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Skipper Tim Southee is confident New Zealand can brush of their heavy loss to England in the pink ball test at Bay Oval and bounce back in the second match in daylight hours in Wellington next week.
New Zealand captain Tim Southee has confirmed paceman Blair Tickner will make his test debut against England at Mount Maunganui on Thursday.
New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson was on Tuesday ruled out of the England Test series with a recurrence of a stress fracture in his back. Seam bowler Matt Henry will also miss the first Test at Mount Maunganui beginning Thursday as he waits for the birth of his first child. Jamieson, 28, had not played any international cricket since June when he initially suffered the back injury on the tour of England. Jamieson played for a New Zealand XI in a warm-up against England last week without pain, but New Zealand coach Gary Stead said a scan had revealed another fracture.
New Zealand's preparations for the test series against England are being hit on all fronts with a cyclone, a key injury and new-born babies tearing up the squad's plans in the leadup.
Darragh Kenny and Volnay Du Boisdeville took second in the €410,000 Grand Prix in Wellington International, USA on Sunday morning.
England spinner Jack Leach said he put the dreadful memories of his 2019 New Zealand tour behind him and is approaching the two-test series against Tim Southee's team with a more relaxed outlook.
England spinner Jack Leach said he hoped to put behind him the bad memories of the last time he toured New Zealand when food poisoning left him fearing for his life.
In scenes somewhat reminiscent of the infamous Robbie Fleck-Deon Kayser moment, Stormers flyhalf Manie Libbok was left red-faced during Saturday's URC match against the Sharks in Durban.