Kane Williamson Ruled Out Of Bangladesh ODIs
Coach Gary Stead said New Zealand wanted Kane Williamson's injury dealt with before they contest the inaugural ICC World Test Championship final against India in June.
Coach Gary Stead said New Zealand wanted Kane Williamson's injury dealt with before they contest the inaugural ICC World Test Championship final against India in June.
New Zealand retained injured Martin Guptill in their squad named Sunday for the upcoming Twenty20 series against Australia but have placed this season's breakout star, the uncapped Finn Allen, on standby.
New Zealand for the first time in the history of Test Cricket has claimed the Number 1 spot in ICC Test rankings. New Zealand has not lost a single Test match at home since 2017.
Kane Williamson became the 13th fastest batsman to complete 7000 Test runs. Williamson is just behind former captains Fleming-Taylor in terms of most Test runs.
Matt Henry replaces injured Neil Wagner in the second test against Pakistan, starting on Sunday at Hagley Oval.
New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner will miss the second Test vs Pakistan due to his toe injury, coach Gary Stead confirmed on Thursday.
Kane Williamson overtook the ICC Test player of the decade Steve Smith and ICC player of the decade Virat Kohli to become the Number 1 batsman in the latest ICC Test ranking.
New Zealand team topped the ICC rankings defeating Pakistan in the first test.
New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has been fined 25% of his match fee for throwing the ball towards Pakistan batsman Faheem Ashraf "in an inappropriate and/or dangerous manner".
Mitchell Santner has been retained in the squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan which is scheduled to start from December 26.