Martin Snedden

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) is set to appoint Diana Puketapu-Lyndon as its first female chair, marking a significant step forward in gender diversity and inclusivity in cricket administration. Puketapu-Lyndon, currently serving as deputy chair, has a strong track record, including serving as the chair of the New Zealand Olympic Committee and serving as the chief financial officer on two America's Cup campaigns. The appointment was made possible by Martin Snedden's early departure.

After 40 years, New Zealand Cricket boss Martin Snedden is ready to laugh at the underarm bowling row at plunged Kiwi-Australian sporting relations to an all-time low.

World cricket is headed to the United States of America. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday awarded the hosting rights of the T20 World Cup in 2024 to West Indies and USA. Namibia will also get to play co-host with South Africa and Zimbabwe for the 2027 ODI World Cup. The move could firm up ICC’s bid to get cricket into the Olympics for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has joined the chorus calling for the withdrawal of the controversial proposal to revamp the ICC piloted by India, England and Australia, despite his country's Board's support to the plan.

Former player Martin Snedden was on Wednesday elected as the new chairman of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) after the post was left vacant by George Barclay following his move to the ICC chairmanship.

An emotional Ross Taylor got a winning farewell from his New Zealand teammates who thrashed the Netherlands by 115 runs in the final one-dayer to complete a 3-0 series sweep on Monday.

Afghanistan leg spinner Rashid Khan had a terrible day in the office as he recorded the worst bowling figures in a World Cup match, conceding 110 runs in nine overs without taking a single wicket against England in Manchester on Tuesday.

Captain Eoin Morgan smashed a world record 17 sixes in his 71-ball-148, firing England to a gigantic 397 for 6 against Afghanistan in a World Cup game on Tuesday.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Sanjay Patel said his focus would be on improving governance in world cricket in coming days.

Twenty-eight years to the day, Chetan Sharma took the first World Cup hat-trick against New Zealand at Nagpur.

New Zealand will tour Pakistan in April 2023 for 10 white-ball matches to make up for this year's abandoned limited overs series and also play two Tests and three ODIs next year, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday confirmed the 14 host countries of the ICC men's white-ball events from 2024-2031. The Champions Trophy is back and Pakistan will host the tournament in 2025.

The International Cricket Council on Sunday announced that Sri Lanka will host the 2024 U-19 men’s World Cup. The 2026 edition of the tournament will be in Zimbabwe & Namibia.

England captain Eoin Morgan smashed a world record 17 sixes in his blistering 71-ball-148 as the hosts crushed Afghanistan by 150 runs in a World Cup encounter at Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday.

New Zealand Cricket backed proposed changes in ICC's administrative structure, which would leave major decision-making in hands of India, Australia, England.

The ICC on Sunday said the Afghanistan government supports the world body's constitution and has "in principle" agreed to resuming women's cricket in the country.

MUMBAI: Here to attend the ICC Cricket Committee Management meeting, Martin Snedden spoke to TNN about the strengths of New Zealand's cricket and how they would like to get John Wright as coach.

The ICC paved the way for Associate Members to earn Test status by introducing the 'ICC Test Challenge' which will take place every four years between lowest ranked Test team and winner of ICC Inter-Continental Cup.

Cricket Australia has defended the structural overhaul of the ICC which will cede executive decision-making to India, Australia and England in the face of sharp criticism from some other Boards and Federation of International Cricketers' Associations.

The Indian cricket team's maiden tour to New Zealand was in the 1967/68 season and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi's side won three of the four Tests winning the series 3-1 for a historic foreign series win. A three-Test series in the next tour in 1975/76 ended in a 1-1 draw.

It's not very often that a team goes down by a 10-wicket margin in limited overs cricket. For Team India this has happened only six times in their ODI history. Interestingly three of the six 10 wicket defeats were inflicted by opposition teams in foreign conditions, while three were faced at home in their own backyard.