Kane Williamson Returns to Lead New Zealand in White-ball Tour of West Indies

New Zealand’s common skipper Kane Williamson returns to steer a 15-member facet on their first journey to the West Indies since 2014. Aside from Williamson, pacers Trent Boult and Tim Southee make a return to the ODI and T20I squads for the tour of the Caribbean.

“It’s at all times thrilling to be heading someplace you’ve not been shortly and I do know this group can’t look forward to the problem of taking up the West Indies within the Caribbean. Managing workloads is vastly vital this 12 months with the group enjoying some type of cricket each month in 2022 – and this is applicable to each gamers and workers.”

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“For Kane, Trent, Tim, and Devon, this would be the first time they’ve performed white ball cricket for New Zealand since final 12 months’s T20 World Cup and tour to India – so this journey can be vital for them,” mentioned head coach Gary Stead in an official launch.

New Zealand have additionally retained all-rounder Michael Bracewell, who had a dream time through the white-ball collection in Eire, and teen Finn Allen amongst different members from their European journey.

“We even have gamers corresponding to Michael and Finn who’re comparatively new to the worldwide stage however have actually put their arms up for choice when given alternatives. As a selector, it’s been nice to see these guys push their instances.”

Stead can be supported on the tour of West Indies by Dean Brownlie as batting coach and Graeme Aldridge as bowling coach. The squad will arrive in two teams in Jamaica with some touring from New Zealand and the stability from the Netherlands.

New Zealand’s tour of the West Indies has three T20Is and as many ODIs throughout Jamaica and Barbados respectively, ranging from August 11 with the shortest format of the sport.

New Zealand ODI and T20I squad: Kane Williamson (captain), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi and Tim Southee

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