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NZ Cricket elects new board

Wellington - Former internationals Sir Richard Hadlee, Martin Snedden and Geoff Allott have been elected to the New Zealand Cricket board of directors that will guide the country's preparations to co-host the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Eight board members were elected at a meeting of New Zealand's major and district cricket associations in Auckland on Thursday.

Snedden is a former NZC chief executive who also headed the organisation that ran the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Allott is a former general manager of cricket for NZC, while Hadlee is a former board member.

The others elected include company directors Neil Craig and Liz Dawson and incumbents Stuart Heal, Don Mackinnon and Greg Barclay.

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