New Zealand have named their 13-member ODI squad to face Bangladesh in three ODIs with maiden call-ups to the fifty-overs squad for 3 gamers. 26-year-old all-rounder Josh Clarkson, leg-spinner Adi Ashok and seamer Will O’Rourke are the three potential ODI debutants named within the squad that sees a serious reshuffle after the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023, wherein Kiwis earned a semifinal end after a loss to India. Ashok, who made his T20I debut in UAE in August, will likely be a part of the squad for the ultimate two video games with Ish Sodhi taking part in the primary recreation.
Tom Latham will lead the facet that misses a number of senior gamers from the World Cup squad. Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips and Devon Conway should not a part of the squad, as per ICC.
Michael Bracewell (Achilles), Matt Henry (hamstring), Lockie Ferguson (Achilles), James Neesham (ankle), Ben Lister (hamstring) and Henry Shipley (again) weren’t thought-about for choice resulting from harm, whereas Trent Boult made himself unavailable.
”Josh [Clarkson] is somebody who, whereas nonetheless solely younger, has performed over 150 matches for the Stags, creating his abilities with bat and ball to develop into a constant contributor,” Blackcaps selector Sam Wells stated.
”Adi and Will are each nonetheless contemporary to home cricket however have been spectacular of their early efforts and stepped up properly this yr within the New Zealand A matches towards Australia A,” he stated.
”Each provide worthwhile skill-sets, Adi with spectacular management as a younger leg spinner, and Will with pure bounce and variation as a tall tempo bowler,” Wells concluded.
The ODI sequence begins on December 17 with matches in Dunedin, Nelson and Napier.
New Zealand squad: Tom Latham, Adi Ashok (matches 2 and three), Finn Allen, Tom Blundell, Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson, Jacob Duffy, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Henry Nicholls, Will O’Rourke, Rachin Ravindra, Ish Sodhi (match 1), Will Younger.
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