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Veteran New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has embarked on his seventh tour of England and feels at the age of 37 he still has plenty to offer.

Rachin Ravindra Photo: PHOTOSPORT The squad is now settled in Southampton in England, with the second group from New Zealand, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner and BJ Watling arriving today. The first Test against England is two weeks away. Despite being in isolation 21 year old Ravindra says he still feels very much part of his first Black Caps squad. "Unfortunately I can't soak in as much as I'd like just because of the whole Covid situation , but I'm still able to communicate with my team-mates and learn from our time at the Lincoln camps and I'm sure it will translate into training i...

New Zealand name squad for England tour and Test C’ship final; Ravindra, Duffy, Conway get call-ups New Zealand announced a 20-man squad for England but with a question mark over the talismanic Kane Williamson and Trent Boult. File image of New Zealand captain Kane Williamson | AFP / Michael Bradley New Zealand named a squad of 20 players on Thursday for their upcoming tour of England including three uncapped players but with a question mark over the talismanic Kane Williamson and Trent Boult. The pair are expected to again be involved in the Indian Premier League play-...

However, in clubs and schools around the country a quiet revolution is gathering pace. BatFirst aims to put a bat in the hand of every Year 3 child attending a Decile 1-5 school in Auckland. Photo: Claudia Raven - Auckland Cricket Seventeen months ago, Carol Agafili had never played traditional cricket. But that all changed when she heard Samoa women's captain Regina Lili'i speak at the McAuley High School Sports Awards in 2019. The Kiwi Samoan teen is now a regular at the Papatoetoe Cricket Club, where Lili'i works as a women's development officer, and earned a call-up to last year's Auckla...

A trifecta of trans-Tasman sporting victories for New Zealand sides over Australia