Published: Aug 08, 2025, 01:35 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 08, 2025, 01:35 PM (IST)
Former New Zealand Women’s head coach, Bob Carter, steps down from his role as the high-performance coach after 21 years. He announced this on Friday, he managed both the men’s and women’s New Zealand teams.
Bob Carter said that “I feel like I’ve lived the dream,” Carter said in an NZC release. “I’ve very much enjoyed offering support and contributing and, if that’s helped players or teams go on and achieve success, then that’s terrific – I’m delighted.“. He added “But I think what’s worked best at NZC has been the combinations, the teamwork, and the cooperation.”
Bob Carter was born in Norfolk in east England. He played 60 first-class and 55 List-A matches for Northamptonshire and Canterbury. After playing all the games as a player.
After that, he handled the responsibilities of the New Zealand men’s team as a coach. He joined it in 2004 as a assistant coach to John Bracewell. After a five year tenure, he was appointed as assistant coach to Mike Hesson from 2012 to 2014, before taking over from Haidee Tiffen as New Zealand Women’s head coach in 2019. He coached them in the 2020 T20 World Cup and 2022 ODI World Cup.
“We’ve been able to create sides that have been greater than their sum of parts, and that’s a key ingredient in team sport,” Carter, who will work in cricket as an independent contractor, said. “Sure, the individual performance is important, but it’s the collective that has the greater potential. That’s where the magic is.“
Carter said that New Zealand are doing well in International cricket. The achievements of both men’s and women’s are great team. The women’s team won the T20 World Cup for the first time last year. On the other hand, the men’s team beat India in a test series. It’s a great win because no one has beaten India at home in a test series since 2012.
“It’s true that the game has evolved a great deal over the past twenty years,” he said. “But the flipside is that the basics and fundamentals of batting and bowling have never really changed.” he said.
“Sure, the batters are playing shots we wouldn’t have dreamed of in the nineties, and the bowlers are producing options and change-ups with an incredible degree of difficulty. But within all that, the framework that allows the players to execute so successfully, is still the same as it was 50 years ago.”
“Our domestic cricket is very strong. I’m not sure that’s widely recognised. The reason the Black Caps have continued to produce great batters and bowlers is because we have a strong, underlying domestic system. The White Ferns have been in transition over the past couple of years, but the domestic competitions have brought new players through and invigorated the established ones.” he added, “The World Cup win last year was a great example of what that team is capable of.
“The World Cup win last year was a great example of what that team is capable of.” he added.
Chief high performance officer Daryl Gibson pays tribute to Bob Carter “Bob has been the voice of experience at Lincoln and has been involved in much of the success we’ve seen in the men’s and women’s games over the past decade or more. He’s part of a wider high-performance team that underpinned and supported one of New Zealand cricket’s golden periods – the legacy he leaves in terms of his contribution to NZC is enormous.“.
