"There are more kids playing at lunch times and over their breaks and I think there will be more kids registering for formal cricket at the beginning of next season," Raj said.
Nationally, there were 9937 secondary school students who participated in outdoor cricket last year - a five per cent drop from 10,439 in 2013 and a 16 per cent drop since 2011.
In response, New Zealand Cricket is developing a new version of the game to rejuvenate the sport at community level.
General manager of amateur cricket, Edward Shuttleworth, said interest had already surged since the start of the world cup.
"We have particularly seen a big uptake in primary schools but the challenge is making sure there is a transition available for the kids so when they move through to secondary school and college so they can keep up the sport."
This interest, coupled with the yet-to-be-named initiative, may save cricket in secondary schools, Shuttleworth said.
"We are launching a new programme for males and females, right through junior and secondary school, for the 2015/16 cricket season, that has traditional elements to it but is modified to meet the gaps and fix the issues that have been raised," he said.
"The modified format will be more active, fun, shorter, available mid-week and it will involve all."
It is hoped the new format, which will be introduced later this year, will address issues identified by teens as the reasons they weren't interested in the sport, Shuttleworth said.
"These issues were time it took to play a game of cricket, the level of fun and energy in the game, and a person's involvement during a day of cricket, cost, and that cricket wasn't a suitable format that met people's needs.
The data also showed secondary school cricket participation was dominated by males with 138 involved and only 89 female involved in the sport in 2014 - another issue the programme would address, Shuttleworth said.
Raj said secondary school was a traditionally tough area to keep kids involved in cricket.
"At intermediate, the kids are very reliant on parents to take them everywhere and they don't actually have many other options for things to do.
"When they get to secondary schools, however, and they suddenly discover there are a lot more things they could be doing in those five or six hours that they play cricket," he said.
"Teachers are also more reluctant to coach and help out because it is suddenly a six or seven hour game once kids get to high school so you find teachers aren't keen to take those teams."
