Bert Sutcliffe was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949,which included four fifties and a century in the Tests,earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year. He captained New Zealand in four Tests in the early 1950s,losing three of them and drawing the other. None of Sutcliffe's 42 Tests resulted in a New Zealand victory. In 1949 Sutcliffe was named the inaugural New Zealand Sportsman of the Year,and in 2000 was named as New Zealand champion sportsperson of the decade for the 1940s.
Henry Butler Cave was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in nine of his 19 Test matches. His Test career extended from 1949 to 1958,and he played first-class cricket from 1945 to 1959.
Kenneth Robert Rutherford is a former New Zealand cricketer who enjoyed a ten-year career with the national team,and was captain for a period in the 1990s. He is the 50th ODI cap for New Zealand.
John Gordon Leggat was a New Zealand cricketer who played nine Test matches for New Zealand in the 1950s as an opening batsman. He was later a leading cricket administrator. His cousin Ian Leggat also played Test cricket for New Zealand.
Gary Alex Bartlett is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played 10 Test matches for New Zealand in the 1960s as a fast bowler.
Ian Burns Cromb was a New Zealand cricketer who played in five Tests from 1931 to 1932,including all three Tests of the 1931 tour of England.
Donald Derek Beard was a New Zealand cricketer who played in four Test matches from 1952 to 1956. He was a schoolteacher and school principal.
Peter Neil Webb is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in two Test matches and five One Day Internationals from 1980 to 1984.
Brian Frederick Hastings was a New Zealand cricketer. A middle-order batsman,he played 31 Test matches between 1969 and 1976,scoring four centuries. He played first-class cricket for Wellington,Central Districts and Canterbury between 1958 and 1977.
The Australia national cricket team toured New Zealand from February to April 1928 and played six first-class matches including two against the New Zealand national cricket team. This was before New Zealand began playing Test cricket.
Richard Trevor Brittenden was from the 1950s to the 1980s New Zealand's most prominent cricket writer.
John Sydney Hiddleston was a cricketer who played for Otago,Wellington and New Zealand,from 1909–10 to 1928–29,in the years before New Zealand played Test cricket. He was born at Invercargill in Southland in 1890.
Rupert Vivian de Renzy Worker played first-class cricket in New Zealand between 1914 and 1929. He represented New Zealand in the years before New Zealand played Test cricket.
Ernest Oswald Blamires was a New Zealand first-class cricketer and clergyman.
Joseph Henry Bennett was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1898 to 1920,and played several times for New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
Arnold Butler Williams was a Welsh-born cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago and Wellington between the 1886–87 and 1909–10 seasons,and captained New Zealand in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.
Alfred Postles was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 31 first-class matches for Auckland between 1924 and 1943.
The New Zealand Under-23 cricket team played 12 matches of first-class cricket in New Zealand between the 1962–63 season and the 1980–81 season.
Alan Devlin is a New Zealand cricketer. He played in three first-class and two List A matches for Canterbury in 1983/84. He also played for North Canterbury.
The following lists events that happened during 2021 in New Zealand.
