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NZ Cricket Kyle Jamieson has overcome the first setback of his international career and has a large appetite to learn more about himself. Kyle Jamieson has been reading to pass the time while stuck in his room in recent weeks, first in India, then the Maldives, and now in England, where he and the Black Caps have a busy month ahead. He was asked what titles he’d been perusing towards the end of a Zoom meeting on Thursday morning and his answer spoke volumes about the type of cricketer – an...

Cricket: Black Caps batsman Will Youngs hot form in county cricket creates selection headache ahead of England tour 17 May, 2021 04:00 AM 3 minutes to read All the weekend sports results delivered to you in 90 seconds. Video / NZ Herald NZ Herald Black Caps veteran Ross Taylor believes the hot form of batsman Will Young will put "another spanner in the works" for selectors ahead of the upcoming tour of England. Young has continued to make a strong case for selection in the upcoming two-test ser...

May 14, 2021 Share White ball batsman Glenn Phillips and allrounder Daryl Mitchell have been included for the first time on New Zealand Cricket’s list of centrally contracted players. But test spinner Ajaz Patel, who will leave next week with the New Zealand squad for England, has been dropped from the 20-strong list after only one year. The list is compiled by New Zealand coach Gary Stead and selector Gavin Larsen, who rank players on performances in all three formats, with tests rec...

Phillips, Mitchell added to NZ list of contracted players By STEVE McMORRANMay 14, 2021 GMT WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — White ball batsman Glenn Phillips and allrounder Daryl Mitchell have been included for the first time on New Zealand Cricket’s list of centrally contracted players. But test spinner Ajaz Patel, who will leave next week with the New Zealand squad for England, has been dropped from the 20-strong list after only one year. The list is compiled by New Zealand coach Gary Stea...

After a dynamic summer in Twenty20 cricket, Glenn Phillips was rewarded with his first Black Caps contract. One blasted the Black Caps’ fastest Twenty20 international century off 46 balls; the other stamped his mark with maiden test and one-day international hundreds. Both Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell put compelling cases, and were rewarded with first-time contracts on New Zealand Cricket’s top-20 on Friday. At the other end of the scale there was more frustration for test spinner Aj...

BJ Watling.—AFP WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s most successful Test wicket-keeper/batsman Bradley-John Watling will retire from all forms of cricket after their upcoming tour of England, the country’s cricket board (NZC) said on Wednesday. Watling, 35, has been an integral part of New Zealand’s Test team since debuting in 2009, and holds the Black Caps’ record for Test dismissals with 249 catches (excluding 10 as a fielder) and eight stumpings. Watling, who also represented New Zealand in...

BJ Watling to retire after England tour ESPNCricInfo 12 May 2021, 04:43 GMT+10 BJ Watling has announced he will retire from all cricket at the end of New Zealands upcoming Test tour of England. This will mean that form and fitness permitting, he will end his career with two Tests against England at Lords (June 2-6) and Edgbaston (June 10-14), followed by the World Test Championship final against India, which is scheduled to be played from June 18 to 22 in Southampton. "Its the right time," an N...

BJ Watling announces retirement 12 May 2021, 04:27 GMT+10 Auckland [New Zealand], May 11 (ANI): New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Tuesday announced that wicketkeeper-batsman BJ Watling will be retiring from international cricket after the tour of England. The 35-year-old has been a stalwart of the Test side since debuting in 2009 as an opening batsman, going on to establish himself as a world-class keeper-batsman and claiming numerous records in his 73 Tests to date. With the BlackCaps contracts for...

"Hes in that difficult situation of being over there and sort of isolated a little bit as well," Stead said. "Obviously it was distressing early on to get that news but I think hes in a much better space now that there is a plan around him.” Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images Gary Stead has exchanged multiple text messages with Tim Seifert who remains stranded in India. He didn’t go into details of that plan and confirmed it was not known when Seifert would be able to return home with the next m...

Williamson & Co to leave for England this weekend ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Tue, May 11 2021 22:33 IST | ​ 9 Views   Auckland, May 11 : New Zealands Test players, who were in the Indian Premier League, will leave Maldives for England this weekend so as to be able to complete quarantine and practice ahead of the Test series that begins on June 2. Skipper Kane Williamson, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson and physio Tommy Simsek will be travelling to England from Maldives where they ar...