Cricket in New Zealand

Cricket in New Zealand
Cricket in New Zealand
Country	New Zealand
Governing body	New Zealand Cricket
National team(s)	New Zealand
Nickname(s)	Black Caps
First played	1832
Registered players	148,215 (2013–14); 170,000+ (2015–16)
National competitions
	Men's Competition; 1.Plunket Shield; 2.The Ford Trophy; 3.Men's Super Smash; 4.Hawke Cup (Non First-class); Women's Competition; 1.Hallyburton Johnstone Shield; 2.Women's Super Smash
International competitions
	Men's Competition ; 1.Cricket World Cup; 2.ICC T20 World Cup; 3.ICC World Test Championship; 4.ICC Champions Trophy; 5.ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup; Women's Competition ; 1.ICC Women's World Cup; 2.ICC Women's T20 World Cup; 3.ICC Women's Under-19 Cricket World Cup

Cricket is the most popular summer sport in New Zealand, second only in total sporting popularity to rugby.^[3] New Zealand is one of the twelve countries that take part in Test match cricket.

^ NZC Annual Report 2013-14. NZC. p. 54.
^ NZC Annual Report 2015-16. NZC. p. 40.
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