With the coronavirus pandemic raging across the world, a return to action for the sport looks unlikely any time soon and this has also brought the men's T20 World Cup under a cloud of uncertainty.
Meanwhile, Colin Munro, Jeet Raval and Todd Astle, who retired from red-ball cricket earlier this year, have not been included in the central contract list.
For his brilliant performances throughout the award period, Ross Taylor won the Sir Richard Hadlee medal for New Zealand's player of the year.
Tim Southee won the Windsor Cup as New Zealand’s best bowler for the first time since 2014. The trophy has been won by either Trent Boult or Neil Wagner over the previous five seasons.
NZC chairman Greg Barclay presented Smith with the medal in a virtual ceremony held on Monday.
The ECB had previously announced that no cricket would be played until May 28 but that date has now been extended in view of the prevailing situation getting worse in the United Kingdom.
The 72-year-old Turner, who is also the former chairman of New Zealand's selection panel, believes that cricket administrators have "gone down a path of capitalism".
Asked about the role humour plays in handling difficulties, Jimmy Neesham, who keeps his fans entertained with witty one-liners on his social media accounts, said it is vital when the going gets tough.
Conway, who left Johannesburg in September 2017 to make a career in New Zealand, has been granted an "exceptional circumstance dispensation" by the ICC.
Struggling to find a flight to get back to his family in the UK, former Zealand pacer Iain O'Brien says he is worried about his wife's health as she has a lung condition.
New Zealand Cricket confirmed on Thursday that all the 15 players and support staff who returned from Sydney last weekend had gone into lockdown at home.
The decision comes two days after the cancellation of the final two rounds of the Plunket Shield. Club cricket in New Zealand usually runs until late March.
New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said the difficult decision was taken after expert medical advice, and following the New Zealand government's decision to tighten border controls.
The coronavirus outbreak has forced the BCCI to suspend the start of this year's IPL from March 29 to April 15.
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Prithvi Shaw struck 22 fours and two sixes during his blazing knock at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval against New Zealand XI.
England won the World Cup on account of their superior boundary count against the New Zealand after both the stipulated overs and the subsequent Super Over ended in a tie.
Jeetan Patel has played 24 Tests, 43 ODIs and 11 T20Is for New Zealand in which he scalped 65, 49 and 16 wickets respectively.
The last time the two sides met in an ODI was during the 2015 World Cup when New Zealand managed to secure a three-wicket win in Dunedin.
Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 125/8 but Lasith Malinga's feat helped the hosts win by 37 runs to earn a consolation win over New Zealand.
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