Since the introduction of the One-Day International World Cup in 1975, the level of competition in cricket has risen significantly. Players and spectators alike fantasized about hoisting the game's most illustrious prize. As a result, they attempted everything they could to raise the level of competition. The New Zealanders emerged as the underdogs in the 2010s. Coaches have frequently underestimated them, yet they managed to reach the World Cup semi-finals in 2011. Later, in 2015 and 2019, they bagged the came in second place. Even though the players have given their all, certain people have managed to pull the team together.
1. Martin Crowe
Crowe became a television commentator and pundit after retiring and helping to design a local variation of cricket called "Cricket Max." He served on the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club board, of which Russell Crowe owns a stake. He was appointed as the CEO for the Royal Challengers Bangalore management team, a team in the Indian Premier League. Midway through the season, owner Vijay Mallya voiced his discontent with the squad and its league performance by replacing bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and mentor Charu Sharma, blaming them for the team's poor performance.
2. Daniel Vettori
Daniel Vettori is a former cricketer from New Zealand who played in all formats for the team. He is now the spin bowling coach for the Bangladesh national cricket team. He also serves as the head coach of the Dublin Chiefs. He is New Zealand's 200th Test cap. From 2014-2018, he was the head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore. In July 2019, Vettori was the head coach of the Dublin Chiefs. On July 27, 2019, the Bangladesh Cricket Board appointed Vettori as their spin bowling coach. Vettori was named head coach of CPL team Barbados Royals in August 2021.
3. Stephen Fleming
After being signed for $350,000, Fleming played for the Chennai Super Kings in the 2008 Indian Premier League. He appeared in ten matches and scored 196 runs at an average of 21.77, with a high of 45. He was the coach of Chennai Super Kings from 2009 after retiring as a player. He had a highly successful spell with the franchise, winning the IPL in 2010, the CLT20 in 2010, and the IPL in 2011. He coached the Chennai Super Kings for six years before being suspended from the IPL for two years by the Justice RM Lodha committee's ruling. In the 2016 IPL, he took over as coach of the Rising Pune Supergiants.
4. Luke Ronchi
Luke Ronchi is a cricket coach and player from New Zealand. In international cricket, he represented both the Australia and New Zealand national cricket teams. Ronchi is the only player in cricket history to have represented both Australia and New Zealand. After losing to Australia in the final, he was a member of the New Zealand World Cup team runners-up in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He represents Wellington in New Zealand domestic competitions and has appeared in Twenty20 matches for various teams.
5. James Franklin
He started batting as a left-handed lower-order batsman, but his batting has considerably improved during his career. He is the second New Zealander to take a hat-trick in Test cricket in October 2004 against Bangladesh. Franklin will join the Birmingham Phoenix and be located in Edgbaston, while Killeen will join the Northern Superchargers in Headingley. The hiring of Durham's Lead High-Performance Coach and Assistant Lead will allow them to work with some of the world's finest cricketers, allowing them to develop their talents and, in turn, assist Durham in the long run.
6. Glenn Turner
Turner's second appointment as head coach was for just one year. It is not at all a big question that New Zealand Cricket is in disarray. Among the new appointments, Turner was one of them who made barely a year ago by New Zealand's Cricket in a bid to clean up after a very dismal and miserable centennial season. Turner took a hard stance against the players, sacking Ken Rutherford as captain and as a member of the squad, among other things. Most New Zealanders warmly anticipated Turner's return to the post, owing to the improvement in New Zealand team's performance and attitude.
7. Bob Cunis
On Saturday, Bob Cunis, 67, died after playing 20 tests for New Zealand as a fast bowler and then coaching his country. Cunis was a stocky and big-hearted fast bowler who collected 51 wickets at an average of 37 in 51 tests from 1964 to 1972. He only had one five-wicket haul, but he was the workhorse of New Zealand's bowling attack. Cunis had 386 first-class wickets in his 17-year career and managed New Zealand's team from 1987 to 1990. Between 1964 and 1972, he played 20 Tests for New Zealand as a speed bowler, and he then coached the New Zealand national team from 1987 to 1990. Between 1998 and 2006, his son Stephen played cricket for Canterbury.
8. Andre Adams
Andre Adams, a former New Zealand seam bowler, has been named the NSW Blues bowling coach. Adams was a fixture in New Zealand's one-day team and played over two decades of first-class cricket in New Zealand and England, taking around 700 first-class wickets. Adams has most recently served as the bowling coach for Auckland and as a consultant for the New Zealand Men's and Women's teams, the Black Caps and White Ferns. According to Cricket NSW General Manager of Cricket Performance David Moore, Adams brings a wealth of experience to a Blues group that includes several young fast bowlers.
9. Craig McMillan
Craig McMillan, a former Black Caps player, will tour Sri Lanka vs. Bangladesh's batting coach. He doubled New Zealand's participation in the Bangladesh tour, with former skipper Daniel Vettori also working as a spin bowling consultant for the BCB. McMillan, who coached the New Zealand side's batsmen from 2014 to the 2019 Cricket World Cup, has coached Canterbury, Middlesex, Indian Premier League teams Kings XI Punjab, and has been a part of some television commentaries after leaving the Black Caps.
10. Mark Greatbatch
Greatbatch, 46, was chosen from a long list of high-profile cricket players from throughout the world. He will continue to train alongside skipper Daniel Vettori, as he has done since Moles' departure. After a year at the helm, Moles handed up his resignation. During his tenure, the squad drew four Tests, lost three, and lost 10 out of 19 one-dayers. Between 1988 and 1996, left-handed batter Greatbatch appeared in 41 Tests and 84 One-Day Internationals. In 41 Tests, he scored 2,021 runs at a moderate average of 30.62. He scored 2,206 runs in 84 One-Day Internationals at a strike rate of 28.28 and became one of the first known pinch-hitters in limited-overs cricket.
