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New Zealand captain Kane Williamson plans “to have some involvement in the warm-up games” ahead of the World Cup, as he gradually makes his way back from a six-month lay-off. Williamson is returning to action after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the opening game of the IPL in March. He was continuing his

The 34-year-old dislocated the finger while attempting a catch during New Zealand’s fourth and final ODI against England at Lord’s earlier this month. He subsequently went under the knife, and will now fly to India on Saturday with an aim to be fit for New Zealand’s opening World Cup game against England on October 5.

After Ish Sodhi ripped out the Bangladesh batters in his first spell by claiming four wickets, captain Lockie Ferguson took him out of the attack after the 19th over. Once Sodhi returned for his second spell in the 30th over, he completed his maiden ODI five-wicket haul with a peach of a googly to dismiss

Toss New Zealand chose to bat vs Bangladesh After a heavy spell of rain in the morning, the weather cleared up around Mirpur in time for the toss, which Lockie Ferguson won and chose to bat. New Zealand remain unchanged, retaining the balance of five specialist batters at the top, two allrounders in Rachin Ravindra

The 2024 Men’s U-19 World Cup will kick off with hosts Sri Lanka taking on Zimbabwe on January 13. Defending champions will India will take on Bangladesh, to begin their campaign the following day. The 41-match tournament will be played across 23 days in five venues, all in Colombo. The R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium

Toss Bangladesh chose to bowl against New Zealand Bangladesh stand-in captain Litton Das won the toss and chose to field in the first ODI against New Zealand in Mirpur. What started as a bright and sunny day, didn’t stay that way for long with rain arriving soon after the toss, and covers coming on. But

Tim Southee will undergo surgery on Thursday for the thumb injury he sustained against England last week and New Zealand remain hopeful he could still be available the World Cup. Southee dislocated and fractured his right thumb attempting to take a catch at slip offered by Joe Root at Lord’s. A decision on his availability

The ODI World Cup warm-up match between Pakistan and New Zealand, on September 29 in Hyderabad, will be played behind closed doors (without spectators in attendance) after the local police failed to provide assurance about arranging adequate security for the game. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has updated the BCCI about

Remarkably, Southee was the third of three injuries sustained in New Zealand’s cordon. Daryl Mitchell dislocated his ring finger taking a smart low catch to dismiss Jonny Bairstow, before Finn Allen – on for Mitchell – dislocated the little finger on his right hand when giving Root his first life on 7 after a misjudged

Australia A 229 for 8 (Short 52, Davies 48, O’Rourke 3-44) beat New Zealand A 228 (Seifert 100, Carter 41, Thornton 4-32) by two wickets Will Sutherland returned to bowling for the first time since the end of last season then played an important hand with the bat to help Australia A to a narrow

Mitchell Santner is expected to be fit and available for the start of the World Cup after scans cleared him of serious damage to his knee. Santner jarred his knee while fielding during New Zealand’s defeat to England at the Ageas Bowl on Sunday and did not feature in the third ODI at The Oval

It was a hospital pass. On the day that Jofra Archer linked up with England’s white-ball squad, training at the Kia Oval as he continues his rehabilitation from an elbow injury, David Willey found himself sitting in the indoor school, fielding questions from the media. Four years ago, Archer was fast-tracked into England’s ODI squad

Pace bowlers Adam Milne and Finn Allen have missed out on New Zealand’s provisional squad for the ODI World Cup with allrounder Rachin Ravindra earning a spot as an additional spin option. Williamson, along with Tim Southee, will be playing in their fourth ODI World Cup having featured in 2011, 2015 and 2019. As was

Toss New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl vs England Trent Boult will play his 100th ODI and his first in nearly a year at the Ageas Bowl, as New Zealand won the toss and opted to chase against England in a match shortened to 34 overs per side by a three-hour rain

Australia A 170 for 5 (Turner 56*, Rae 3-42) beat New Zealand A 169 (Kelly 52, Sandhu 5-27) by five wickets The inexperienced head of Ashton Turner helped guide Australia A to victory in a the first one-dayer in Mackay after Gurinder Sandhu had run through New Zealand A with a five-wicket haul. Sandhu had

Adam Milne has been ruled out of New Zealand’s ongoing ODI series against England with a low-grade hamstring injury and is running out of time to make a bid for their World Cup squad. New Zealand have chosen a provisional 15-man squad which will be confirmed at an event on Monday, but have scope to

Big picture: Lord’s finalists reunited Change of week, change of format, change of headspace, same opponents … sort of. Forget the exploratory joustings that played out in a deeply peculiar T20I series, one in which England were a class apart until they were not, and in which New Zealand went from distracted cannon-fodder to destructive

Finn Allen looks set to miss out on selection for New Zealand’s provisional World Cup squad, with Will Young due to open the batting with Devon Conway during their four-match ODI series against England. New Zealand have used several different opening combinations in 50-over cricket since 2019, with Martin Guptill losing his place and negotiating

New Zealand 277 and 297 for 8 (Bruce 104*, Solia 62, Foxcroft 53) lead Australia A 275 by 299 runs A century from Tom Bruce and a late new-ball surge from Australia A set up a potentially fascinating final day of the pink-ball match in Mackay. Bruce, the New Zealand A captain, reached a 148-ball

New Zealand 179 for 4 (Seifert 48, Phillips 42, Chapman 40*) beat England 175 for 8 (Bairstow 73, Santner 3-30) by six wickets New Zealand squared this four-match T20I series by chasing down 176 with relative ease at Trent Bridge. They got ahead of the game by belting 73 runs in the Powerplay, with Tim

New Zealand A 277 and 20 for 0 lead Australia A 275 (Philippe 105, McSweeney 56, Dwarshuis 50) by 22 runs Josh Philippe struck a counterattacking century to rescue Australia A on the second day of the pink-ball encounter with New Zealand A. The hosts were in trouble on 150 for 7 and threatening to

Kane Williamson will be included in New Zealand’s 15-man World Cup squad even though his recovery from knee surgery for a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament is still ongoing. New Zealand Cricket said that “after injuring his knee playing in the IPL in March, Williamson has made sufficient progress in his recovery to allow him to

New Zealand A 277 (Kelly 69, Perry 4-41, Hatcher 4-77) vs Australia A The advantage swung multiple times on the opening day of the pink-ball encounter between Australia A and New Zealand A in Mackay, but it was the home side who edged the honours as Liam Hatcher and Mitchell Perry shared eight wickets. New

Lockie Ferguson will captain New Zealand in their ODI series against Bangladesh later this month with Tom Latham among a group of senior players given a break before the World Cup. Latham, currently leading the one-day side in place of Kane Williamson, has been rested from the three-match tour in late September along with Devon

Andeson, 27, comes in on the back of a top domestic season for Canterbury, in which she topped the T20 batting charts with 536 runs at 59. She was subsequently in line for a call-up for the tour of Sri Lanka in July, but had to pull out due to a finger injury. Auckland’s Armstrong,

New Zealand A 147 (Swepson 3-19, Buckingham 3-29) and 468 (Kuggeleijn 101*, Solia 91) beat Australia A 263 (Jewell 78, Kuggeleijn 5-74) and 127 (Bancroft 47, Kuggeleijn 4-39, Solia 3-15) by 225 runs New Zealand A completed a remarkable turnaround in Brisbane to steamroller Australia A by 225 runs in the first four-day match. Scott

Prioritising Test cricket and ensuring that New Zealand’s best players want to keep playing for the country are on top of the agenda for NZC’s new chief executive Scott Weenink, who took over from David White on August 30. Weenink, 50, is a businessman and a former first-class cricketer from Wellington, and he was the

Big picture: Back to the 20-over format Roll up, roll up! We’ve had rollercoaster men’s and women’s Ashes, the Hundred has enjoyed its month in the spotlight… but there’s still room in the sardine can for a bilateral white-ball series or three! Astute followers of the game will be aware that New Zealand arrived in

New Zealand A 147 and 191 for 2 (Solia 62*) lead Australia A 263 (Jewell 78, Kuggeleijn 5-74) by 75 runs New Zealand A fought back strongly on the second day at Allan Border Field, firstly through Scott Kuggeleijn‘s five-wicket haul and then with a solid display by their top order, led by Sean Solia,

Australia A 141 for 3 (Jewell 69*) trail New Zealand A 147 (Swepson 3-19, Buckingham 3-29) by six runs Young pace bowler Jordan Buckingham made another good impression for Australia A on the opening day of the first four-day match against New Zealand A in Brisbane. He collected three wickets in a 13-ball rush as