Roger Twose appointed as NZC Director

Former New Zealand cricketer Roger Twose has been appointed director by New Zealand Cricket to fill the role left vacant by Greg Barclay. Barclay stepped down to take up his position at the ICC. He succeeded Shashank Manohar as ICC’s second independent chairman, was director of NZC since 2012.

Steve Tew, the CEO of NZ Rugby between 2008 and 2019, has been roped in by the NZC as a board observer.

Roger Twose, who was part of New Zealand’s Champions Trophy winning side in 2000 and represented the team in more than 100 matches across formats. He represented the BlackCaps in both 1996 & 1999 Cricket World Cup editions.

He was a past-chair of the NZCPA and has served on the board’s High Performance Advisory Group for the last 10 months.

After his retirement from cricket in 2001, Twose pursued a career in banking, working his way up to senior management level with the National Bank.

Twose also served as the director of Willis Bond & Company Limited. The former left handed batsman scored 628 Test runs in 16 matches and 2717 ODI runs in 87 ODIs.