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Five Funky Things About The State Of New Zealand Test Cricket — The Niche Cache New Zealand did what needed to be done in Zimbabwe for a tour that was the perfect mix of ruthless performances for the best players and a splendid development opportunity for younger players, as well...

Matt Henry and Mitchell Santner keep getting better, the batting unit is hard to break into and Zak Foulkes snapped up his opportunity in the seam department. Tap in with the state of Blackcap Test cricket

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Funky Movers From The First Round Of 2025/26 Domestic Cricket Contracts — The Niche Cache The first round of domestic cricket contracts have been announced with a few movers and groovers to digest, most of which revolves around Otago.

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New Zealand's 10 Best Young Cricketers After The Summer Of 2023/24 — The Niche Cache The summer of domestic cricket is over in Aotearoa and before swinging into Kiwi County Tour mode where we follow kiwis in County Championship, here are the 10 best young players from New Zealand.

Blackcaps pipeline mapped out

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NZ-A in Bangladesh: theniche-cache.com/gentlemanly/...

Zak Foulkes: 9w @ 8.3avg/3rpo
Rachin Ravindra: 7w @ 36.8avg/3rpo
Kyle Jamieson: 6w @ 15.5avg/2.9rpo
Ben Sears: 5w @ 32.2avg/4.8rpo
Jacob Duffy: 2w @ 26avg/3rpo
Matt Fisher: 2w @ 19avg/3.2rpo

Bowling
Matt Henry: 64w @ 16.2avg/3.1rpo
Will O'Rourke: 39w @ 24.2avg/3.6rpo
Mitchell Santner: 31w @ 19.8avg/2.8rpo
Ajaz Patel: 23w @ 27.9avg/3.8rpo
Glenn Phillips: 23w @ 36.1avg/3.7rpo
Nathan Smith: 10w @ 35.9avg/5rpo

Will Young: 596 runs @ 42.5avg/50sr
Glenn Phillips: 495 runs @ 29.1avg/73sr
Tom Blundell: 468 runs @ 22.2avg/72sr
Mitchell Santner: 283 runs @ 28.3avg/63sr
Matt Henry: 192 runs @ 12avg/85sr
Henry Nicholls: 188 runs @ 188avg/62sr
Nathan Smith: 102 runs @ 25.5avg/51sr

Blackcaps Test stats since start of 2024

Batting
Rachin Ravindra: 1,151 runs @ 47.9avg/64sr
Kane Williamson: 1,013 runs @ 59.5avg/54sr
Daryl Mitchell: 687 runs @ 32.7avg/52sr
Tom Latham: 633 runs @ 26.3avg/51sr
Devon Conway: 631 runs @ 30avg/56sr

Matt Henry career update

Test: 27.4avg/3.1rpo
ODI: 24.8avg/5.1rpo
T20I: 20.3avg/8.3rpo

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Matt Henry pandemic glow up

Before 2020: 48.46avg/3.2rpo
Since start of 2020: 21.94avg/3rpo

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Chris Martin: 233w @ 33.81avg
Chris Cairns: 218w @ 29.4avg
Danny Morrison: 160w @ 34.6avg
Matt Henry: 136w @ 27.4avg
Lance Cairns: 130w @ 32.92avg

New Zealand Test bowlers with 130+ wickets

Sir Richard Hadlee: 431w @ 22.29avg
Tim Southee: 391w @ 30.26avg
Dan Vettori: 361w @ 34.15avg
Trent Boult: 317w @ 27.49avg
Neil Wagner: 260w @ 27.57avg

Lowest Test bowling averages for 50+ wickets since start of 2024

Josh Hazlewood: 14.96
Matt Henry: 16.21
Jasprit Bumrah: 16.74

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Exploring New Zealand Warriors Trends And Updates In The Development Pipeline — The Niche Cache New Zealand Warriors depth is being challenged at the NRL level and this has flowed down through the pipeline as players step up to cover promotions.

Updates from the NZ Warriors pipeline

-Sio Kali the winger
-Rodney Tuipulotu-Vea starting in NSW Cup but Jason Salalilo/Toby Crosby playing more
-Joseph Ratcliffe, Jack Thompson, Paea Sikuvea are U19s settling in U21s

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New Zealand Test Tour Of Zimbabwe Debrief — The Niche Cache New Zealand grabbed another Test win in Zimbabwe and after winning all five of their T20 tri-series games, they finish the tour of Zimbabwe with eight wins and no losses.

Big ups Zimbabwe for the last month of international cricket. New Zealand is always here for you unlike the cricket cartel who can't be bothered #ZIMvNZ

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New Zealand has played more Tests in Zimbabwe than South Africa (7), Australia (1) and England (2) combined.

New Zealand now has the most Test wins in Zimbabwe and aside from the hosts, they have played the most Test cricket in Zimbabwe...

NZ: 13 Tests - 10 wins
Zimbabwe: 72 Tests - 9 wins
Pakistan: 12 Tests - 9 wins
Sri Lanka: 12 Tests - 6 wins

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Updated...

Sir Richard Hadlee: 22.2
Bruce Taylor: 26.6
Matt Henry: 27.4
Trent Boult: 27.49
Neil Wagner: 27.5

YouTube video by The Niche Cache NZ Warriors vs Bulldogs | Bev Priestman & CJ Bott at Wellington Phoenix | Blackcaps in Zimbabwe

Gameday #UpTheWahs
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Exploring New Zealand Warriors Trends And Updates In The Development Pipeline — The Niche Cache New Zealand Warriors depth is being challenged at the NRL level and this has flowed down through the pipeline as players step up to cover promotions.

NZ Warriors depth has been tested at the NRL level and that flows through their NSW Cup/Jersey Flegg Cup teams with lots of updates to explore #UpTheWahs

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2025 New Zealand A Tour Of Bangladesh Debrief — The Niche Cache The New Zealand A cricket team stretched out their undefeated streak in Unofficial Tests with a win then a draw in Bangladesh, making it six games in a row without a loss and three wins in their last ...

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Matt Fisher First-Class bowling break down

2022/23 Plunket Shield: 10w @ 15.6avg
2022/23 NZ-A tour of India: 4w @ 26.5avg
2023/24 Plunket Shield: 21w @ 25.9avg
2024/25 Plunket Shield: 14w @ 17.7avg
Test in Zimbabwe: 1w @ 16avg

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Matt Henry has dismissed Zimbabwe's top 3 batters twice in 3 innings and Zimbabwe scored less than 50 runs in both innings.

Brian Bennett and Nick Welch have been dismissed twice by Henry so far.

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Matt Henry round up

Wickets on Zimbabwe tour: 3, 2, 2, 6, 5, 6

Before 2020: 48.4avg/3.2rpo
Since start of 2020: 22.2avg/3rpo

Home: 25.5avg/3rpo
Away: 31.1avg/3.3rpo

Bowling position
Tahi: 17.9avg/3.1rpo
Rua: 24avg/2.8rpo
Toru: 63.7avg/4rpo
Wha: 94.6avg/3.3rpo

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Lowest Test bowling averages for 50+ wickets since start of 2024

Josh Hazlewood: 14.9
Matt Henry: 16.4
Jasprit Bumrah: 16.7

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Lowest Test bowling averages for New Zealand with 100+ wickets

Sir Richard Hadlee: 22.2
Bruce Taylor: 26.6
Trent Boult: 27.4
Neil Wagner: 27.5
Matt Henry: 27.6

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Will Young round up

Before 2024: 26.4avg/43sr
Since start of 2024: 42.5avg/50sr

Recent scores
India: 33, 48*, 18, 23, 71, 51
England: 42, 60
Zimbabwe: 41, 0*, 74

Home: 28.2avg/42sr
Away: 36.6avg/50sr

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Zak Foulkes round up

T20I: 24.4avg/7.9rpo
FC: 27.1avg/3.2rpo
LA: 25.4avg/4.9rpo
T20: 21.4avg/7.7rpo

Plunket Shield
2022/23: 7w @ 16avg/4.2rpo
2023/24: 28w @ 23.9avg/2.9rpo
2024/25: 15w @ 31.8avg/3.3rpo

FC batting: 19.4avg/46sr, 3 x 50

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First-Class bowling averages for New Zealand's seamers under 30yrs

Will O'Rourke: 26.6
Ben Sears: 27.8
Nathan Smith: 26.2
Zak Foulkes: 27.1
Matt Fisher: 27.8
Muhammad Abbas: 31.3

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