New Zealand cricket team on Thursday arrived at Delhi Airport ahead of Test series. New Zealand is scheduled to play a one-off Test against Afghanistan and a three-match Test series against India.
Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon has proposed that the World Test Championships Final, played once every two years, should be a three-match affair hosted across three different countries – India, England and Australia to determine the ultimate winner.
Ahead of the one-off Test match against Afghanistan, Team New Zealand arrived in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida on September 5. According to ANI report, New Zealand Test skipper Tim Southee, star batter Kane Williamson, vice-captain Tom Latham, and other members of the squad were spotted at Delhi Airport on Thursday morning.
Given below is the 15 member New Zealand squad for one-off Test against Afghanistan. The list of players include Tim Southee (C), Tom Blundell (WK), Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (VC), Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Kane Williamson, Will Young.
Five spin-bowling options in the ‘Black Caps’ squad include Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel, Rachin Ravindra, Michael Bracewell, and Glenn Phillips.
The cricket match will be held at Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground between September 9 and 13. Afghanistan Cricket Board in a post on X (formerly Twitter) said, “Welcome @BlackCaps.” The post further reads, “The New Zealand team has arrived at the hotel in Greater Noida, India, for the one-off Test match against Afghanistan’s national team.”
It is important to note that star Afghan all-rounder Rashid Khan will skip the one-off Test against New Zealand due to a back injury, ESPNcricinfo reported. While playing in Afghanistan’s domestic T20 tournament – the Shpageeza Cricket League (SCL) for Speen Ghar Tigers (SGT) – Rashid sustained the injury two months ago.
Given below is the 20 member Afghanistan squad for one-off Test against New Zealand. The list of players include Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Abdul Malik, Rahmat Shah, Baheer Shah Mahboob, Ikram Alikhil (WK), Shahidullah Kamal, Gulbadin Naib, Afsar Zazai (WK), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ziaurrahman Akbar, Shamsurrahman, Qais Ahmad, Zahir Khan, Nijat Masoud, Farid Ahmad Malik, Naveed Zadran, Khalil Ahmad and Yama Arab.
