A huge congratulations must go to all players, coaches, management, physio's, supporters and parents involved in the 2009 Indoor Cricket World Cup in Brisbane, Australia!!! It was a very successful campaign that displayed brilliant cricket skills and showed huge commitment and dedication to the sport from all involved.

Before this World Cup commenced our teams wer ranked in the following order; Mens - 3rd, Womens - 3rd, 19 Boys - 4th and 19 Girls - 4th. At the completion of the 2009 World Cup the following rankings are as follows; Mens - 2nd, Womens - 3rd, 19 Boys - 2nd and 19 Girls - 2nd.

On behalf of the Board of New Zealand Indoor Cricket although we did not win a World Cup we played in 3 of the 5 Grand Finals. The effort from all involved is something to be very proud of. We have made giant steps towards becoming a competitive country on the world scene.

Our New Zealand Men'a team had a hard fought final against Australia, after defeating them in the semi-final and getting direct entry into the final, where thery were defeated 44 to 55 in a low scoring affair. The New Zealand team put in a huge bowling effort and kept the Australian side to 10 runs after 10 overs, but the Australian's fought back. New Zealand Captain Tim Papps prasied his sides character and gave full credit to the Australian's but said they would bounce back for the next World Cup.

The New Zealand's Womens team were beaten in the Prelim Final by Australia who went onto win the title after being defeated by South Africa in their semi-final.

New Zealand's 19 & Under Boys were up against Australia in the final but were defeated by a strong side 35 to 125. The commitment from this team to make the final was truly a great effort and our future looks bright for the future.

Our 19 & Under Girls team were defeated by Australia in the final 71 t0 115, who they had previously beaten in round play. My thanks and praise to all members of this team who have only been together for 18 months can not be underestimated.

The 2011 World Cup has been allocated to South Africa!! In 104 weeks!!!

Thank you to the National Office and the baord for fully backing our players in their quest.

Once again thank you to everyone for being part of this journey, we are alot closer than everyone realises.

Yours in cricket,

Mark Cini

Executive Chairman of New Zealand Indoor Cricket

To see the full results and ladders (leaderboards) from the World Cup go to www.cricket.com.au  (You will need to click on the Indoor Cricket World Cup Icon on Cricket Australia's Home Page to be taken to the results)

NZ Mens Team

Coach - Rob Boiston

Manager - Dave Nagel

Team -

Tim Papps (Captain) - Southern

Brendon Donkers (Vice-Captain) - Southern

Leigh Kelly - Central

Scott Davies - Northern

Bryce Fellows - Northern

Sunnie Chan - Central

David Bell - Central

Jon Routhan - Northern

Nigel Collins - Northern

Paul Hermon - Northern

Nick Ward - Central

Stacey Hyndman - Northern

NZ Womens Team

Coach - Brad Zeller

Manager - Wendy Fitzgerald

Team -

Kimberley Minogue (Captain) - Southern

Natasha Williams - Northern

Jess Ramage - Northern

Jess Little - Southern

Krista Neilson - Southern

Natalie Glubb - Southern

Michelle Lynch - Northern

Tori Burbery - Southern

Amy Rendel - Southern

Sarah White - Northern

Lea Tahuhu - Southern

Holly Huddleston - Northern

NZ 19 & Under Boys

Coach - Warwick Simmons

Manager - Dave Johnson

Team -

Micah Campbell (Captain) - Southern

Matt Latham (Vice-Captain) - Southern

Peter Bocock (Vice-Captain) - Northern

Ben Wheeler - Southern

Craig Elliott - Northern

Jeff Case - Southern

Josh Hale - Northern

Michael Meyer - Central

Mitchell Croft - Southern

Josh Joseph - Central

Richard Bell - Southern

Victor Davies - Northern

NZ 19 & Under Girls

Coach - Lee Ball

Manager - Carolyn Tooby

Team -

Lucille Matthews (Captain) - Northern

Madeleine Green (Vice-Captain) - Northern

Sophie Davies - Central

Jessie Latimer - Northern

Rosie Cox - Northern

Malory Bartosh-Short - Central

Georgia Guy - Northern

Shannen Elliott - Northern

Lauren Heaps - Northern

Lisa Moore - Southern

Madeleine Cooke - Northern

NZ Indoor Cricket High Performance Coaching Director - Steve Hart