{"id":481422,"date":"2026-06-17T06:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/481422\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T06:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:06:10","slug":"black-caps-name-2026-27-central-contract-list-with-devon-conway-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/481422\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Caps name 2026-27 central contract list with Devon Conway return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tickner, notably, has claimed four or more wickets in five of his last eight innings for New Zealand, with his maiden international five-wicket-bag coming last month against Ireland<\/a> in the one-off test match at Stormont.<\/p>\n

Conway\u2019s 146 international caps and over 6000 runs across all formats is a welcome return to the central contract list, with the top-order batter making himself available for all international fixtures during the upcoming contracting period (August 1, 2026 \u2013 July 31, 2027).<\/p>\n

Black Caps coach Rob Walter said it was pleasing to see the return of both Tickner and Conway.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlair has worked extremely hard over the past few years and added new levels to his game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an excellent team man and has stepped into various roles for the side over the past few months and excelled in them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important we continue to nurture that depth in our bowling stocks, especially with a heavy diet of red-ball cricket over the next 12 months, so to have Blair contracted full-time will help maintain that depth.<\/p>\n

\u201cDevon has been a regular member of the side in all three formats for some time now, even while on a casual contract, so it\u2019s great to have a player of his calibre back on the central contract list, especially with the amount of exciting cricket coming up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickner and Conway\u2019s inclusion means Adithya Ashok and Muhammad Abbas come off the central contract list.<\/p>\n

The Canterbury duo of Zak Foulkes and Mitch Hay retain their contracts after being added to the list for the first time last year and featuring for the Black Caps across all three formats in the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

Foulkes has already chalked up 36 internationals and featured prominently in all formats during the first half of the home summer, playing a key role in the one-day series win against England with his seven wickets.<\/p>\n

Wicketkeeper-batter Hay has 23 caps to his name after making his test debut in Wellington against the West Indies in December, where he scored 61 from his solitary innings and took three catches behind the stumps. <\/p>\n

Michael Bracewell and Mark Chapman both requested not to be ranked in test cricket and remain on the central contract list as white-ball specialists.<\/p>\n

Discussions regarding casual playing contracts are underway, with an announcement expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Kane Williamson\u2019s recent retirement from international cricket means he will not feature as a casually contracted player.<\/p>\n

Black Caps Central Contract List 2026-27<\/p>\n

Tom Blundell \u2013 Wellington<\/p>\n

Michael Bracewell \u2013 Wellington<\/p>\n

Mark Chapman \u2013 Auckland<\/p>\n

Devon Conway \u2013 Wellington<\/p>\n

Jacob Duffy \u2013 Otago <\/p>\n

Zak Foulkes \u2013 Canterbury<\/p>\n

Mitch Hay \u2013 Canterbury<\/p>\n

Matt Henry \u2013 Canterbury<\/p>\n

Kyle Jamieson \u2013 Canterbury<\/p>\n

Tom Latham \u2013 Canterbury<\/p>\n

Daryl Mitchell \u2013 Canterbury<\/p>\n

Henry Nicholls \u2013 Canterbury<\/p>\n

Will O\u2019Rourke \u2013 Canterbury<\/p>\n

Glenn Phillips \u2013 Otago<\/p>\n

Rachin Ravindra \u2013 Wellington<\/p>\n

Mitchell Santner \u2013 Northern Districts<\/p>\n

Ben Sears \u2013 Wellington<\/p>\n

Nathan Smith \u2013 Wellington <\/p>\n

Blair Tickner \u2013 Central Districts<\/p>\n

Will Young \u2013 Central Districts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tickner, notably, has claimed four or more wickets in five of his last eight innings for New Zealand,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[125510,242007,44485,7022,80303,158822,42574,1853,1566,53735,82401,36446,10005,13617,111,139,69,15148,5353,1527,213,80304,242006,102],"class_list":["post-481422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-125510","tag-20player","tag-batter","tag-black","tag-blair","tag-bowler","tag-caps","tag-central","tag-contract","tag-conway","tag-devon","tag-headline","tag-list","tag-name","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pace","tag-period","tag-return","tag-sports","tag-tickner","tag-toporder","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481422","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=481422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}