Williamson back for New Zealand's white ball tour of West Indies

25.07.2022 - 05:39 channelnewsasia.com

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has been named in his first white ball squad since the T20 World Cup as the Black Caps ramp up their preparations for the global tournament with their first tour of the Caribbean in eight years.Williamson, who played his last T20 match in the defeat by Australia in the World Cup final last November, will captain identical T20 and one-day squads to play the West Indies in six white ball matches starting in Jamaica on Aug.

10.Williamson will be joined by pace veterans Trent Boult and Tim Southee, and batsman Devon Conway, all of whom were rested following the team's 3-0 whitewash by England in the test series in June.“It’s always exciting to be heading somewhere you’ve not been in a while and I know this group can’t wait for the challenge of taking on the West Indies in the Caribbean," coach Gary Stead said in a statement on Monday."For Kane, Trent, Tim and Devon, this will be the first time they have played white ball cricket for New Zealand since last year’s T20 World Cup and tour to India - so this trip will be important for them."New Zealand wrapped up a 3-0 T20 series defeat of Ireland with a six-wicket win in Belfast last week.A number of players who featured in that series have been omitted for the West Indies tour, including Dane Cleaver, Jacob Duffy and Blair Tickner.Batsmen Finn Allen and Michael Bracewell have broken into New Zealand's best 15 in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup hosted by champions Australia in October-November.Allen made his ODI debut against Ireland this month, while Bracewell made his T20I debut against the Irish last week.New Zealand ODI and T20 squads:Kane Williamson (capt), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson,

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New Zealand pulverised a demoralised West Indies by 90 runs in the second T20 International at Sabina Park on Friday to take an unbeatable 2-0 in the three-match series. In a one-sided encounter which magnified the rapid decline of the two-time World T20 winners over the past 12 months, the Black Caps piled up 215 for five. They then limited the home team to just 125 for nine in reply to hand the Caribbean side a sixth defeat in their last seven matches in the format.

West Indies vs New Zealand 2nd T20I Live Score Updates

WI vs NZ 2nd T20I Live Updates: New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat in the second T20 International (T20I) against West Indies. Having edged the first match by 13 runs, New Zealand will look to seal the series with a win. West Indies, meanwhile, will look to put behind a horror run of form and get a win on the board. Spin bowling all-rounder Michael Bracewell has come in for Lockie Ferguson for the visitors, while Windies remain unchanged. (LIVE SCORECARD)

Mitchell Santner Stars As New Zealand Beat West Indies In T20I Series Opener

West Indies' season of white ball woe continued on Wednesday when New Zealand completed a 13-run win in the first T20 International of a three-match series at Sabina Park in Jamaica. Fresh from a successful European sojourn, the Black Caps posted a formidable 185 for five batting first in a rain-interrupted innings before their premier bowlers combined to limit the Caribbean side to 172 for seven in reply.

Mitchell Santner stars as New Zealand beat West Indies in T20 series opener

West Indies' season of white-ball woe continued on Wednesday when New Zealand completed a 13-run win in the first T20 International of a three-match series at Sabina Park in Jamaica. Fresh from a successful European sojourn, the Black Caps posted a formidable 185 for five batting first in a rain-interrupted innings before their premier bowlers combined to limit the Caribbean side to 172 for seven in reply. Since getting the better of Bangladesh 2-0 in a T20I duel, the West Indies have been swept 3-0 by the Bangladeshis and India in successive One-Day International series before going down 4-1 to the Indians in another T20I campaign immediately preceding this assignment. New Zealand almost paid for a period of complacency towards the end of the match as an explosive unbroken 58-run eighth-wicket partnership between Romario Shepherd (31 not out) and Odean Smith (27 not out) gave the hosts a glimmer of hope after they had crashed to 114 for seven in the 16th over. But they were left with too much to do as "Man of the Match" Mitchell Santner's haul of three for 19 ripped the heart of the West Indies batting as he claimed the wickets of captain Nicholas Pooran first ball before adding Shimron Hetmyer and top-scorer Shamarh Brooks (42) to his list of victims.

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