New Zealand have introduced a 13-member squad for the ultimate T20I project of the 12 months which can see them host Bangladesh in a three-match series at home. Skipper Kane Williamson is back to main the Blackcaps after a brief sabbatical and so is allrounder James Neesham.
The series will get underway at McLean Park in Napier on December 27. Williamson, Neesham and right-arm medium pacer Ben Sears are the one three gamers named within the squad who did not take part in New Zealand’s final T20I project that got here against England in England main into the ODI World Cup 2023.
Four Kiwis have been unavailable for choice as they’re plagued with accidents. While tearaway pacer Lockie Ferguson and spin-bowling allrounder Michael Bracewell proceed to get well from Achilles harm, Matt Henry is coping with a hamstring subject and Henry Shipley is on his manner to restoration from a back harm.
New Zealand’s head coach Garry Stead believes that they’re “advanced in terms of their planning” for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 and lauded Tim Seifert particularly for his exceptional return and nailing a spot on the prime of the order.
“It’s great to be able to finish off a busy year that started on the road by having the group together in New Zealand,” mentioned Stead.
“We’ve performed T20 cricket in all kinds of circumstances this 12 months and it’s been nice to see a broad vary of gamers making contributions.
“Tim Seifert, as an example, returned to the side in a specific role at the top of the order and made significant contributions in each series he was part of,” he added.
“With a World Cup in the course of subsequent 12 months we‘re effectively into our planning by way of each the match and the kind of squad we’d want within the circumstances.
“While we’re advanced in our planning, as we saw with the One Day World Cup Squad this year with the likes of Mark Chapman and Rachin Ravindra – there is certainly still time for players to come into that mix,” he concluded.
New Zealand’s T20I squad for the three-match series against Bangladesh:
Kane Williamson (c), Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee
