrace,

Amelia Kerr is hoping that with full-time professionals around now, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) will “invest more” in the women’s game. Under a new five-year master agreement between NZC, the six major cricket associations in the country, and the New Zealand Cricket Players Association, women cricketers will earn the same match fees as their male

Days after Trent Boult expressed his desire to feature in the 2023 ODI World Cup, New Zealand Cricket’s outgoing chief executive officer David White has said he will be “surprised” if the left-arm quick does not represent New Zealand in the tournament later this year. Boult was released from his central contract last August at

Trent Boult still has “a big desire” to represent New Zealand at the 50-over World Cup in India later this year, and remains hopeful that he will add to his 78 Test caps. Boult was released from his central contract last August at his own request in order to spend more time with his family

New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White has announced his decision to step down from the role in August. White, who took over the position in February 2012, is just the fourth chief executive after Chris Doig, Martin Snedden and Justin Vaughan to lead NZC since the adoption of the Hood Report recommendations in 1995.

Tim Southee could come into consideration for New Zealand’s ODI World Cup captaincy as well as Tom Latham who has recently had the role in the absence of the injured Kane Williamson. Although Williamson has begun rehab following surgery on the ACL injury he sustained in the IPL he is still considered unlikely to make

New Zealand 299 all out (Young 87, Latham 59, Afridi 3-46) beat Pakistan 252 all out (Iftikhar 94*, Salman 57, Shipley 3-34, Ravindra 3-65) by 47 runs In the end, it all proved one step too far for Pakistan. One indifferent performance with the bat, coupled with a spell of suffocating brilliance by Henry Shipley,

Pakistan 334 for 6 (Babar 107, Salman 58, Masood 44, Henry 3-65) beat New Zealand 232 (Latham 60, Chapman 46, Mir 4-43, Wasim 3-40, Rauf 2-37) by 102 runs After a somewhat off-colour performance where Pakistan allowed New Zealand to get close to them, this was back to business for the hosts. A century from

Ajaz Patel, the New Zealand left-arm spinner, has joined Durham as a replacement for Australia’s Matt Kuhnemann, who suffered a back injury while playing against Glamorgan in April and has had to pull out of his deal. Patel, 34, will link up with the Durham squad ahead of next week’s Championship fixture against Yorkshire and