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New Zealand (NZ) Cricket on Monday announced squad for their near four-month Asian tour that will begin with the series against Bangladesh, for which they will leave on August 23.
The visitors will play a warm-up game on August 29 before the opening game of the series on September 1. All five matches will be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
The squad for Bangladesh, where they will play five T20Is, will be led by Tom Latham. None of the members named in the squad for the India tour and ICC World Cup (WC)T20 will be a part of the Bangladesh tour. The 16-member squad also includes uncapped duo of Canterbury all-rounder Cole McConchie, and Wellington pacer Ben Sears.
NZC chief executive David White said changing times demanded changing strategies, with player welfare and support now one of professional sport’s biggest challenges, particularly in the current pandemic environment.
“The need to safeguard the well-being of our players and support staff is now very real, and we’ve endeavoured to do this by carefully managing their workloads over this winter’s massive playing programme”, said Mr White.
He said the decision had the backing of the NZC Board and the New Zealand Cricket Players Association.
All the matches will be played at SBNS respectively on 1, 3, and 5,8,10 September.
Squad for Bangladesh: Tom Latham (c/wk), Finn Allen, Hamish Bennett, Tom Blundell (wk), Doug Bracewell, Colin de Grandhomme, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry (ODI only), Scott Kuggeleijn, Cole McConchie, Henry Nicholls, Ajaz Patel, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, Blair Tickner, Will Young.
