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O’Connor & Shipley headline NZC Match Official appointments

Tuesday 30 July 2024, 09:30 am

New Zealand Cricket's Match Official Panels have been announced ahead of the 2024-25 season.

Five new umpires announced in Aspiring Female Umpire Programme

Tuesday 23 July 2024, 02:20 pm

Five new umpires have been announced in a fourteen-strong cohort of Aspiring Female Umpire Programme for the 2024/25 season

Player Umpires supported through Community Umpire Programme

Wednesday 29 May 2024, 09:40 am

A new pilot led by Christchurch Metro & NZC has seen player umpires receive support in officiating their own matches.

Whanganui Collegiate cricket stalwart calls time

Thursday 18 April 2024, 09:30 am

The Whanganui Collegiate School scorebook will not be the same following this season’s retirement of long-standing scorer, Robert Wake.

Pulling up stumps

Sunday 07 April 2024, 10:00 am

As the pages turned towards the end of the 2023/24 cricket season, it was also the final chapter on the field for one of New Zealand Cricket's most respected umpires

Celebrating NZC's Longest Serving Scorer

Tuesday 12 March 2024, 08:00 am

Otago scorer Helen Simpson will be the first to receive one of New Zealand Cricket’s newly minted badges to mark her long service to the game.

Inspired to Umpire – Vibhuti Patel’s Umpiring Journey

Wednesday 21 February 2024, 02:30 pm

After moving to New Zealand, a chance encounter saw Vibhuti Patel try her hand at Umpiring.

Aspiring Female Umpire running for Parkinson’s

Thursday 16 November 2023, 12:00 pm

Aspiring Female Umpire, Moth Tupp, will run 21.9km a day through the month of November in her GiveaLittle fundraising effort for Parkinson’s Disease, a condition that has impacted Moth’s life in many

Aspiring Umpires enjoy first in-person residential

Tuesday 10 October 2023, 03:30 pm

The Aspiring Female Umpire Programme kicked off in Lincoln last weekend, offering ten aspiring Umpires from across New Zealand the opportunity to enjoy a weekend full of development.