New Zealand Cricket's National Umpiring Manager (NUM) administers umpires and umpiring above Level 4 and is thus responsible for selecting the national panels and their individual match appointments during the season. There are three NZC Umpire Panels: the Elite Panel (which does not include any New Zealand umpires on the ICC Elite Panel), the A Panel, and the Emerging Panel. Currently, two New Zealand umpires, Brent (Billy) Bowden and Tony Hill, are on the ICC Elite Panel. Billy has been on this panel since 2002, while Tony was appointed in 2009. These two umpires are at the pinnacle of world umpiring and it is a tremendous credit to them to have made this global panel of just 12 umpires. This achievement means they are eligible for all Test, One Day, and Twenty20 cricket throughout the world. To view this season's panel members, please click on the 'Umpire Panels' link on the 'In This Section' list.

New Zealand Cricket's Cricket Technology Manager (CTM) oversees scorers and scoring for national tournaments, Hawke Cup challenges, domestic competitions, and international cricket in conjunction with the six Scorer Training Officers. Although there is no formal scorer panels, the six Regional Scoring Managers are effectively the best and most experienced scorers in each Major Association. Some of these scorers have incredible experience in scoring, as well as other areas of cricket administration, with Wellington's Ian Smith being an exemplar - Ian scored his 200th First Class game, including 42 Test matches, in November 2010. Ian, Malcolm Jones of Otago (another STO), and Cheryl Styles of Wellington were awarded ICC Centenary Volunteer medals in 2008 for their services to cricket scoring - a tremendous accolade for all of them. To view the six current RSMs, please click on the 'Regional Scoring Managers' link on the 'In This Section' list.

For playing conditions, training material, and other documentation associated with umpiring and scoring please proceed to the Resources section.