Kane Williamson returns as New Zealand identify Take a look at squad for England excursion

New Zealand Cricket (NZC), on Wednesday, has introduced the 20-member squad for the approaching Take a look at excursion of England, beginning June 02 in London. Common skipper Kane Williamson, who hasn’t performed a red-ball fixture since November final yr because of an harm within the elbow, made a comeback to the outfit.

Forward of the three-match Take a look at collection, each groups will meet within the warm-up video games, however 5 New Zealand cricketers – Williamson, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway, who’re recently taking part in within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, are most likely pass over out the apply fits on Might 20 and 26 respectively. The 20-man squad will probably be due to this fact trimmed to fifteen avid gamers prior to each groups face every different within the first Take a look at at Lord’s.

Batting all-rounder Michael Bracewell, who scored 725 and 190 runs in 2020-21 and 2021-22 first class seasons, has earned his maiden call-up. Wicketkeeper-batter Cam Fletcher and pacer Blair Tickner have additionally been incorporated within the squad.

“The red-ball excursion of England first up is obviously top on our precedence record, and we’re having a look ahead to hitting the bottom operating over there in a few weeks’ time. All going to plot, we will be able to have everybody are compatible and to be had for the primary Take a look at at Lord’s, and goal to announce our ultimate squad of 15 for that collection when we’ve finished our warm-up video games,” mentioned head trainer Gary Stead in a remark.

“Traveling England is all the time a special day with the folk, the grounds and the historical past all making for an attractive revel in. The English are all the time tricky in their very own prerequisites and feature many proficient avid gamers they are able to name on. There’s a explanation why we’ve handiest ever gained a few Take a look at collection over there, and we all know we’ll should be at our perfect to do it once more,” he added.

This is the New Zealand squad for England excursion:

Kane Williamson (c), Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Jacob Duffy, Cameron Fletcher, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Ajaz Patel, Rachin Ravindra, Hamish Rutherford, Tim Southee, Blair Tickner, Neil Wagner, Will Younger