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  • Sky Television renews 5 year contract with New Zealand Cricket

    Sky Television renews 5 year contract with New Zealand Cricket

    MUMBAI: Sky Television has renewed their contract by signing a new five-year deal and hereby secured exclusive rights to all domestic and international cricket coverage for another five years. This will give Sky and New Zealand Cricket exclusive rights until the end of the 2008-9 season.

    All home test and one-day international will continue to be televised live on Sky, along with several rounds of the State Shield one-day series and the finals agency reports state.

    NZC chief executive Martin Snedden is reported to have said that he was delighted with the five-year deal, which demonstrated the strength of interest in cricket nationally.

    “The Black Caps are an exciting side and this coupled with the strength of State domestic cricket ensures that cricket is recognised as New Zealand’s summer game. Sky’s commitment to this partnership will ensure that the New Zealand public are provided with quality cricket coverage until 2009,” added Snedden.

    New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka, the first home series will rake place in December and will include five one-day internationals and two tests. The home series will be followed by a visit from Australia in February which will comprise five one-day internationals and three tests.

    The cricketing agenda in 2005-6 is scheduled for New Zealand to host Zimbabwe and the West Indies, in 2006-7 Bangladesh and India, in 2007-08 Sri Lanka and England, and in 2008-09 Pakistan and Australia.

  • New Zealand tour of Pakistan on albeit slight delay

    New Zealand tour of Pakistan on albeit slight delay

    WELLINGTON: Here is some good news for Pakistan cricket fans. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has set aside security threats regarding their upcoming tour of Pakistan.

    The Black Caps will go ahead. The only change in schedule so far is that the tour commences on 29 November and not from tomorrow as was originally scheduled.

    In India cricket enthusiasts can catch live action on Ten Sports. New Zealand is following in the footsteps of South Africa. Earlier the South Africans had decided not to tour Pakistan but then had a change of heart. They managed to come back in the one day series and beat the hosts 3-2.

    However New Zealand’s revised schedule will mean that the dates of Pakistan’s return tour of the kiwis will get affected. This will air on ESPN Star Sports. The tour was originally scheduled to start on 8 December.

    Reports also indicate that The Black Caps will get royal treatment security wise. The armed security that will be provided is normally reserved for heads of state. The decision to go ahead was decided after NZC chief executive Martin Snedden was satisfied that the recent email threat to their safety did not warrant cancellation.

    It may be recalled that New Zealand’s last tour to Pakistan in May last year was shortened after a bomb exploded outside its Karachi hotel. This resulted in the death of 14 people. NZC has still left options open for individual players to pull out if their personal fears are too much.

  • New Zealand Cricket’s new strategic plan

    New Zealand Cricket’s new strategic plan

    HAMILTON: New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has launched its strategic plan Pushing the Boundaries.
     

    NZC chief executive Martin Snedden said that the four year plan was the result of more than a years work. This included consultation with all New Zealand Crickets major stakeholders. Right now the Black Caps have bounced back strongly in the ongoing triangular series in India with a convincing win over the hosts. The series is airing on DD Sports.

    Snedden added, “The plan sets a clear direction for cricket in New Zealand over the next four years as New Zealand Cricket seeks to become a dominant force in international cricket and to strengthen cricket participation and the quality of cricket infrastructure at home. Pushing the Boundaries will become a focus for all sections of the organisation and will guide the way in which we administer cricket in New Zealand.

    Snedden also said that to date NZCs successes, both on and of the field, had often been achieved despite having fewer resources than other leading powers in the cricketing world. “We recognise that if we are to press forward to the higher levels of performance we desire in all areas of the sport and business we must be innovative and continue to push the boundaries so that obstacles and limitations can be overcome” he said.