New Zealand Cricket
New Zealand Cricket: domestic tournaments, competitions, cups and leagues
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Ford Trophy
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Plunket Shield
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New Zealand Cricket: National Team and Domestic Teams (Clubs)
New Zealand National Cricket Team
New Zealand Cricket: regional organizations
New Zealand Cricket has six subsidiaries dedicated to the development of cricket at the regional level.
New Zealand Cricket (formely New Zealand Cricket Council) - cricket governing body
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) is the governing body of professional cricket in New Zealand, established in 1894. At the moment, the position of the executive director is occupied by David White. We tell in our article what the organization does and how cricket has developed in the country in general.
New Zealand Cricket: how cricket developed in New Zealand
Now cricket is the most popular sport in New Zealand. It is played both at the professional level, representing the country at international competitions, and the amateur level, playing in the backyard of your own house. Cricket itself appeared on the territory of New Zealand in the 1830s. The first cricket match in 1832 was organized by the English missionary Henry Williams.
At the end of the 19th century, women also began to play cricket. The first recorded match took place in 1886 in Nelson.
On December 27, 1894, 12 regional representatives of cricket in New Zealand united into one governing body – the New Zealand Cricket Council, now known as New Zealand Cricket. Heathcote Williams was elected president of the organization, and Charles Smith was appointed secretary.
Since the 1920s, cricket began to be played at a professional level in the country, but it was simply impossible to compete adequately with their arch-rival from England because the English had several centuries left to become the best in cricket. Therefore, more than 30 years passed before the New Zealand national team players began to show good results on the field.
In 1930, New Zealand became one of the five countries that took part in the test games. Among them were representatives of England, India, Australia and South Africa.
By the way, it is interesting that, as in the history of cricket in Ireland, New Zealand women have achieved greater success in cricket than men. They played their first test match in 1935 and won the World Cup in 2000. New Zealand men have not yet been able to do this.
On February 11, 1973, New Zealand made its debut in the One Day International, where it defeated the national team from Pakistan. In the same year, the Women’s Cricket World Cup began to be held.
New Zealand Cricket: how the organization works
The New Zealand Cricket organization has done a lot for the development of modern cricket in the country. For example, it opened a High Performance Cricket training center at the University of Lincoln. There is also a program for schoolchildren, “MILO Kiwi Cricket”.
Over time, a large number of private academies have appeared that offer an overseas training program for cricket competitions.
The responsibilities of New Zealand Cricket include:
- Managing the New Zealand national cricket team.
- Popularization and promotion of cricket in New Zealand.
- Organization of national (Plunket Shield, Ford Trophy, Twenty20 Super Smash) and international tournaments (test tournaments, One Day International). By the way, ODI is the most popular competition in New Zealand, which is followed, we can say, by almost the country’s entire population.
- Opening of new cricket training centers and academies.
- Organization of major festivals.
- Implementation of a program to identify young talents.
- Observation of the selection committee.
- Organization of training camps for schoolchildren.
Domestic competitions that New Zealand Cricket supervises:
- Auckland Aces.
- Canterbury Kings for Twenty20.
- Central Stags.
- Knights for Twenty20.
- Otago Volts.
- Wellington Firebirds.
- Funding.
According to the latest official data, more than 170 thousand cricketers are registered in New Zealand. It is also the responsibility of New Zealand Cricket to increase this number to keep up with Australia and England.
The organization receives its main income from the sale of rights to broadcast cricket championships.
According to the latest official data, more than 170 thousand cricketers are registered in New Zealand. It is also the responsibility of New Zealand Cricket to increase this number to keep up with Australia and England.
The organization receives its main income from the sale of rights to broadcast cricket championships.
