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NZ is in great place to create a bit of history: Boult ANI 01 Jun 2021, 16:18 GMT+10 Tauranga [New Zealand], June 1 (ANI): New Zealand pacer Trent Boult feels the Kiwi team can "create a bit of history" when they lock horns with India in the World Test Championship (WTC) final later this month. New Zealand and India will lock horns in the final of the WTC, beginning June 18 at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. Before that, New Zealand will also play a two-match Test series against England, beginni...

Selection intrigue surrounds England-New Zealand opener 112 LONDON, June 1, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – England and New Zealand head into Wednesday’s first Test at Lord’s with both sides face some potentially awkward selection decisions. The hosts, in a match that marks the return of spectators to international cricket in England after their home games were played behind closed doors last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, will field an attack missing injured World Cup winners Ben Stokes (fin...

Joseph Pearson15:54, Jun 01 2021 RNZ Extra Time: The panel looks at the Black Caps prospects for their England tour which takes in the World Test Championship final against India. Star Black Caps pace bowler Trent Boult is keen to return to the whites in their second test against England and unleash with the English Duke balls extra swing next week at Edgbaston. While Black Caps coach Gary Stead has indicated that Boult will be held back until the inaugural World Test Championship final, start...

Pace bowler Trent Boult said on Tuesday he is looking to play the second Test against England beginning June 10, soon after New Zealand team coach Gary Stead had said that the left-armer will miss it and play only the World Test Championship ...

New Zealand pace bowler Trent Boult will arrive on Friday but will be available only for World Test Championship final against India from June 18. Left-armer Boult, who is already skipping the first Test against England that begins at Lords on ...

A big few weeks for the Black Caps gets underway at the Home of Cricket in London tonight.

The seamer is set to land in England more than a week out from the second test against the hosts, but is unlikely to feature in it.

Stead gave his biggest hint when he answered a question about how playing a spinner – something the Black Caps haven’t done in four of their last five tests – would alter the balance of the side. “The decision we will have to make is whether we go with four frontline seamers, as we have in the past year ... or do we go with three seamers, then play the all-rounder in de Grandhomme, and the all-rounder in Santner as well. “They’re the different options we have when we’re balanci...

Updated: May 31, 2021, 5:13 pm Trent Boult will almost certainly miss both Tests against England (Anthony Devlin/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up New Zealand coach Gary Stead expects Trent Boult to miss the upcoming series against England with a view to being fresh for the inaugural World Test Championship final aga...

Black Caps bowler Trent Boult will only be considered for the World Test Championship final against India later this month.