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Anthony Cartwright

Anthony George Cartwright (born 8 August 1940 in Timaru) was a New Zealand cricketer who played six first-class matches for Otago in the Plunket Shield.

Anton Murray

Anton Ronald Andrew Murray (30 April 1922 in Grahamstown, Cape Province – 17 April 1995 in Cape Town, Cape Province) was a South African cricketer who played in 10 Tests in a little over a year from December 1952 to February 1954, appearing four times against Australia and then six times against New Zealand.

Civil Service cricket team

A Civil Service cricket team made just one appearance in first-class cricket, when they played the touring New Zealanders, who were on their first tour of England, at the Civil Service Sports Ground in Chiswick in 1927.

Controversies involving the Indian Premier League

Because the inaugural IPL season coincided with the County Championship season as well as New Zealand's tour of England, the ECB and county cricket clubs raised their concerns to the BCCI over players.

Craig Auckram

Craig Laurence Auckram (born 9 June 1967 in Levin) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 20 first-class matches for the Central Districts in the early 1990s.

Dick French

French’s last Test match was between Australia and New Zealand at Melbourne on 26 December to 30 December 1987, a drawn match with the last Australian batsmen (Craig McDermott and Mike Whitney).

Ed Joyce

He totalled 288 runs in nine matches at an average of 32.00, including his maiden half-century in the losing run-chase against New Zealand at Perth.

Ernie Toshack

In the final match of the tour, Toshack found himself opening the bowling for Australia with fellow debutant Ray Lindwall in a match against New Zealand at Wellington that was retrospectively recognised as a Test two years later.

Geoff Rabone

Geoffrey Osborne Rabone (born 6 November 1921 in Gore, Southland, New Zealand and died 19 January 2006 in Auckland) was a cricketer who captained New Zealand in five Test matches in 1953-54 and 1954-55.

Glenn Trimble

Trimble played in 57 Sheffield Shield and other first-class matches for Queensland between 1982–83 and 1989–90 and two One Day International World Series Cup matches in Perth and Adelaide against New Zealand in 1985–86 under Allan Border.

Guy Overton

Guy William Fitzroy Overton (8 June 1919 in Dunedin – 7 September 1993 in Winton, Southland) was a New Zealand cricketer who played three Tests in 1953-54.

Indian cricket team in Australia in 2011–12

Australia's recent record was not inspiring, meekly losing the Ashes series, not going to the semifinals of the Cricket World Cup for the first time since 1992, and drawing two prior Test series against South Africa away and against New Zealand at home.

Indian cricket team records

The highest ever partnership for India was the 413 run first-wicket partnership between Vinoo Mankad & Pankaj Roy v New Zealand at Chennai on 6 January 1956.

Johnny Arnold

Arnold played only one Test match: with Fred Bakewell, he formed an experimental opening partnership for England against New Zealand at Lord's in 1931, following the retirement from Test cricket of Jack Hobbs and injury to Herbert Sutcliffe.

Jordan Sheed

Jordan William Sheed (born 24 September 1982 in Timaru, Canterbury) is a New Zealand cricketer who played in the 2002 U-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, and then played for seven seasons for Otago Volts.

Lance Shaw

Lance Joseph Shaw (born 24 August 1983) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Auckland Aces in the State Championship and the Auckland Stars in the NBL, and has recently signed as the marquee player of the New Zealand Breakers in the HUMMER NBL Championship.

Martin Saggers

Saggers made his Test match debut in 2003/04, as a replacement for the injured Andrew Flintoff in Dhaka, and also played in two of the three Tests against New Zealand the following summer.

New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2013–14

The New Zealand cricket team are currently competing against Sri Lanka in a tour consisting of three ODIs and two Twenty20s.

Nick Horsley

Nicholas Keith Woodward Horsley (born 22 September 1980 in Hamilton) is a New Zealand cricketer who played in the 2000 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.

Noel Harford

Noel Sherwin Harford (born 30 August 1930 in Winton and died at Auckland on 30 March 1981) was a cricketer who played for Central Districts, Auckland and New Zealand.

Regis Chakabva

Following the readmission of Zimbabwe to Test cricket in 2011, he made his Test debut against New Zealand at Bulawayo in November that year, keeping wicket and scoring 37 and 5 batting at number seven.

Richard de Groen

Richard Paul de Groen (born 5 August 1962 in Otorohanga) played five Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.

Robin Bailhache

Bailhache is remembered in particular for the controversial no-balling of New Zealand medium pace bowler Lance Cairns for bowling a bouncer to Australian tailender Jim Higgs.

Tama Canning

Tamahau Karangatukituki Canning (born 7 April 1977 in Rose Park) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played four One Day Internationals but no Tests.


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