Clare Joanne Connor is an English former cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled slow left arm spin. She is the current president of Marylebone Cricket Club. She made her England One Day International debut in 1995 and played her first Test match that winter. She achieved a hat-trick against India in 1999 and captained England from 2000 until her retirement from international cricket in 2006.
Ina Mabel Lamason was a New Zealand cricket and field hockey representative. She was also an international hockey umpire,cricket and hockey administrator,and sports journalist.
Maia Ann Mereana Lewis is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 9 Test matches,78 One Day Internationals and 1 Twenty20 International for New Zealand between 1992 and 2005. She captained in 1997 and between 2003 and 2005. She played domestic cricket for Southern Districts,Canterbury,North Harbour and Wellington. Lewis also represented New Zealand in Hockey,and Indoor Cricket,making her a triple international athlete.
John Richard Reid was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in 34 Test matches. He was the country's first cricketing captain to achieve victory,both at home against the West Indies in 1956,and the first away win,against South Africa in 1962.
Barry Whitley Sinclair was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 21 Test matches for New Zealand national team as a specialist batsman from 1962–63 to 1967–68,and captained the team from 1966 to 1968.
Ewen John Chatfield is a former New Zealand cricketer. A medium-pace bowler,though Chatfield played 43 Tests and 114 One Day Internationals for his country,he is also remembered for having been hit in the head by a ball while batting,causing him to collapse and need resuscitation.
John Francis Maclean Morrison is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 17 Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. From 1998 to 2013,he was a Wellington City Councillor;his political career ended when he stood for mayor only.
Bruce Alexander Grenfell Murray is a former Test cricketer for New Zealand who played 13 Tests as a right-handed opening batsman between 1968 and 1971. He was a school principal in the Wellington area from 1981 to 2002,and the author of several geography textbooks. Since his retirement from teaching he has been a cricket administrator in Wellington and a historian.
The New Zealand national cricket team toured South Africa from October 1953 to February 1954 and played a five match Test series against the South Africa national cricket team. South Africa won the Test series 4–0. The tour was the first by a representative New Zealand side to South Africa and the tourists embarked on their visit without having won a Test match since they had been granted full member status of the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1930.
This article describes the history of New Zealand cricket from the 1945–46 season until 1970.
Gillian Elizabeth McConway is a former cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Born in New Zealand but settled in England,she appeared in 14 Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals for England between 1984 and 1987. She also played 12 matches for International XI at the 1982 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Wellington and Otago in New Zealand,and for Surrey and East Anglia in England.
Alyssa Jean Healy is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian women's national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket,as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. She made her international debut in February 2010.
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 seven title wins,as well as being the current holders.
Sir Joseph Augustine Ongley was a New Zealand cricketer and lawyer. He was a judge of the New Zealand Supreme Court.
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.
Sophie Grace Molineux is an Australian cricketer from Bairnsdale,Victoria. A left-arm orthodox bowling all-rounder,Molineux has been a member of the national women's team since 2018. At domestic level,she currently plays for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and captains the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
The 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand,celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II,were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand,on the advice of the New Zealand government,to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 6 June 2005.
The 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand,celebrating the official birthday of Elizabeth II,were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand,on the advice of the New Zealand government,to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 13 June 1981.
The New Zealand women's national cricket team toured England between May and August 1966. They played against England in three Test matches,with all three matches being drawn.
Thomas Cedric Larkin was a New Zealand public servant and diplomat,serving as New Zealand ambassador to Japan between 1972 and 1976. He also played representative cricket for Taranaki in the 1930s.
