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Welcome to the official page of the Taranaki Cricket Association — the home of cricket in the Taranaki province.

Proud custodians of our region’s cricketing legacy and current holders of the prestigious NZC Hawke Cup and Central Districts Furlong Cup.

17/06/2026

✍️CONTRACT NEWS!✍️

Congrats to Will Young on receiving another
Black Caps contract for the upcoming season! Let’s hope he gets a crack in the English series abroad ✈️

09/06/2026

🔥🏏 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐈'𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓!🏏🔥

Applications are now open for the Tom Bruce Mid-Winter High Performance Programme. This is an exclusive opportunity for young batters and wicketkeepers to train alongside Black Cap, Stags captain, and Scottish international Tom Bruce.

Over four weeks, successful applicants will take part in twice-weekly high-performance sessions focused on developing batting and wicketkeeping skills in a small-group environment.

📅 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 22 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 – 17 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺
👥 𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 4 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 4 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴
💰 $399.99 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵

𝙀𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮:
✔ Under 19 years old
✔ Played Taranaki junior representative cricket within the past two seasons
✔ Batters and wicketkeepers only

⚠️ Registering your interest does not guarantee a place. Successful applicants will be contacted prior to the programme starting.

📝 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙫𝙞𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬.
⏰ Applications close Tuesday 16 June at 5:00pm.

Spots are extremely limited, so don't miss your chance to work with one of New Zealand cricket's most accomplished players.

https://forms.office.com/r/Y4pdg7gKsD

25/05/2026

🔥🏏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑🔥🏏

⚠️ Spots are filling quickly — numbers are capped at 16 players per group, so get in quick to avoid missing out.

Don’t pack the bat away just yet. Stay active, sharpen your skills, and enjoy some cricket through the off-season with our Winter Indoor Cricket Competition.

Open to:
• Year 5–8 Boys
• Year 9–12 Boys
• Year 7–12 Girls

📍 Taranaki Cricket Indoor Centre
📅 June 17/18 – July 8/9
💲 $39.99 per player

𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘:
https://www.taranakicricket.co.nz/programme/indoor-cricket-league/

15/05/2026

Good things happening at the Stratford Cricket Club 🏏
Please support them if you can.

10/05/2026

𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 🏏

Our Indoor Cricket Competition is the perfect way to stay active, sharpen your skills, and have some fun during the off-season.

Open to:
• Year 5–8 Boys
• Year 9–12 Boys
• Year 7–12 Girls

📍 Taranaki Cricket Indoor Centre
📅 June 17/18 – July 8/9
💲 $39.99 per player
⚠️ Limited spaces available — capped at 16 players per group

𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘:
https://www.taranakicricket.co.nz/programme/indoor-cricket-league/

05/05/2026

✈️🏏 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 🏏✈️

As the overseas season gets underway, we’re proud to see a strong group of Taranaki players and coaches heading abroad to test themselves, grow their game, and represent our region on the world stage 🌍

From the UK to Samoa, these opportunities are huge, not just for individual development, but for bringing experience back into our local game.

You can follow all their performances throughout the season on Play-Cricket by searching their club names.

All the best for the season team, we’ll be following along closely! 💪🔥

11/04/2026

What an evening we enjoyed at New Plymouth Raceway last night at our annual TCA Awards Night 🏆

A big congratulations to all our winners:

🏆 Stainton Trophy for Services to Cricket:
John McElroy
John has had a decades long involvement with cricket in our province since he first became involved with Stratford Cricket Club in the 1970s, where he was instrumental in the development of the club’s clubroom building, and the club’s jubilee celebrations.
Later, he became involved with the Taranaki Cricket Association when he moved to New Plymouth – eventually serving for eight years on the TCA Board, six of those as Board Chair. Since stepping down from the Board in 2024, John has remained involved as a volunteer, assisting with tasks at Pukekura Park and having a hands-on role in this year's extension of the Sulzberger Indoor Centre.
Congratulations on your well-deserved award John, and thanks for all the work you do for our association and for cricket in our province.

🏆 Fox Hall Memorial Trophy:
Liam Muggeridge
Liam was nominated for his outstanding performance for Stratford in the Expert Turf premier one-day final.
Captaining the side to its first premier title in a century Muggsy, as he’s affectionately known, lead from the front hitting 101 not out off just 64 balls, and backing it up with the ball taking 3/54 as Stratford won by 46 runs.
Congratulations to this loyal club man who stood up when it counted – a deserving recipient of the coveted Fox Hall Trophy.

🏆 Ross Landon Lane Umpire of the Year Trophy:
Chris Judson

🏆 Whitaker Civil Taranaki Men’s trophies:
Ian Snook Trophy - Player of the Year: Josh Borrell
Les Jones Batting Cup: Josh Borrell
Parkinson Memorial Bowling Trophy: Ben Frewin
Baroid Cup Emerging Player: Jacob Leuthard-Richards
McPherson Trophy Player’s Player: Jordan Gard

🏆 Bartercard Taranaki Women’s trophies:
Jan Davies Trophy – Player of the Year: Cara Hollard
Hurley Family Trophy – Best Batter: Kerry Tomlinson
Angela Buckland Trophy – Best Bowler: Cara Hollard
Copelin Trophy – Most Improved: Zoe Ellerton-Kelly
Player’s Player: Jessie Hollard

🏆 Junior representative trophies:
Year 9/10 girls (batter): Rheanna Mack
Year 9/10 girls (bowler): Emma Taylor
Year 9/10 girls (player of the year): Emma Wasley
Year 10 boys (batter): Ashton Smith
Year 10 boys (bowler): Keshara Jayasinghe
Year 10 boys (player of the year): Cole Hopkinson
Year 11-13 girls (batter): Niamh Moriarty
Year 11-13 girls (bowler): Maddie Mackenzie
Year 11-13 girls (player of the year): Niamh Moriarty
Year 11/12 boys (batter): Charlie Broadmore
Year 11/12 (bowler): Theo Soothill
Year 11/12 boys (player of the year): Cohen Riddick

🏆 Junior development Spirit of Cricket Award: Brayden Kennard

A big thanks to all who attended, to New Plymouth Raceway for hosting, Kdj Catering for the food, Will Johnston for his work as MC, and Andy Jackson for his photography.
A great night was enjoyed by all – congratulations again to all our winners.

02/04/2026

Congratulations to Revital Fertilisers who took home The Good Home Twilight Cricket championship in a high scoring and entertaining affair at Pukekura Park on Monday night 🏆
Perennial contenders for the title, Revital came up against a plucky Pikopiko 55 side that was challenging for the crown for the first time.
Opting to bat first, Revital racked up an impressive 171/2 off 14.
With plenty of runs on the board, Revital’s confidence would have been sky high as they took to the field, but Pikopiko made a very good fist of their chase, and despite ending 158/5, the game was alive into the final over.
Well done to Revital and thanks to all participants in the competition over the season.
A special thanks to the team at The Good Home for their support of the competition and the delicious pizzas and drinks at the Rooftop bar afterwards 🍻🍕

Looking forward to doing it all again next year 🔥

01/04/2026

The NPBHS 1st XI capped off a strong season at premier level with some silverware on the weekend 🏆
The side took home the honours in the Expert Turf Premier Red-Ball Plate Division over Stumble Inn Woodleigh with a convincing first innings win at home on Top Field.
The win was built on a strong batting performance, something that looked unlikely as they slumped to 3/10 after Woodleigh sent them into bat. But a middle order resurgence featured half centuries to Blake Cathcart (64), Jackson Sleep (64) and Fergus Armstrong (53) as well as good contributions at the end by Lorcan Honeyfield (24) and Keith Patterson (20 not out).
With bonus points not featuring and the side in pole position having qualified top, the side batted for an impressive 140 overs and well into the second day before Woodleigh had a chance at an unlikely chase, needing 310 to win. Woodleigh captain Shaun Sullivan had sent down almost 53 of those overs bowled, and was the top wicket taker, ending with 3/96.
Woodleigh opener Uys Conradie batted solidly to make 72, but his only real back up came from Sullivan who made 35, and with no other batters contributing meaningfully, Woodleigh’s innings ended on 145, giving NPBHS a 164-run win. Cathcart took 3/19 and Honeyfield 3/39 in a quality bowling performance.
It was an impressive display from the school side, and comes in a year when they also made the semifinals of the one-day competition.
Congratulations to NPBHS and all the players, coaches and support staff for a top season 👊

Full match details available at the Cricket Central app or here at Play HQ: https://www.playhq.com/new-zealand-cricket/org/taranaki-cricket-association/senior-club-summer-202526/expert-turf-premier-2-day-plate-division/game-centre/ef810778

Address

455 St Aubyn Street
New Plymouth

Telephone

06 7695388

Website

http://www.taranakicricket.co.nz/

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