New Zealand Cricket

New Zealand Cricket

Sport	Cricket
Jurisdiction	National
Abbreviation	NZC
Founded	27 December 1894 (129 years ago) (1894-12-27) at Christchurch, New Zealand
Affiliation	International Cricket Council
Affiliation date	1926; 98 years ago (1926)
Regional affiliation	East Asia-Pacific
Affiliation date	1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Headquarters	Auckland, New Zealand
President	Lesley Murdoch
Chairman	Diana Puketapu-Lyndon
CEO	Scott Weenink
Men's coach	Gary Stead
Women's coach	Ben Sawyer
Other key staff	Selector Sam Wells
Sponsor	ANZ, Asahi, Canterbury, Dream11, Dulux, Ford, Gillette, G.J. Gardner Homes, KFC, LifeDirect, Pals, Powerade, Spark, Tegel[1]
Official website
www.nzc.nz

New Zealand Cricket, formerly the New Zealand Cricket Council, is the governing body for professional cricket in New Zealand. Cricket is the most popular and highest profile summer sport in New Zealand.

New Zealand Cricket operates the New Zealand cricket team, organising Test tours and One-Day Internationals with other nations. It also organises domestic cricket in New Zealand, including the Plunket Shield first-class competition, The Ford Trophy men's domestic one-day competition, the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield women's domestic one-day competition, as well as the Men's Super Smash and Women's Super Smash domestic Twenty20 competitions.

Scott Weenink is the Chief Executive Officer of New Zealand Cricket. Tom Latham is the current Blackcaps Test captain, succeeding Tim Southee who still represents the team. Sophie Devine is the current White Ferns captain.