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The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. Nicknamed the Black Caps,they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch,becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956,more than 26 years,for its first Test victory,against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch. New Zealand are the inaugural champions of WTC which they won in 2021 and they have also won ICC CT in 2000. They have played in the CWC final twice and the T20 WC final once.
Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell,sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae,was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator. A stylish right-handed batsman and useful left-arm seam bowler,he became famous in the 1950s as the second black captain of the West Indies cricket team. Along with Sir Everton Weekes and Sir Clyde Walcott,he formed what was known as "The Three Ws" of the West Indian cricket. He is the only batsman to have been involved in two 500-run partnerships.
Makhaya Ntini OIS is a South African former professional cricketer,who played all forms of the game. He was the first black player to play for the South African national cricket team. Ntini was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy,the only ICC trophy the country has won to date.
Essex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Essex.
Learie Nicholas Constantine,Baron Constantine,was a Trinidadian cricketer,lawyer and politician who served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became the UK's first black peer. He played 18 Test matches for the West Indies before the Second World War and took the team's first wicket in Test cricket. An advocate against racial discrimination,in later life he was influential in the passing of the 1965 Race Relations Act in Britain. He was knighted in 1962 and made a life peer in 1969.
Mark Charles Jefford Nicholas is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer and broadcaster. He played for Hampshire from 1978 to 1995,captaining them from 1985 to his retirement. On the 1 October 2023,he Succeeded Stephen Fry as president of Marylebone Cricket Club.
Nelson Football Club,colloquially known as Nelson F.C. or simply Nelson,is an English football club based in Nelson,Lancashire. Originally established in 1882,the club played in the Lancashire League,North-East Lancashire Combination,Lancashire Combination and Central League before becoming founding members of the Football League's Third Division North in 1921. They were Division Three North champions during 1922 to 1923 and were promoted to the Second Division. However,they were relegated back to the Third Division North after a single season.
The Central Stags,formerly known as Central Districts,are a first-class cricket team based in central New Zealand. They are the men's representative side of the Central Districts Cricket Association. They compete in the Plunket Shield first-class competition,The Ford Trophy domestic one-day competition and the Men's Super Smash Twenty20 competition. They are one of six teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. They were the fifth of the current teams to compete in the Plunket Shield,which they entered for the first time in the 1950/51 season.
Ian Bruce Leggat is a New Zealand former cricketer who played in one Test match in 1954. His cousin,Gordon Leggat,also played Test cricket for New Zealand.
In 2001,the Australia national cricket team toured England and Ireland to play county matches and the 2001 Ashes series. The Ashes series was played from 5 July to 27 August.
This article describes the history of New Zealand cricket to 1890.
Nelson is a piece of cricket slang terminology and superstition.
The New Zealand national cricket team's tour of Sri Lanka in 1992–93 was the second Test cricket series played in Sri Lanka since the previous New Zealand tour of the country had been cut short following the Colombo central bus station bombing in 1987. The tour was almost called off before it had started following a suicide bomb attack which saw the assassination of Vice-Admiral Clancy Fernando and three other naval officers by Tamil separatists. The assassination took place only 50 metres from the team's hotel in Colombo and led to several players returning home.
The Hawke Cup is a non-first-class cricket competition for New Zealand's district associations. Apart from 1910–11,1912–13 and 2000–01 the competition has always been on a challenge basis. To win the Hawke Cup,the challengers must beat the holders,either outright or on the first innings in a drawn match,on the holders' home ground.
Memorial Park is a cricket ground in Motueka,Tasman,New Zealand.
Botanical Gardens is a cricket ground and public reserve in Nelson,Nelson Region,New Zealand.
Saxton Oval,also known as Saxton Field,is a cricket ground in Saxton,Stoke,Nelson Region,New Zealand. Saxton Oval was one of the venues for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. It hosted three matches during the tournament.
Victory Square is a sports ground and public meeting place in Nelson,Nelson Region,New Zealand. Located a short distance south-west of Nelson's central business district,it is in a public park of the same name bounded by Vanguard,Toi Toi,St Vincent and Northesk streets.
Christopher Mark Brown,commonly known as Chris Brown,is a former Cook Islands cricketer,who previously played representative cricket for Auckland at New Zealand domestic level. Born in Rarotonga,Brown played his early cricket for Auckland under-age teams,and went on to represent the New Zealand national under-19s in several matches as a right-arm fast bowler. Making his first-class debut during the 1993–94 season of the Shell Trophy,he took ten wickets in his debut match,and represented the New Zealand Cricket Academy twice later in the season.
