New Zealand Cricket

New Zealand Cricket
SportCricket
JurisdictionNational
AbbreviationNZC
Founded27 December 1894 (129 years ago) (1894-12-27) at Christchurch, New Zealand
AffiliationInternational Cricket Council
Affiliation date1926; 98 years ago (1926)
Regional affiliationEast Asia-Pacific
Affiliation date1996; 28 years ago (1996)
HeadquartersAuckland, New Zealand
PresidentLesley Murdoch
ChairmanDiana Puketapu-Lyndon
CEOScott Weenink
Men's coachGary Stead
Women's coachBen Sawyer
Other key staffSelector
Sam Wells
SponsorANZ, Asahi, Canterbury, Dream11, Dulux, Ford, Gillette, G.J. Gardner Homes, KFC, LifeDirect, Pals, Powerade, Spark, Tegel[1]
Official website
www.nzc.nz
New Zealand

New Zealand Cricket, formerly the New Zealand Cricket Council, is the governing body for professional cricket in New Zealand. Cricket is the most popular and highest profile summer sport in New Zealand.

New Zealand Cricket operates the New Zealand cricket team, organising Test tours and One-Day Internationals with other nations. It also organises domestic cricket in New Zealand, including the Plunket Shield first-class competition, The Ford Trophy men's domestic one-day competition, the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield women's domestic one-day competition, as well as the Men's Super Smash and Women's Super Smash domestic Twenty20 competitions.

Scott Weenink is the Chief Executive Officer of New Zealand Cricket. Tim Southee is the current Blackcaps Test captain, succeeding Kane Williamson who still represents the team. Sophie Devine is the current White Ferns captain.

  1. ^ "New Zealand Cricket (NZC)". Retrieved 20 August 2023.