Tim Seifert has moved past former New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum (32) in terms of the most dismissals (35) recorded by a Kiwi wicketkeeper in T20Is.
New Zealand suffered a shock defeat in the third ODI game against Bangladesh at McLean Park in Napier on December 23 and will kick off the three-match T20I series at the same venue on Wednesday. The hosts have won four of their last five T20I encounters against Bangladesh.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson missed the recent ODI series against Bangladesh at home and has been withdrawn from the squad for the three-match T20I series starting on December 27 to keep him fresh for the summer Tests.
Shaheen Shah Afridi will be leading Pakistan for the first time after being named as their full-time T20I skipper. He will have his Lahore Qalandars teammate Haris Rauf to rely on in the fast bowling department.
Kyle Jamieson was a part of New Zealand's travelling reserves during the recently concluded ODI World Cup in India. The 28-year-old pacer has represented New Zealand in 13 ODIs thus far.
After levelling the two-match Test series, New Zealand and Bangladesh will take on each other 13,000 kilometres and a few days later in a six-match white-ball series featuring three ODIs and as many T20Is. New Zealand have announced a young squad for the ODIs as Bangladesh look to fight back.
Glenn Phillips turned up for the occasion again by scoring an unbeaten 40 runs off 48 balls in the fourth innings to help New Zealand chase down a 138-run target with four wickets remaining. A win also helped Kiwis to jump to third position in the WTC points table.
Injury to several star players like Lockie Ferguson, Michael Bracewell and Matt Henry among others has forced New Zealand to name a young squad for the home series against the Bangla Tigers.
Bangladesh are going to treasure the victory for a very long time. They had previously defeated New Zealand once in the longest format of the sport in January 2022 in the Mount Maunganui Test.
Barring Ajaz Patel none of the other Kiwi bowlers have managed to pick a wicket in the second innings. Ish Sodhi has looked fairly ordinary and hasn't been able to make the kind of impact that was expected of him.
Bangladesh and New Zealand are currently engaged in a two-match Test series which is a part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. This is the first series for both teams in the ongoing cycle.
Bangladesh and New Zealand began their World Test Championship campaign in the first of the two-match Test series in Sylhet on Tuesday (November 28). After opting to bat, the hosts put up a decent show with the bat in testing conditions posting 310 runs for the loss of nine wickets.
BAN vs NZ Pitch Report: Bangladesh lost against Zimbabwe in the only Test match player at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on November 18 which turned out as a low-scoring fixture with both pacers and spinners dominating the playing conditions.
Team India is taking on New Zealand in the semi-final of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in Mumbai on Wednesday, November 15. Both teams went unchanged after Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first on what looked like a slow surface.
The day has come for the knockouts of the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup as the table-toppers India take on New Zealand in the first semi-final in Mumbai on Wednesday, November 15. India are the form side but their record against the Kiwis in the knockouts hasn't been great.
India may miss the services of Hardik Pandya badly as the injured allrounder provides the team with a lot of balance and has played a lot of cricket at the Wankhede Stadium while representing Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
New Zealand finished in the fourth slot to take the final semifinal position and the hosts India finished at the zenith with nine consecutive wins during the round-robin stage. The two teams had also crossed swords in the semis of the previous 50-over World Cup edition.
New Zealand recorded a 5-wicket win against Sri Lanka to boost their chances of securing the World Cup 2023 semifinal qualification. New Zealand remain in the fourth position with 10 points in nine games, ahead of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Trent Boult picked three wickets and spin all-rounders Mitchell Santner and Rachin Ravindra bagged two each to bowl out Sri Lanka on just 171 runs in Bengaluru. Rachin also shone with a bat by scoring 42 runs as New Zealand recorded an easy win.
Maheesh Theekshana, batting at no.9, scored a crucial 38* runs off 91 balls, and added 43 runs for the last wicket with Dilshan Madushanka. Theekshana's unbeaten knock helped him register a major milestone in ODI World Cup history as well.
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