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The Stags’ bad run of form in the Plunket Shield and Ford Trophy is behind them.

Mark Evans/Getty Images Kyle Jamieson was first called up to the Black Caps as they faced Australia across the Tasman last summer. He played for New Zealand A for the first time at the end of 2018, on a tour of the United Arab Emirates, so he was definitely in the system. But after seeking a change of environment and moving back home in the middle of 2019, where he came under the tutelage of new Aces coach Heinrich Malan, Jamieson was finding it hard to reap any rewards – at least in the form of wickets, the currency on which bowlers' fortunes rise and fall.

Desmond Joseph Ferrow passed away in early December 2020, aged 87 years of age, after a life well lived. While Des Ferrow was a very well known Western Bay of Plenty community figure and benefactor, what was not so well known in the wider community was his outstanding success on the cricket field. Born in Australia, Des arrived in Tauranga via Auckland, with a meeting with well known cricket identity Noel Copestake seeing him join the Albion Cricket From club cricket the promising opening bowler progressed to the Tauranga Attrill Cup side and then selection for Bay of Plenty and then Northe...

New Zealand A allrounder Rachin Ravindra | Photo: Photosport via RNZ New Zealand A's Rachin Ravindra posts his maiden century and bags six wickets to beat West Indies A Tuesday, December 15, 2020 Rizwan Mohammad New Zealand A has wrapped up the West Indies A tour with another impressive victory - after 21-year-old Rachin Ravindra claimed a first-class career-best and maiden bag of 6-89 to go with his first-class century two days earlier in the same match at Saxton Oval. Touted for the past two years as a star on the rise, off-spinning allrounder Ravindra achieved the rare firs...

Ross Taylor scored 38 and 9 against West Indies in the Black Caps’ 2-0 test series win. Dropping Ross Taylor from the Black Caps’ Twenty20 side was one of Gary Stead’s toughest decisions, but the coach is unconcerned by the senior man’s recent test form. The first cricketer to play 100 matches in all three international formats, Taylor farewelled his team-mates on Tuesday after the celebrations for their 2-0 series sweep over West Indies which extended New Zealand’s home unbeaten streak to a record 15 tests. The 36-year-old’s name was missing from the 18-strong group picked for ...