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.
Cricket is the most popular summer sport in New Zealand,second only in total sporting popularity to rugby. New Zealand is one of the twelve countries that take part in Test match cricket.
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.
The 1912 New Zealand rugby league season was the fifth season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.
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. She is the youngest female cricketer to score a double century in One Day International cricket and,as of November 2024,holds the record for the highest individual score in a WODI. Kerr was named player of the tournament at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup after helping New Zealand win the trophy for the first time.
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.
Annabel Jane Sutherland is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as an all-rounder. At the domestic level,she plays for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League and the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League.
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 plays for Wellington Blaze and the New Zealand women's cricket team as a right-handed batter.
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 plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter for Auckland Hearts and the New Zealand women's cricket team.
