New Zealand

News “We have to stick to a brand of cricket that we believe can be successful in these conditions,” says the NZ stand-in captain The upcoming five-match T20I series against Bangladesh will pose two major challenges to Tom Latham, who will lead the inexperienced New Zealand side in the absence of a number of seniors

News Stand-in coach looking forward to preparing the team for twin tours of Bangladesh and Pakistan Glenn Pocknall was shocked to find out he was named stand-in coach for New Zealand’s their tours of Bangladesh and Pakistan. Pocknall, who has had tremendous success with Wellington Firebirds, was appointed as Gary Stead’s replacement for the T20Is

News The pace bowler has had both doses of vaccine and already had an MIQ room booked for his return Matt Henry has been called up to New Zealand’s T20I squad in Bangladesh as cover for Finn Allen who tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week. Although not a like-for-like player, the fact Henry has

News The former allrounder will undertake “a significant rehabilitation process” at a specialist hospital Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns is paralysed in his legs after suffering a stroke in his spine following emergency heart surgery in Sydney, New Zealand media reported on Friday. Cairns, 51, had returned to his home city Canberra but remained

News Fast bowler says they are “thankful” for the recent Australia series to plan for the T20Is against Bangladesh New Zealand’s record of one win in their last ten bilateral matches in Bangladesh will be their biggest motivating factor, according to quick bowler Hamish Bennett. The 34-year-old is an elder statesman in the squad as

News He is experiencing moderate symptoms and is serving quarantine at the team hotel New Zealand opener Finn Allen has tested positive for Covid-19, two days after arriving in Dhaka. Allen and allrounder Colin de Grandhomme had arrived early in Bangladesh, on August 20, after completing their stints in the inaugural Hundred competition in England.

News Says a big bonus for New Zealand was seeing how Australia played there Henry Nicholls was handed his T20I debut during the 2016 T20 World Cup against Bangladesh in Kolkata. He has only played four T20Is since, with his last appearance coming against Sri Lanka in Auckland in January 2019. With a number of

Chris Cairns was transferred to a Sydney hospital earlier this month © PA Images Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns is off life support and recovering in hospital after emergency surgery in Sydney for a heart problem, his lawyer said on Friday. “I’m pleased to advise that Chris is off life support and has been

News ‘It’s nice to have a block of T20 cricket going into the World Cup’, the New Zealand fast bowler says After dominating New Zealand’s home summer in 2020-21 and then emerging as the Player of the Match in the inaugural World Test Championship final, Kyle Jamieson is set for the second leg of IPL

News He will stay with the team for the T20 matches against India which follow the tournament Shane Bond will be part of New Zealand’s coaching set-up for the T20 World Cup and T20 matches in India which follow the tournament. Bond, a former bowling coach with the national side, will be in the UAE

News Uncapped Molly Penfold comes into the squad that will depart at the end of the week New Zealand pace bowler Rosemary Mair has been ruled out of the upcoming tour of England due to a stress reaction in her left shin. Mair will be replaced in the 16-player squad by uncapped Auckland quick Molly

News The stand-in coach for the tours of Bangladesh and Pakistan will be joined in the backroom by former Sri Lanka batter Thilan Samaraweera New Zealand’s stand-in coach Glenn Pocknall believes ​”there is a huge amount of growth” the team can look forward to from the uncapped pace bowler Ben Sears, who is among the

News de Grandhomme and Finn Allen also didn’t find a place Mark Chapman, who represented Hong Kong at the T20 World Cup in 2014 and 2016, has been named in New Zealand’s 15-member squad for the 2021 edition to be played in the UAE and Oman this October-November. There was no place for Ross Taylor,

News The former New Zealand allrounder is being treated in Canberra and is in serious condition, as per media reports Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns is on life support at a Canberra hospital after recently collapsing with a health problem in Australia, New Zealand media reported on Tuesday. Cairns, 51, had undergone several operations

News Coach Gary Stead said that he had spoken to the opening batter about where he stands A “gutted” Colin Munro believes he has played his last international cricket after being left out of New Zealand’s T20 World Cup squad. “Extremely gutted to miss out on this, was definitely a goal of mine that I

Finn Allen missed the T20 World Cup shortlist, but made all squads for the tour of Asia © Getty Images Tom Latham – and not Kane Williamson – will lead New Zealand on their white-ball tours of Pakistan and Bangladesh starting September. The opener will stand in as leader on both tours across white-ball formats.

News Injuries have parched him of steady opportunities but he has been able play more consistently since the start of the 2020-21 BBL Adam Milne, the New Zealand fast bowler, has set his sights on October’s T20 World Cup in the UAE despite injuries limiting him to two T20I appearances since November 2018. Milne played

News The series will be part of the teams’ preparations for the T20 World Cup, which will be held from October 17 to November 14 in UAE and Oman Bangladesh will host New Zealand for a five-match T20I series from September 1 to 10, with all the matches scheduled to take place at the Shere

News Wicketkeeper Jess McFadyen and seamer Claudia Green called up for tour of three T20Is and five ODIs Allrounder Amelia Kerr has opted out of New Zealand Women’s tour of England for three T20Is and five ODIs in September, citing the need to prioritise her mental health and well-being. Kerr, who has played 41 ODIs

All the domestic squads in New Zealand have now been confirmed with the final contract spots handed out among the six teams who will compete for the Plunket Shield, Ford Trophy and Super Smash. Canterbury dominated the 2020-21 season by winning the Plunket Shield and Ford Trophy while Wellington, with Finn Allen and Devon Conway

News “I guess it’s a great way to give back to the fans that’ve supported us,” Tim Southee says New Zealand’s World Test Championship-winning squad is set for a week-long, nationwide tour with the mace later this month. The tour will kick off in Whangarei on July 26 and will end in Invercargill (Stadium Southland)

News Six Associate nations – Malaysia, Namibia, Oman, Scotland, the UAE and the USA – have also submitted proposals Seventeen member nations have put themselves forward as potential hosts for eight men’s white-ball ICC events – two ODI World Cups, four T20 World Cups and two Champions Trophies – to be held from 2024 to

Adam Milne has signed as an overseas player at Birmingham Phoenix Milne, the New Zealand fast bowler, is currently playing for Kent in the T20 Blast. He replaces Shaheen Shah Afridi at Birmingham. Afridi is unavailable due to international duty. With experience in international and franchise cricket – he’s played in the IPL and BBL

News The New Zealand batter says he has no no plans of retiring, and that he “still want(s) to learn and still get better” New Zealand batter Ross Taylor has toasted New Zealand’s World Test Championship victory, saying it will “make up” for the 2019 World Cup heartbreak at Lord’s, where they lost without actually

News Ross Taylor, Devon Conway, Kyle Jamieson and Trent Boult also move up after WTC final performances There were a number of key contributors in New Zealand’s eight-wicket win over India in the World Test Championship (WTC) final, and many of them, led by captain Kane Williamson, have made gains in the latest ICC Test

News Each win now worth 12 points, a draw worth four points and a tie worth six points The five-match Pataudi Trophy between England and India starting August 4 will kick off the second cycle of the World Test Championship. That series along with the Ashes, in December, will be the only two series comprising

News New Zealand quick hopes winning the WTC gives his team the opportunity to play longer series more often New Zealand have played 18 bilateral Test series over the last five years. Of those, four have been three-match series, with two-match series making up the remainder. Compare that to the team they defeated in the

News Analysis Jurgensen reveals Southee’s unusual inswinger was developed at a camp in Lincoln just before the England tour There’s a lot more to it, of course, but at its deadliest, Tim Southee‘s method is all about that old three-card trick: outswing, outswing, and the one that goes the other way. Except it isn’t just

News “In terms of having the four of us in one time is pretty special” – Tim Southee Shane Jurgensen, the New Zealand bowling coach, has described winning the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) as his “greatest coaching achievement”. “I think for me this is about, for all of New Zealand really, from people that

Neil Wagner has said he still feels ‘pretty young and the body feels really good’ and that he has ‘plenty left in the tank’ as a Test cricketer © Getty Images As a red-ball specialist who hasn’t played any white-ball cricket for New Zealand, Neil Wagner had never dreamed of being part of a world