{"id":190672,"date":"2025-12-18T21:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/190672\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T21:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:51:08","slug":"new-zealand-cricket-chief-executive-scott-weenink-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/190672\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Cricket chief executive Scott Weenink resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"

That mediation, the Herald understands, took place yesterday, and was scheduled for a second day, before the confirmation of Weenink\u2019s resignation. <\/p>\n

Last month, RNZ reported Weenink was said to be \u201cfighting for his survival\u201d in his role, amid a political power struggle over the future shape of the domestic game and a bid by a private consortium to establish a new T20 franchise competition. <\/p>\n

The Herald understands that while the future of T20 cricket in New Zealand had been a flashpoint for Weenink\u2019s tenure with NZC, it is not the sole contributing factor to his departure.<\/p>\n

It is understood that tensions between Weenink and New Zealand\u2019s six Major Associations \u2013 Auckland, Northern Districts, Wellington, Central Districts, Canterbury and Otago \u2013 has been what a source described as \u201cat breaking point\u201d for some time.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Weenink and NZC led a strategic initiative known as \u201cproject alignment\u201d that would have seen a streamlining of the way the business of the game is run, which drew major pushback from the Major Associations.<\/p>\n

In March, NZC and the New Zealand Cricket Players Association were involved in a nasty dispute over players\u2019 image rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Recently, with NZC commissioning consultancy firm Deloitte to review the best path forward for T20 cricket in New Zealand. <\/p>\n

While the Major Associations are known to favour one option \u2013 known as the NZ20<\/a> \u2013 which would see private overseas investment come into the domestic game, Weenink was understood to want to see the review process play out in full.<\/p>\n

That difference in want for domestic T20 has been acknowledged by Weenink in his stepping down. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have advised the board that I will step down as CEO of New Zealand Cricket on January 30, 2026,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter careful consideration, it has become clear that I hold a different view from several Member Associations, and the CPA, on the future priorities for NZC, including the long-term direction of the game and the best role for T20 cricket in New Zealand. Given these differences, I believe it is in the best interests of the organisation that new leadership takes NZC forward from here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weenink, who was initially a corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions lawyer, came into the role with executive and governance experience in the funds management, financial services, private equity, telecoms\/technology, infrastructure and sports industries.<\/p>\n

He will return to the role of executive chair of Xceda Group, subject to regulatory approvals, in the new year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a privilege to lead NZC, and I am proud of what the organisation has achieved in the past two and a half years. We have delivered exceptional results on and off the field, including record financial performances and the signing of long-term broadcast agreements with Sky and Sony. Our people have driven a culture of strong engagement and commitment, and NZC is now in a strong financial position,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I am saddened to leave after such a successful period, I do not wish to create ongoing instability by continuing without the support of some key stakeholders. I depart with pride in the excellent progress made by NZC during my time as CEO, and confidence in the people in NZC who will carry the game forward.\u201d <\/p>\n

Weenink has not been present at any of the Black Caps\u2019 test matches this summer, against the West Indies in Christchurch, Wellington and Tauranga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That mediation, the Herald understands, took place yesterday, and was scheduled for a second day, before the confirmation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3937,16558,3938,71,117,111,139,69,18994,17363,205,8139,213,103295,80],"class_list":["post-190672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-chief","tag-cricket","tag-executive","tag-from","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-resigned","tag-resigns","tag-role","tag-scott","tag-sports","tag-weenink","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}