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Days after Trent Boult expressed his desire to feature in the 2023 ODI World Cup, New Zealand Cricket’s outgoing chief executive officer David White has said he will be “surprised” if the left-arm quick does not represent New Zealand in the tournament later this year. Boult was released from his central contract last August at

New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White has announced his decision to step down from the role in August. White, who took over the position in February 2012, is just the fourth chief executive after Chris Doig, Martin Snedden and Justin Vaughan to lead NZC since the adoption of the Hood Report recommendations in 1995.

Trent Boult still has “a big desire” to represent New Zealand at the 50-over World Cup in India later this year, and remains hopeful that he will add to his 78 Test caps. Boult was released from his central contract last August at his own request in order to spend more time with his family

Tim Southee could come into consideration for New Zealand’s ODI World Cup captaincy as well as Tom Latham who has recently had the role in the absence of the injured Kane Williamson. Although Williamson has begun rehab following surgery on the ACL injury he sustained in the IPL he is still considered unlikely to make

Toss New Zealand chose to bat vs Pakistan New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat in the final ODI against Pakistan in Karachi. Looking to avoid a clean sweep, Tom Latham, who fielded first upon calling correctly the last two games, opted to set a target instead. New Zealand made four changes to

Ajaz Patel, the New Zealand left-arm spinner, has joined Durham as a replacement for Australia’s Matt Kuhnemann, who suffered a back injury while playing against Glamorgan in April and has had to pull out of his deal. Patel, 34, will link up with the Durham squad ahead of next week’s Championship fixture against Yorkshire and

Toss New Zealand won the toss and chose to field vs Pakistan New Zealand have won the toss and elected to field first in the third of five ODIs against Pakistan, being played in Karachi. New Zealand, who need to win this one to stay alive in the series after losing the first two games,

Pakistan won the toss and chose to field against New Zealand Pakistan have won the toss and decided to field first. In the first of five ODIs – and the only one to be played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Babar Azam‘s side have gone in with their usual combination of three fast bowlers and

Mark Chapman has been added to the New Zealand ODI squad for their upcoming five-match series against Pakistan that begins in Rawalpindi on Thursday. Chapman has been called up on the back of his impressive performances in the T20I series, where he finished as the highest run-scorer with 290 runs in five games. His runs

New Zealand won the toss and chose to field first against Pakistan New Zealand have won the toss and elected to field first in the fifth T20I against Pakistan. The visitors have the opportunity to level the series with a win at the Pindi Cricket Ground. “You never quite know what a good total is

Match abandoned New Zealand 164 for 5 (Chapman 71*, Bowes 54) vs Pakistan A hailstorm in April, of all things, resulted in the fourth T20I between Pakistan and New Zealand being abandoned towards the tailend of the first innings. Mark Chapman‘s unbeaten 42-ball 71 had spearheaded New Zealand’s innings after an early triple-strike from Imad

Brendon McCullum, England men’s Test head coach, will face no action from his employers at the ECB after questions were raised about his advertising arrangements with a bookmaker. New Zealand’s Problem Gambling Foundation had filed an official complaint to the country’s Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), with the DIA confirming that 22Bet’s adverts are misleading

Toss New Zealand opt to bat vs Pakistan New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat first in the third T20I against Pakistan in Lahore. The visitors must win to remain alive in the five-match series, with Pakistan having taken a 2-0 lead. Having lost the first two matches while chasing, Tom Latham opted

Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs New Zealand Pakistan have won the toss and will bat first for the second game running. After cruising past New Zealand in the first game defending a total, Babar Azam saw no need to change a winning formula; Pakistan are unchanged. New Zealand make two alterations to the unit

Toss Pakistan opt to bat vs New Zealand Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in the opening T20I against New Zealand at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Babar Azam was back as Pakistan captain and so were most of the star players after being rested for the Afghanistan series. The hosts are much

New Zealand183 for 6 (Seifert 88, Latham 31, Kumara 3-31) beat Sri Lanka 182 for 6 (Mendis 73, Perera 33, Lister 2-37) by four wickets Sri Lanka’s death bowling nearly pulled it back from the brink, but New Zealand kept their cool to secure an ultimately comfortable four-wicket win in the third and final T20I

Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s ODI captain, is set to miss the World Cup in India later this year after being diagnosed with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee after he was injured in his first IPL match of the season for Gujarat Titans. Williamson returned to New Zealand in recent days where

New Zealand 146 for 1 (Seifert 79*, Bowes 31, Rajitha 1-25) beat Sri Lanka (De Silva 37, Milne 5-26, Lister 2-26) by nine wickets Adam Milne took five wickets as New Zealand’s seamers derailed Sri Lanka’s innings, before a scintillating Tim Seifert sent New Zealand racing to a modest target of 142, hitting 79 not

After the first day of the play was washed out, the match saw three declarations – Central Districts on 296 for 9 followed by Auckland on 161 for 1, to concede a big lead of 135, after an unbeaten 76 from Will O’Donnell and 45 from and Martin Guptill. Central Districts then raced to 56

Tom Latham, the New Zealand Test opener, has agreed a short-term deal with champions Surrey to play in five LV= Insurance Championship matches in June and July. Latham, who has previous experience of county cricket with Kent and Durham, will arrive in time for the away fixture at Kent starting on June 11 and be

Sri Lanka 196 for 5 (Asalanka 67, Perera 53, Neesham 2-30) tied with New Zealand 196 for 8 (Mitchell 66, Chapman 33, Hasaranga 2-30) Super Over Sri Lanka 12 beat New Zealand 8 Ish Sodhi‘s last-ball six tied the game after Dasun Shanaka looked to have almost won it for the visitors defending 12 off

Losing in a Super Over can be hard to take, but to keep doing it, well, you’d have to ask New Zealand. Even so, Daryl Mitchell took a more dispassionate view of New Zealand’s latest Super Over defeat, this time to Sri Lanka in the first T20I at Eden Park. Overall, New Zealand have lost

Williamson will head home next week and be seen by relevant medical specialists to establish a treatment plan, according to NZC. “It is sad to lose Kane to injury so early in the tournament. We wish him a speedy recovery, with the hope of seeing him in action very soon,” Titans’ director of cricket Vikram

Bracewell, who recently made a return to the New Zealand Test team after a seven-year gap, will join up with Essex after next week’s opening fixture against Middlesex. He will stay with the club until the end of July, and could feature in as many as 10 Championship games. “It’s great that we’ve been able

Kane Williamson was forced off the field 13 overs into his Gujarat Titans debut, against Chennai Super Kings, after injuring his right knee. He had done the damage while fielding on the deep-square leg boundary, where he had leapt to intercept a ball headed for six off Ruturaj Gaikwad‘s bat. He managed to save two

Three wickets in the first ten overs is great, but five in the first 20 is usually a match-defining passage of play. New Zealand dismissed three of Sri Lanka’s top four inside the powerplay in the third ODI in Hamilton, and then got two of their middle-order batters before the 18th over was completed too,

Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat against New Zealand Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first, on what captain Dasun Shanaka felt should be a good batting track in the third ODI in Hamilton. New Zealand captain Tom Latham said he would have bowled first anyway, mostly because

Unrelenting rain in Christchurch meant that the second ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was washed out without even the toss taking place. While rain had been forecast for much of the day, there had nevertheless been hope of a shortened match getting underway at some point. But as the day wore on and

Big picture – Sri Lanka are headed for the WC qualifiers Realistically, Sri Lanka’s chances of automatic qualification for this year’s ODI World Cup are remote. If South Africa win their two ODIs against Netherlands, they will have 98 Super League points, which will be a tally out of Sri Lanka’s reach. The most likely

Tom Latham will play T20 internationals for the first time since 2021 when he leads New Zealand in the T20I series at home against Sri Lanka, and away against Pakistan, in April. T20I regulars like the captain Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Devon Conway, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell and Lockie Ferguson were