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

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

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

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 – suffered a laceration on the little finger of his right hand when giving Root his first life on 7

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

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

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

New Zealand A 277 (Kelly 64, Perry 4-41, Hatcher 4-77) and 299 (Bruce 105*, Solia 62, Foxcroft 53, Hatcher 4-92) beat Australia A 275 (Philippe 105, McSweeney 56, Dwarshuis 50) and 233 (Jewell 131, Kuggeleijn 3-50, O’Rourke 3-64) by 68 runs New Zealand A made it back-to-back victories in the four-day series despite a defiant

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

England are getting the band back together. They train in Cardiff on Thursday before the first of four ODIs against New Zealand which serve as preparation for their defence of the 50-over World Cup in India, and the core of their 2019 squad will return to a format they have only played sporadically over the

Shaheen Shah Afridi, back in full flow, has been in red-hot form at the Asia Cup, especially when he nipped out Rohit Sharma, Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja on his way to returns of 4 for 35 against India. That’s moved him up four spots to No. 5 on the bowlers’ list. Haris Rauf

England have dropped their clearest hint yet that Harry Brook will be drafted into their World Cup squad. Matthew Mott, their white-ball coach, repeatedly emphasised on Tuesday that the 15-man squad they have submitted to the ICC is “provisional” and that “there’s a lot of water under the bridge” before they play New Zealand in

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

Gus Atkinson has described his arrival on the international stage as “a dream come true”, after he collected the best figures for an England men’s debutant in T20 history with 4 for 20. His first wicket was that of Devon Conway, who flipped a length ball into the hands of Will Jacks at deep square

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

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

Kane Williamson has two weeks to prove his fitness for the ODI World Cup after he linked up with the New Zealand squad in England to continue his rehab from the ACL injury picked up at the IPL. When Williamson suffered the injury in April he was viewed as only a very slim chance of

New Zealand 126 for 3 (Bowes 35, Phillips 32*, Seifert 30) beat Worcestershire 124 (O Cox 63, Ferguson 3-11, Ravindra 3-15, Jamieson 3-28) by seven wickets New Zealand launched their warm-up programme for the four-match T20I Series with England by defeating Worcestershire by seven wickets at a sold out New Road. The Black Caps fielded

Less than 72 hours after they finish their three-match ODI series in Rajkot, India and Australia will begin their final round of dress rehearsals for the World Cup with warm-ups against England and Netherlands respectively on September 30. Pakistan, meanwhile, will warm-up against New Zealand on September 29, while South Africa take on Afghanistan. Bangladesh

New Zealand have spruced up their support staff in the lead-up to the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, with Stephen Fleming and James Foster set to join the set-up. Ian Bell and Saqlain Mushtaq will also be part of the set-up as New Zealand plan to rotate their support staff over the next four

New Zealand 166 for 5 (Young 56, Chapman 51, Siddique 3-26) beat UAE 134 for 7 (Aayan 42, Hameed 24*, Lister 3-35) by 32 runs New Zealand put up a complete show as they roared back in style following the loss on Saturday to win the third T20I by 32 runs and seal the three-match