New Zealand vs England: Kane Williamson passes fit for first Test
Cricket | November 15, 2019 12:16 ISTKane Williamson will return to the New Zealand side for the Test series after he passed the fitness test.
Kane Williamson will return to the New Zealand side for the Test series after he passed the fitness test.
England batsman Jonny Bairstow was reprimanded by the ICC for swearing during the 5th T20I against New Zealand.
New Zealand captain Tim Southee said that while an extra run would have been nice, it was a good end to the series.
Morgan scored 17 in the fifth T20I between England and New Zealand, which was reduced to a 11 overs a side contest due to rain on Sunday, to cross the milestone.
England had made a number of changes to the squad and ended up playing the tightest game of the five-match series, which was shortened to a 11 overs a side slugfest due to rain.
England tied the scores after New Zealand posted 146/7 from 11 overs in a rain-curtailed series finale before the Three Lions won the game in a Super Over.
Kane Williamson is not part of the ongoing five-match T20I series because of a hip injury and Tim Southee is leading New Zealand in his absence.
Garth Stirrat, the fourth umpire during the 3rd T20I between New Zealand and England, is a former adult movie star.
Dawid Malan slammed the fastest century by an England batsman in T20Is while Eoin Morgan scored 91 as England levelled the five-match series 2-2.
Malan scored 103 not out and stitched a 182-run partnership with skipper Morgan (91) to help England post their highest T20I total of 241/3.
Jonny Bairstow was left out of original Test squad after poor performances in the Ashes, where he averaged just 23.77 from five matches.
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Poor catching and a batting collapse cost England dearly as the visitors could only make 144 in their chase of 177 in Wellington in the second T20I of the five-match series.
England have not called up his replacement for the four remaining matches in the series, which they currently lead by 1-0.
Eoin Morgan has stressed that there are places up for grabs and that the side will continue to let the players come in and take the opportunities.
England cruised to a seven-wicket win in the first T20I against New Zealand in Christchurch.
Jonny Bairstow further hoped that the team's maiden success in the 50-over World Cup earlier this year could spur them on to T20 World Cup glory.
Meanwhile, regular New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the T20I series following a hip injury. In his absence, Tim Southee will lead the side.
Tim Southee had earlier led New Zealand to a T20I series win in Sri Lanka in September.
Ferguson, whose tour of Sri Lanka ended before it began after he sustained a fracture to his thumb at training, last took part in a warm-up T20 match against a Sri Lanka Board President's XI in August.
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