Former New Zealand Women head coach Bob Carter will be stepping away from his role as the high-performance coach, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced on Friday. That will bring down curtains on a 21-year career in which he oversaw progress of New Zealand 's men's and women's teams.

"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.

"But I think what's worked best at NZC has been the combinations, the teamwork, and the cooperation."

Born in Norfolk in east England, Carter played 60 first-class and 55 List-A matches for Northamptonshire and Canterbury before getting into coaching. He joined New Zealand men's

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