Healthcare platform pledges support to National ICV programme
business7 hours ago
West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh have all confirmed they will tour New Zealand during the southern hemisphere summer, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive David White said on Tuesday.
Under the International Cricket Council's Future Tours Programme, West Indies were scheduled to play three Tests and three T20s in New Zealand, while Pakistan will play two Tests and three T20s.
The five Tests form part of the World Test Championship.
Bangladesh were due to play both ODIs and T20 series and Australia will round out the season in a three-match T20 series against New Zealand next March.
"We're making tremendous progress," White told reporters on Tuesday.
"Just on the phone actually to the West Indies, they are confirmed. Pakistan have confirmed, Australia and Bangladesh. So, 37 days of international cricket. We'll go through the detail of that in due course."
New Zealand has managed to largely contain the spread of the novel coronavirus and has held a national rugby competition in front of big crowds over the last couple of months.
White also confirmed that the 'White Ferns' women's cricket team will tour Australia in September and reciprocate by hosting the Southern Stars in February, when New Zealand would have been staging the postponed 50-over World Cup.
He said NZC would be looking at the biosecurity model being used by England to host Test series against West Indies and Pakistan and were discussing details of quarantine for incoming teams with the New Zealand government.
"It's a lot of cricket," he added. "We'll just be held up for a week or two while we work with the government agencies on the managed isolation but they've been tremendously supportive and making really good progress."
Healthcare platform pledges support to National ICV programme
business7 hours ago
The Dane exceeds his expectations with two wins on the tour including the 2024 UAE Challenge
sports7 hours ago
Kids can receive the extra dose regardless of their past vaccination status
uae7 hours ago
Cornet will still compete in the women's doubles and mixed doubles events before she walks away from the sport after almost 20 years as a professional
tennis8 hours ago
Real have won all eight finals they have contested since the Champions League replaced the European Cup in 1992
football8 hours ago
The country has been gripped by a wave of unprecedented rallies for the past seven weeks since the ruling Georgian Dream party revived the plans
world8 hours ago
Adherence to strong data practices is critical
business8 hours ago
The Cricket Cranes are training hard for their first ever T20 World Cup in June
cricket8 hours ago