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Cricket in New Zealand |
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Governing body |
New Zealand Cricket |
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National team |
New Zealand |
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Nickname(s) |
Blackcaps |
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First played |
1832 |
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Registered players |
110,000 (approx) |
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Competitions |
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National |
Cricket is a popular sport in New Zealand, which is one of the ten countries that take part in Test match cricket. Cricket is the national and most popular summer sport. Second only in total sporting popularity to Rugby.
The national competition is not nearly as widely followed as the case with rugby, but international matches are watched with interest by a large proportion of the population. This parallels the global situation in cricket, whereby the international game is more widely followed than the domestic game in all major cricketing countries. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
