Williamson will miss the second match. He sustained an injury earlier this year. Southee and Ferguson make a comeback. Kane Williamson will also not play the second match for New Zealand against the Netherlands on October 9 in the ICC World Cup 2023. He had played the two warm-up games against Pakistan and South Africa, … Read more
New Zealand Cricket decided to retain Gary Stead till 2025. Stead has been in charge of the Black Caps since 2018. He will also have option of opting out of certain tour commitments. New Zealand Cricket had initially planned to appoint separate coaches for different formats of cricket, but they have since changed their minds … Read more
Gary Stead expresses confidence in Wagner ahead of second Test. Wagner has picked 247 wickets in 60 Tests. Stead says ‘I still believe Neil has a lot of cricket left in him’. Head coach Gary Stead has expressed confidence in veteran left-arm bowler Neil Wagner performing well on the tour ahead of the second Test … Read more
Ish Sodhi, a leg-spinner, has been selected as part of New Zealand’s 15-man team for the forthcoming two-Test series. The series will begin on December 26 in Karachi The 30-year-old will be playing in it alongside Glenn Phillips and the uncapped Blair Tickner. Ish Sodhi, a leg-spinner, has been chosen to be a member of … Read more
Kane Williamson had a dismal IPL season, but New Zealand coach Gary Stead believes a change in format from Twenty20s to Tests would help the 31-year-old regain form in the three-match series against England next month. Williamson has returned home from the IPL to witness the birth of his second kid after scoring 216 runs … Read more
Key New Zealand batsman Henry Nicholls has avoided a serious calf injury and is still in position to play in the first Test against England at Lord’s next month. Nicholls injured his right calf during a pre-tour camp run in Mount Maunganui on Monday, and scans revealed a grade one strain in the troublesome area. … Read more
New Zealand is scheduled to play the first Test against the visitors, South Africa, in Christchurch on Thursday. This time the team would go in without their aces Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson. It has been 14 years since the hosts started a Test without either Taylor or Williamson — their top two all-time Test … Read more
New Zealand cricket great Ross Taylor confirmed on Thursday that he will be bowing out of international cricket at the end of home season. Taylor said the two-Test series against Bangladesh that started from January 1st, 2022, will be his last in Test and he will call stumps on his career after the one-day internationals … Read more
WELLINGTON: Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson will miss the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh with injury, coach Gary Stead said Thursday, while spinner Ajaz Patel was dropped despite his 10-wicket haul against India. Williamson’s absence was widely expected after a nagging elbow injury kept him out of the second Test against India, with Tom Latham … Read more
DUBAI: Kane Williamson’s New Zealand eye a second global crown in a single year when they take on Australia at the Twenty20 World Cup final that will witness a new winner on Sunday. New Zealand and Australia renew their trans-Tasman rivalry in Dubai as both teams look to clinch their maiden world title in the … Read more
WELLINGTON: New Zealand included five spinners in a 15-man Test squad named Friday to tour India later this month in the Black Caps’ opening series of their World Test Championship defence. The New Zealanders won the inaugural Championship after defeating India in the final at Southampton in June, with the next cycle of matches continuing … Read more
New Zealand (NZ) head coach Gary Stead said there is no tension around their T20 World Cup opening match against Pakistan after NZ recently abandoned the tour over security alert. Pakistan’s hopes of regular international cricket were massively blown after NZ withdrew. England followed the Black Caps and called off the men’s and women’s tours. … Read more
