New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has applauded Team India for having exact replacements in case of injuries. Stead also stated the magnitude of the challenge before the Kiwis as well. With Mohammed Shami, one of India’s first-choice bowlers of India who has been injured since November 2023, Akash Deep has replaced him well. Speaking […]

The one-off Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand has been abandoned without a ball being bowled in Greater Noida. However, because of that, the New Zealand team didn’t have good practice as they will play all-important World Test Championship matches against Sri Lanka and India. And, coaches felt it was “frustrating” and “disappointing” as well. […]

Vikram Rathour, the former batting coach of the Indian team, joined the New Zealand team to face Afghanistan in a one-off Test match starting September 9. Rathour was initially part of the Indian coaching staff under head coach Rahul Dravid and had an instrumental role in India’s victory at the T20 World Cup in the […]

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is hoping to return after a six-month gap in the much-awaited ICC Cricket World Cup in India. The Blackcaps will begin their campaign against England on October 5 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad as well. However, he tore the cruciate ligament in his right knee during the first […]

Veteran New Zealand player Kane Williamson has returned to practice and is currently recovering from a knee injury that he sustained during the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL). However, New Zealand Cricket will consider including him in their 2023 ODI World Cup squad even if he misses the first few matches. Although he is far from […]

New Zealand has been dealt a significant blow just months before the highly anticipated 2023 ODI World Cup in India, as their star all-rounder Michael Bracewell has suffered a ruptured right Achilles tendon. The injury occurred while Bracewell was batting for Worcestershire Rapids in the ongoing T20 Blast in England, forcing him to miss the […]

New Zealand head coach Gary Stead, ahead of the 1st Test of the two-match series against India at Green Park in Kanpur, lauded India spinners Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Axar Patel, calling them”world-class” and also talked about how the Kiwi batters have the potential to tackle them. In a press conference, the Kiwi head […]

New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has warned skipper Kane Williamson against going aggressive in the net practice after his troubled elbow got injured during the warm-up games in the build-up of the T20 World Cup 2021 in the UAE and Oman. Williamson played in the warm-up game against England but did not come out […]

New Zealand head coach Gary Stead has recently shared how New Zealand has planned to defeat India in the inaugural edition of the ICC World Test Championship final at the Rose Bowl in Southampton. They put up 249 runs in the first innings where opened Davon Conway scored 54 and skipper Kane Williamson scored 49 […]

While many believe the two-Test series against England will help New Zealand in the upcoming World Test Championship final against India, coach Gary Stead doesn’t feel the same as well. Notably, New Zealand registered a convincing Test win in England during a two-match series recently before the World Test Championship final against India starting on June […]