New Zealand Win T20I Series vs Pakistan & Freshen Up For ODIs
New Zealand cruised to a 4-1 T20I series vs Pakistan and now enter ODI mode as they continue to showcase Aotearoa's cricketing depth with even more youngsters getting an opportunity.
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New Zealand cruised to a 4-1 T20I series vs Pakistan and now enter ODI mode as they continue to showcase Aotearoa's cricketing depth with even more youngsters getting an opportunity.
A New Zealand cricket showcase is about to begin with Blackcaps playing five T20Is vs Pakistan as part of a double-header extravaganza with White Ferns.
New Zealand are in the Champions Trophy final and while it would be another glorious achievement to win the final vs India, the calm before the final provides a better zone to assess Blackcaps cricket.
After taking an emerging squad to Sri Lanka late last year, Aotearoa's Blackcaps have won five of their last six ODIs with three consecutive wins in the ODI Tri-Series vs Pakistan and South Africa.
The Champions Trophy is back and it comes at an intriguing time for New Zealand cricket as the Blackcaps have transitioned towards a younger, fresher group.
New Zealand has gone 3-2 in T20Is against Sri Lanka over the past few months and now the away/home double up with Sri Lanka heads into ODI mode.
The Blackcaps T20 squad named to play Sri Lanka in three games starting this Saturday features Aotearoa's best young talent and it's the perfect opportunity to roll out a fresh T20 group after New Zealand struggled to hit their potential in T20Is this year.
The Blackcaps year of Test cricket has wrapped up and they finish 2024 with a 6-6 record, which holds steady at 7-7 in the World Test Championship where New Zealand is currently fourth.
An English dose of reality has smoked Blackcaps and it serves as a word of warning for New Zealand Cricket with White Ferns hosting Australia for an ODI series later this month.
New Zealand's loss to England in Christchurch saw them slide back into their status-quo and perhaps some expectations need adjusting given how different the tour of India was compared to nearly everything else Blackcaps have done in recent years.
New Zealand starts the kiwi summer of cricket with the first Test against England at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Thursday.
New Zealand's Blackcaps are in Sri Lanka were they drew the T20I series 1-1 and lost the first of three ODIs.
Cricket in New Zealand has always been the headline act of an Aotearoa summer and it is one of the many sports in which kiwis out-perform nations with far more resources.
The smallest Test playing nation in the world won the first World Test Championship and now we can now add a 3-0 series sweep in India to New Zealand's glorious achievements in Test cricket since the pandemic started this decade.
Last month New Zealand's Blackcaps lost two Tests in Sri Lanka and now they have won two Tests in India.
New Zealand defeated India in the World Test Championship, doing what very few kiwi cricket teams have done over the past century by winning in one of the trickiest countries to tour.
New Zealand heads to India for three Tests in the World Test Championship and while that's always a recipe for kiwi underdog status, expectations for this Test series should be low.
New Zealand's loss to Sri Lanka in the second Test of their World Test Championship excursion brings together many concerning threads for New Zealand Cricket.
There are two storylines that make things a wee bit more complicated than just another disappointing loss for the Blackcaps after their loss in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
New Zealand continue on their solid World Test Championship campaign with two Tests in Sri Lanka starting this Wednesday, where they will need to quickly adjust and adapt after no cricket was played against Afghanistan.