New Zealand Blind Cricket Association INC.

We are Flying to the USA... Indian Men's Cricket Team for the Blind visiting the USA to promote cricket for the blind & to form the first American cricket team for the blind.

Let's come together to support and cheer on this remarkable team as they pave the way for greater inclusivity and accessibility in the world of sports.

Syed Sultan Shah President World Blind Cricket Ltd, reveals 2024 T20 Blind World Cup possible venues in Pakistan!

Syed Sultan Shah reveals 2024 T20 Blind Cricket World Cup possible venues in Pakistan! Video from Maher Yousaf Haroon

Another fantastic opportunity to collaborate and promote along side NZC Community Cricket at the annual Halberg Foundation Games 2024 held last weekend in Auckland!

While we haven’t used PlayHQ yet, we are looking to transfer to it for the next season.

We are interested in hearing from anyone who has used it - if you have feedback directly relating to accessibility and usability with screen readers, please let us know

NZC are keen to hear about your experiences using PlayHQ this season! This short survey will allow us to improve your user experience in seasons to come. 📲💻

SURVEY ▶️ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FX73RC7

Blind Cricket and Burgers at the Basin - an annual event colab with Blind Low Vision NZ, Basin Reserve Cricket Ground, Wellington and NZ Blind Cricket.

It’s an awesome day and an even better turn out!

Some awesome co-lab work going on across the ditch to produce this useful and relevant resource!!!

It’s the last match of the 6 T20’s between 🇿🇦 v 🇳🇿 and the are well rested after the relaxing day yesterday!

Jody Cruickshank is out again due to health reason.

This is NZ’s last opportunity to walk away with a win under their hate in the series while SA lead 5-0.

🇳🇿 have won the toss and elected to bat

Follow the live stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl0vJc0mr2o

Match 4 Summary
🇳🇿149/3-20 v 150/3-16.4🇿🇦

Words are limited for the awesome effort the team put in yesterday!

🇳🇿 won the toss and elected to bat first opening with James Dunn and Donovan Van Noordwyk. This opening partnership put on a score of 71 by the 8.4 over where we unfortunately lost JD’s wicket. Next in was Gary Williamson who unfortunately wasn’t there long and was bowled in the next over.

The next partnership formed between Donovan and Mark Flowerday where they were able to see the score to 147 in the 19.4 over. Ming Ming was sent out for the last 2 balls of the innings in the hope of pushing Donovan to his 50 runs.

In the field, Marquele McCaskill takes the prize with 2 run outs while Deacan Dunn took a wicket with his bowling giving him bowling stats of 3 overs, 33 runs, 1 wicket and an economy rate of 11. Most economical bowlers were Mark with 2.4 overs, 17 runs economy of 6.38 and Donovan with 3 overs for 22 runs, economy rate of 7.33. Extras are still there and seem to sit around the 30 mark but, the team improve daily!

That takes the series to a 4-0 score to SA with 2 matches to go.

The next match will be played in Pretoria 10am Sunday (9pm Sunday NZ time)

Too run scorers:
Donovan 49 off 59 (SR 83.05) 1 4
James 35 off 35 (SR 100) 2 4’s
Mark 27 off 28 (SR 96.43) 2 4’s

🇿🇦217/4 v 112/8🇳🇿
Game 3 was an awesome performance by the BLINDCAPS in the field.

With 2 run outs and 2 bowled. It was extras and slow over rate that let the team down but they still played some great cricket.

With the bat, there was a bit of a shuffle in the order. Top run scorer was Mark with 31 off 24.

At the half way point SA are up 3-0 in the series.

Watch the stream of yesterdays match https://www.youtube.com/live/BJyq22KMh28?si=YXEOXEsHB4qfE9BU

At the end of the first innings are chasing 197 to win! Opening with James Dunn and Mark Flowerday with Dennis Wells 1st drop. Jack Schwenke came on as sub after Jody Cruickshank went off with blood bin. He will require some medical attention later today but for now, he’s patched up and out of the sun.

BLINDCAPS ready for World Cup challenge New Zealand’s BLINDCAPS are working hard behind the scenes in preparation for two international events this calendar year.

ANNOUNCING THE 2024 NZ BLINDCAPS

The NZBCA are proud to share the 2024 NZ BLINDCAPS team to tour South Africa for a tri-series which includes Bangladesh.

The team will depart New Zealand for Johannesburg on 16 February, returning 6 March. While away they’ll play 2 warm up matches against domestic teams before 6 T20’s and a potential final.

The team are desperately looking for funding and support, you can help them along through crowd funding at https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-nz-blindcaps-players-visualise-their-sporting. Alternative, reach out through Facebook or email ([email protected]).

This tour is one of 2 outbound tours for the 2024 calendar year, the 2nd being the T20 World Cup to be held the last quarter of the year.

Congratulations once again to the team;
CRUICKSHANK, Jody (B2, Invercargill)
DUNN, Deacan (B3 - Ashburton)
DUNN, James (B2 - Manukau)
EDGAR, Ming Ming (B1 - Dargaville)
FLOWERDAY, Mark (B3 - Christchurch)
McCASKILL, Donna (B2, Ashburton)
McCASKILL, Marquele (B3, Manukau)
van NOORDWYK, Donovan (B3, Hamilton)
PEARSE, Tamati (B1, Auckland)
SCHWENKE, Jack (B2, Auckland)
WELLS, Dennis (B1, Blenheim)
WILLIAMSON, Gary (B1, Auckland)

Want to learn more about or meet some of our ..we’ll be out getting practice in today from 10am-3pm at Papatoetoe Cricket Ground (Kolmar Centre, Great South Rd). Pop along any time. If you’d like, drop the team a donation to help with their 2024 International Events Calendar!

The final team will be announced this evening so show your support.

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-nz-blindcaps-players-visualise-their-sporting

If you’d like to make a larger donation and are interested in a sponsorship opportunity, reach out!

Help NZ BLINDCAPS Players Visualise Their Sporting Future Help the 2024 NZ BLINDCAPS get to 2 international events this year.

On International Day of People with Disability, we're thrilled to announce the dates for one of the highlights of the Aussie cricket calendar! 🙌

BLINDCAPS ON PATH TO TRI-SERIES 2024
The NZBCA is excited to confirm the intention of attendance in participating at the Blind Cricket South Africa hosted tri-series in February 2024!

The series, which comes about after the postponement of NZ Blindcaps original series vs BCSA to have been hosted in October 2023, will now include Bangladesh as the 3rd international side. The series will be made up of warm up matches against domestic sides for both the BLINDCAPS and hosts, South Africa prior to Bangladesh’s arrival and the international series fixtures.

A total of 10 T20 internationals will be played in Johannesburg and Pretoria with 6 pool matches each side and 1 final to end the tri-series. The tour is set to happen 18 February 2024-4 March 2024.

While spots are still available in the overall team selection, co-captaincy has been placed in the hands of current international BLINDCAPS players and co-captains of the previous tour of Australia in 2022, Deacan Dunn and Mark Flowerday.

If you are interested in knowing more, wanting to support through sponsorship or fundraising initiatives or to put your name forward for a spot in the team (or learn more about Blind Cricket) please contact Donna McCaskill through email [email protected]

Final team announcement will be made mid to late December.

Massive thanks out to Chris Moffitt - Lower South Island Regional Sports Co-ordinator with Special Olympics New Zealand - for this Diversity and Inclusion presentation session he done at the Suzie Bates Leaders Course recently.

The video shows Chris taking some drills with the girls (who are blind folded). Blind Cricket was just a part of his session.

SUZIE BATES LEADERS COURSE 2023 Hear from our Otago Cricket Female Lead Sophie Gray on our annual Suzie Bates Leaders course!

It’s great to be training again out at NZC High Performance Centre after a few years off!

Shaking out the cobwebs as we prepare for a busy 2024 International calendar which includes;
🇿🇦 - South Africa
🇧🇩 - Bangladesh
🇵🇰 - Pakistan hosting the

Not to late to get your names in the hat

South Island players getting in sone net time on a windy Saturday avo!

We’re down at Sydenham Cricket Club getting sone training in on this cold and wet Sunday! Thanks to the club for access to a fab facility.

A huge thanks to Auckland University Cricket Club for their amazing support and use of their indoor facility for our upcoming training camps 👍🏻🏏!