The T20 league will see 23 matches being played on the four international venues. Five teams have been named after the cities of Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Dambulla and Jaffna.
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.
Southee won the Players' Cap award while Devine won the CPA Players' award.
It was just another vintage plan laid down for Virat Kohli on the first afternoon of the second Test at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch as Tim Southee reaped the rewards to inflict more misery on the Indian skipper.
The pitch aided his fast bowlers, with the duo of Tim Southee and Trent Boult sharing nine wickets between them when India came out to bat the second time.
Rishabh Pant was run-out for 19 and that kick-started a flow of wickets as India were bowled out for 165 in their first innings.
Ishant Sharma starred for India on day two of the first Test but Kane Williamson ensured New Zealand return with a 51-run lead at stumps.
India are missing Rohit Sharma at the top of the order and Mayank Agarwal and Prithvi Shaw will are likely to open the innings for India in the first Test at Wellington.
Commenting on the feat, Southee preferred to be humble and credited the conditions for his success against the run-machine.
Tim Southee has dismissed Indian captain Virat Kohli for the most number of times in international cricket.
While addressing the media, New Zeland pacer Tim Southee stated that it is always great to play against India.
Tim Southee bowled through sickness and returned with figures of 2/41 from his 10 overs in the second ODI at Eden Park, Auckland.
Virat Kohli was clean bowled for 15 by Tim Southee in the second ODI of the five-match series at Eden Park in Auckland.
Indian pacers led by Jasprit Bumrah fired in unison to help India script an unprecedented 5-0 series whitewash with a seven-run victory against New Zealand in the fifth and final T20I here on Sunday.
The Black Caps put on a sub-par total in the second T20I in Auckland, despite a par-performance in the first T20I at the same venue. India chased down both totals with relative ease to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
New Zealand suffered a heavy defeat in the Test series in Australia, losing it 0-3. After playing in the first two matches, Southee was replaced by Matt Henry in the playing XI.
New Zealand captain Tim Southee said that while an extra run would have been nice, it was a good end to the series.
Tim Southee had earlier led New Zealand to a T20I series win in Sri Lanka in September.
Kane Williamson has been rested for the T20I series against Sri Lanka, and New Zealand have named the new captain for the three-match bilateral.
Both Tendulkar and Southee now have 69 sixes to their names in Test cricket. While Tendulkar took 329 innings to hit 69 sixes, Southee got there in just 89 innings.
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