8 April 2020
As a result of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the Board has made the decision to cancel the Junior and Senior Provincial Championships.
The Northern Indoor Cricket Region has also made the decision to cancel the North Island Championships, scheduled to take place at Queen’s Birthday weekend.
An update on the status of all tournaments is as below:
Tournament | Location | Scheduled Date | Status |
North Island Championships | Central Auckland | Queens Birthday Weekend 30th – 31st May | Cancelled |
South Island Championships | South Island | Queens Birthday Weekend 30th -31st May | TBA |
ICNZ Junior Provincials | Tauranga / Hamilton | 16 – 18 July 2020 | Cancelled |
ICNZ Senior Provincials | Auckland | 25 – 27th June 2020 | Cancelled |
Super League | Auckland / Wellington / Christchurch | May – September 2020 | Shortened season being considered. Please stay in touch with your region for updates |
ICNZ Masters Club National Championships | Nelson | 6 -8 August 2020 | Confirmed |
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ICNZ Club National Championships | Auckland | 18 -20 September 2020 | Confirmed |
Date changed from 11-13 Sept | |||
WICF Indoor Cricket World Cup | Melbourne, Australia | 10 – 17 October 2020 | Postponed until September/ October 2021 |
As the World Cup has now been postponed until September/ October 2021, the Senior Provincial Championships will be postponed until next year accordingly.
The WICF Junior World Series is being considered to be held next year at this stage. Please refer to the WICF Statement here (Click here to view).
At this stage, the Board has deferred a decision on our last two events for the year, the Masters and National Club Championships until there is greater clarity following the end of the lockdown period. To ensure we make an informed decision regarding these events, we have created a short survey for all potential participants – please refer to the survey link below:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SC8DCFV
It would be much appreciated if the above survey link could be dispersed to all potential participants that were expected to partake in either event this year. The survey will be open for the next two weeks with a decision to be made on whether these tournaments will take place later this year or deferred to next year. We expect to make this decision during May 2020 after the lockdown period comes to an end and when there is greater clarity on the overall situation.
It is a disappointing result for everyone in the Indoor Cricket community, however, we extend our thoughts to our centres who are doing it the toughest at the moment in these circumstances.
We hope you and your families all stay safe, and we are hopeful of seeing you all at one of our events later this year.
Regards
Board of Indoor Cricket New Zealand
Tony Watkins, Peter Douglas, Paul Anderson, Andrew Templer, Kim Scott, Vanessa Chatfield, James Kirk, Ahmad Khawaja
Enquiries: cricket@indoorcricketnz.org.nz
