Ravindra earns World Cup name, Milne and Allen miss out

Sep 11, 2023 at 1:56 AM
Ravindra earns World Cup name, Milne and Allen miss out
Pace bowlers Adam Milne and Kyle Jamieson have missed out on New Zealand’s provisional squad for the ODI World Cup with allrounder Rachin Ravindra incomes a spot as an extra spin possibility.

Williamson, together with Tim Southee, might be enjoying of their fourth ODI World Cup having featured in 2011, 2015 and 2019.

As was hinted by his omission for the primary ODI towards England, Finn Allen doesn’t make the lower. Allen did play in Southampton on Sunday however picked up a second-ball duck. Devon Conway and Will Young are more likely to be New Zealand’s openers on the World Cup.
Jimmy Neesham, who was on the crease for the Super Over within the 2019 ultimate, is retained whereas Southee, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson and Matt Henry make up the specialist quicks. Mitch Santner and Ish Sodhi are the frontline spinners supplemented by Ravindra who solely made his ODI debut earlier this 12 months.

Milne performed on the 2015 World Cup and returned to the ODI facet in 2022 after additional battles with harm however has performed simply 5 matches within the format since 2017. He was dominated out of the continuing England collection with a hamstring harm.

Jamieson, who has loved nearly all of his worldwide success at Test stage, has not too long ago returned to motion after a again harm.

“It’s always a special time to name a tournament team and I’d like to congratulate the 15 players selected today,” New Zealand coach Gary Stead stated.

“From Kane and Tim heading to their fourth tournament to the guys selected for the first time it’s always a very exciting time. As with any squad named for an ICC tournament, there have been some tough calls and there will be some disappointed players.

“The key for us was discovering the precise steadiness for the squad and ensuring we had our bases lined for what’s going to be a really aggressive match.”

New Zealand ODI World Cup squad Kane Williamson (capt), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young