Eden Park is a sports venue in Auckland,New Zealand. It is located three kilometres southwest of the Auckland CBD,on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount Eden and Kingsland. The main stadium has a nominal capacity of 50,000,and is sometimes referred to as New Zealand's national stadium. The stadium is used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer,and has also hosted rugby league and association football matches,as well as concerts and cultural events. It is owned and operated by the Eden Park Trust Board,whose headquarters are located in the stadium.
Wellington Regional Stadium is a major sporting venue in Wellington,New Zealand. The stadium's bowl site size is 48,000 m2 (520,000 sq ft).
Conrad Gerard Smith is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player,who played predominantly at centre. He captained the Hurricanes in Super Rugby,and played for New Zealand from 2004 until 2015. He was a key member of New Zealand's 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup winning teams. Following the 2015 World Cup he retired from international rugby and took up a contract with Pau in France,before retiring in 2018.
The Otago cricket team,nicknamed the Volts since the 1997–98 season,are a New Zealand first-class cricket team which first played representative cricket in 1864. The team represents the Otago,Southland and North Otago regions of New Zealand's South Island. Their main governing board is the Otago Cricket Association which is one of six major associations that make up New Zealand Cricket.
The Central Hinds are the women's representative cricket team of Central Districts Cricket Association,based in central New Zealand. They play their home games at Pukekura Park,New Plymouth,Fitzherbert Park,Palmerston North,Saxton Oval,Nelson and McLean Park,Napier. They compete in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition and the Women's Super Smash Twenty20 competition and were formerly known as Central Districts Women.
Donald Owen Neely was a New Zealand cricket historian,administrator and player. He served as president of New Zealand Cricket and wrote or co-wrote over 30 books on New Zealand cricket.
Amy Ella Satterthwaite is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder,batting left-handed and bowling either right-arm medium or off break. She appeared in 145 One Day Internationals and 111 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2007 and 2022. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury,Tasmania,Hobart Hurricanes,Melbourne Renegades,Lancashire Thunder,Lancashire and Manchester Originals.
Katey Jane Martin is a New Zealand cricket commentator and former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in one Test match,103 One Day Internationals and 95 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2003 and 2022. She played domestic cricket for Otago and Melbourne Stars.
The Wellington Blaze is the women's representative cricket team for the New Zealand city of Wellington. They play their home games at Basin Reserve. They compete in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition and the Women's Super Smash Twenty20 competition. They are the most successful side in the history of the Super Smash,with eight title wins.
Penelope Dale Kinsella is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 6 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1988 and 1995. She played domestic cricket for Central Districts and Wellington.
Daryl Joseph Mitchell is a New Zealand cricketer who plays all formats of the game for the New Zealand national team and represents Canterbury in domestic cricket. He is the son of New Zealand rugby union coach and former player John Mitchell.
Amelia Charlotte Kerr is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Wellington and New Zealand. On 13 June 2018,Kerr made the highest individual score in a WODI match,and became the youngest cricketer,male or female,to score a double century in One Day International cricket,when she scored 232 not out against Ireland. The double century was also the third-highest individual score,male or female,in an ODI,second-highest by a New Zealander and highest in a Women's ODI. Later in the same match,she also took 5 wickets for 17 runs,her first five-wicket haul in WODIs.
Amanda-Jade Wellington is an Australian cricketer. She bowls right-arm leg spin and plays for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). Making her WNCL debut in 2012 at the age of 15,she is the youngest person to ever represent the state of South Australia in senior cricket. Since 2016 she has represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket,Tests,ODIs and T20Is.
Grant Newton Cederwall is a New Zealand former cricketer and rugby union player.
Brooke Maree Halliday is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Auckland and New Zealand.
Dhys Faleafaga is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens player. She plays for Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and for Wellington provincially. She has played for the Black Ferns and the Black Ferns Sevens internationally.
Georgia Ellen Plimmer is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Wellington Blaze as a right-handed batter. In February 2022,she was named in New Zealand's squad for 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup as a replacement for injured Lauren Down. In May 2022,she was named in New Zealand Women's central contract list for the 2022–23 season.
Eden Jean Carson is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Otago and New Zealand. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler.
Isabella Charli Gaze is a Dutch-born New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Auckland Hearts and New Zealand. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter.
Pride Petterson-Robati is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays as a lock,and was last contracted to the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League (NRL).
