Ferguson to captain New Zealand in Bangladesh ODI sequence
Lockie Ferguson will captain New Zealand of their ODI sequence in opposition to Bangladesh later this month with Tom Latham amongst a gaggle of senior gamers given a break earlier than the World Cup.
Latham, presently main the one-day aspect instead of Kane Williamson, has been rested from the three-match tour in late September together with Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner and Tim Southee to permit them a brief interval at house.
Trent Boult will function together with Kyle Jamieson and Adam Milne. The spin bowling might be shared between Ish Sodhi, Rachin Ravindra and Cole McConchie.
Ferguson not too long ago captained New Zealand in a T20 warm-up match in opposition to Worcestershire on the present tour of England.
“Lockie is an experienced bowler at the international level, and this is an opportunity for him to really lead from the front with not just the bowling group but the team as a whole,” head coach Gary Stead mentioned. “He stepped into the role for the warm-up matches in England and led a group with a lot of moving parts well.
“We have a really full schedule between now till the top of our tour to Pakistan in April together with the World Cup and the beginning of the brand new World Test Championship cycle so making an attempt to maintain gamers and employees recent and prepared on the proper instances is paramount,” Stead added.
“Balancing workloads additionally supplies alternatives and it is thrilling to have totally different gamers within the group and studying in an setting like Bangladesh. It generally is a difficult place to tour and getting used to totally different circumstances shortly might be vital over the following few months.”
Dean Foxcroft, who has recently qualified for New Zealand and made his T20I debut against UAE last month, has been included in the squad.
“Any time a participant is chosen for the primary time it is thrilling and Dean’s proven because the [Otago] Volts’ main white ball run scorer final summer season the expertise he has,” Stead said. “We have been impressed with the best way he got here into the group with the T20 squad, and this might be one other nice alternative to continue learning in our surroundings.”
Mark Chapman and Jimmy Neesham weren’t considered for selection because of the birth of their first children.
The three ODIs will take place in Dhaka on September 21, 23 and 26 with the teams then heading to India for the World Cup.
New Zealand ODI squad vs Bangladesh Lockie Ferguson (capt), Finn Allen, Tom Blundell, Trent Boult. Chad Bowes, Dane Cleaver, Dean Foxcroft, Kyle Jamieson, Cole McConchie, Adam Milne, Henry Nicholls, Rachin Ravindra, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Will Young