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An impressive partnership by Cameron White and captain Alex Wakely helped Northamptonshire end Glamorgan’s 100 per cent record in the Friends Life t20 with a dramatic seven-wicket win.

14-Jul-2013
ScorecardCameron White used his IPL experience to chase down the target to end Glamorgan’s unbeaten run•BCCIAn impressive partnership by Cameron White and captain Alex Wakely helped Northamptonshire end Glamorgan’s 100 per cent record in the Friends Life t20 with a dramatic seven-wicket win.Glamorgan posted 153 for 7 from their 20 overs with Zimbabwean veteran Murray Goodwin top-scoring with 47 off 31 balls as Mohammad Azharullah took personal-best Twenty20 figures of 4 for 14.Northamptonshire then reached their target with the final ball of the match thanks to White hammering 68 off 52 balls and Wakely smashing an unbeaten 52 off 39 deliveries including a third-wicket stand together of 92.Northants won the toss and chose to field and Glamorgan captain Jim Allenby was first to fall on 36 off 26 balls in the seventh over when he launched Azharullah high into the air and the catch was taken by wicketkeeper David Murphy.The hosts continued to hit back as Chris Cooke hit Matthew Spriegel to Lee Daggett at deep midwicket before Murphy stumped Mark Wallace for 19 off the same bowler four balls later.Ben Wright was then bowled for 15 by James Middlebrook before Graham Wagg knocked the bails off with his bat to gift Azharullah his second wicket. The Pakistani seamer then claimed two more victims in the final over as he was hammered by Nathan McCullum to David Willey at deep point before Goodwin holed out when he sliced to Murphy.Chasing 154, Northants lost Kyle Coetzer in the second over when he hit Allenby to Alex Jones at deep square leg as the hosts fell behind the run-rate early on.South Africa international Richard Levi then fell on 24 when Dean Cosker’s delivery spun into his off stump before Wakely was dropped on 13 by Goodwin at backward point off the same bowler. White then went past 50 off 43 balls by blasting a six down the ground off Michael Hogan as Northants tried to claw their way back into contention in the last four overs.Wakely then completed his half-century off just 35 deliveries, but White was run out by Nick James at backward point before Steven Crook’s four off Hogan sealed the win.

A century from opener Ruvindu Gunasekera, complemented by a fine bowling performance by medium-pacer Jeremy Gordon, helped Canada stroll to an eight-wicket win over Netherlands in just over two days in King City.

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Aug-2013
ScorecardJimmy Hansra (right) and Ruvindu Gunasekera shared a sixth-wicket stand of 87 runs•Eddie NorfolkA century from opener Ruvindu Gunasekera, complemented by a fine bowling performance from medium-pacer Jeremy Gordon, helped Canada stroll to an eight-wicket win over Netherlands in King City.Netherlands, put in to bat, had a slow start, losing both openers Michael Swart and Michael Rippon to the seamers Gordon and Cecil Pervez within 14 overs. Eric Szwarczynski, batting at No. 3, revived the innings with a brisk 57 off 72 deliveries. He smashed 10 fours and added 82 for the third wicket with Tim Gruijters, as Netherlands stabilised.Pervez, brought back into the attack, got the breakthrough for Canada, trapping Szwarczynski lbw in the 35th over. His wicket triggered a collapse, as the visitors, unable to deal with Canada’s pacers, lost the last eight wickets for 32 runs. Raza-ur-Rehman, took four of those wickets, conceding eight runs off 8.3 overs. Gordon also took four wickets, including three in successive overs, as the pair bowled out Netherlands for 164.Gunasekera led Canada’s first innings, hitting 21 fours and two sixes during his 173-ball 150 to take Canada to 436. He put up crucial stands of 73, 112 and 87 for the fourth, fifth and sixth wickets with Ashish Bagai, Salman Nazar and Jimmy Hansra respectively as Canada established a lead of 272. Netherlands medium-pacer Vivian Kingma struck three early blows but the visitors found things difficult once Canada’s batsmen had settled down.Facing a vast deficit, Netherlands had another shaky start as Gordon and Harvir Baidwan dismissed Swart and Rippon in the first three overs. Gordon, who finished the match with figures of 8 for 149, then dismissed Gruijters to leave Netherlands at a precarious 45 for 3.Szwarczynski, however, counter-attacked with 85, and was involved in a 99-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Daan Van Bunge, who made 54. Szwarczynski eventually edged a delivery from Gordon back to the wicketkeeper Bagai, but the visitors showed more mettle and resistance in the second innings, as Wesley Barresi, Tom Heggelman and Pieter Seelaar all made useful contributions.Seelar led the lower-order resistance with an unbeaten 75 as Netherlands managed to wipe out the deficit but failed to open up a big enough lead, before being dismissed for 336. Pacer Harvir Baidwan complemented Gordon’s effort, finishing with a four-wicket haul in the second innings.Canada took 43 balls to reach the 65-run target, led by a 24-ball 44 from Gunasekera. The win took Canada up to fifth in the Intercontinental Cup table, one point ahead of Kenya, while Netherlands finished last.

Perth Scorchers have made two changes to their Champions League squad, with Alfonso Thomas and Shaun Marsh out of the team

ESPNcricinfo staff16-Sep-2013The Perth Scorchers have made two changes in their Champions League squad. Alfonso Thomas, the Somerset fast bowler, will not be available for the tournament as Somerset have chosen to retain him for the ongoing county season. Perth have named South Australia fast bowler, Joe Mennie, as his immediate replacement.Shaun Marsh, the Australia batsman, who recently pulled up with a hamstring injury during the fourth ODI against England, has also been ruled out of the Champions League, with Marcus North being named his replacement.”It is obviously disappointing not to have Alfonso available,” Ben Oliver, the general manager of cricket operations for Perth Scorchers, said. “However, it is not unexpected and is part of the landscape of Twenty20 cricket.”In saying this, it is a great opportunity for Joe, who is a talented young bowler who performed well for us in last year’s CLT20 tournament. Marcus is a proven performer at international level and we welcome his experience back into the side.”He was unlucky to miss initial selection in the squad, but has returned from the UK in good form and we look forward to him contributing to what we hope will be a successful Champions League campaign.”Perth have been in Darwin the last week, acclimatising to conditions which they perceive as similar to what they expect in India. The squad competed in a three-game T20 series against NT Strike, which they won 2-1.They are expected to fly out of Perth on Tuesday morning, with their first game against Highveld Lions on September 23 in Ahmedabad.Perth Scorchers: Simon Katich (capt), Ashton Agar, Michael Beer, Jason Behrendorff, Hilton Cartwright, Burt Cockley, Liam Davis, Brad Hogg, Joe Mennie, Marcus North, Joel Paris, Tom Triffitt, Ashton Turner, Adam Voges, Sam Whiteman.

Michael Powell, the Kent batsman, has announced his retirement after a 16-year playing career

ESPNcricinfo staff12-Sep-2013Michael Powell, the Kent batsman, has announced his retirement. The 36-year-old, who spent the majority of his career with home county Glamorgan, will return to Wales at the end of the season and take up a position with consultancy firm Thomas Carroll PLC.Powell has featured only a handful of times for Kent this season, despite scoring 695 first-class runs at 40.88 last year. In a 16-year career, he made more than 13,000 runs and his best score of 299 remains the second highest in Glamorgan’s history. Despite that, he was not offered a new contract by Glamorgan in 2011 and expressed his disappointment at having to leave the Welsh club.”I have had a wonderful career and I owe a lot to many people within cricket,” Powell said. “I enjoyed an extremely rewarding career at Glamorgan and have also relished the opportunity to play for Kent over the last two seasons.”I would like to thank everyone for their continued support throughout my career, including supporters at both at Glamorgan and Kent. I have a number of exciting opportunities on the horizon, and look forward to moving on to the next stage of my career.”Powell came into England contention in 2004, when he was called up to the one-day squad as cover, and toured with the Lions a year later but was never capped, despite amassing 1327 runs in 2006, when he was named Glamorgan’s player of the year. In 2007, he suffered complications during surgery to remove a rib – subsequently buried at Sophia Gardens – but recovered from a life-threatening blood clot to continue his playing career.Graham Johnson, Kent’s chairman, said: “Mike has helped Kent through a transition period, and true to his approach to cricket over a number of years, has done so in a very positive way, adding to all aspects of Kent Cricket. I hope he finds time to come back to see the fruits of what he has helped establish, he will always be welcome.”

Zaheer Khan, the interim Mumbai captain, has said that there are ‘mixed feelings’ in the dressing room about Tendulkar’s final Ranji match in Lahli against Haryana

Abhishek Purohit in Lahli26-Oct-2013What looks to be Sachin Tendulkar’s final domestic match is evoking “mixed feelings” in the Mumbai dressing room, their captain, Zaheer Khan, has said. Zaheer added that while Mumbai were lucky to have Tendulkar for their Ranji Trophy opener against Haryana, they were also emotional about the farewell.”It is a special game for all of us,” Zaheer said. “The atmosphere is very festive. Everyone is excited to be seeing Sachin in the Ranji Trophy for the last time. As a team we are lucky to have him here. In a way it is like his farewell game. It is emotional and exciting and there are mixed feelings in the camp. The emotion and the occasion will help everyone put in that extra bit to perform.”He is enjoying the game as he was when he started. It is very evident. We are happy to have him around. The way preparations are going, it’s going to help him play those last two games [Tests against West Indies] as well.”Zaheer, who began his comeback recently against West Indies A, said he was pleased with how he was progressing, and that the focus was on regaining match fitness. “The couple of matches I played for India A were a good opportunity to get some overs under the belt. The rhythm is good, and as I played more it was coming along and things were falling in place.”The more I bowl in match situations, the more it will help me. It’s very important for me to get match fitness going. I am controlling the things I can control, making sure the routine is good, and keeping things on track. In terms of my follow-up on the fitness, a routine has been in place which I have been following for three and a half months.”Ajay Jadeja, Zaheer’s Haryana counterpart, had remarked that one need not go all the way to France, like Zaheer had, to improve one’s fitness, given the facilities as well as the quiet available in places like Lahli. Zaheer replied that it depended on one’s perspective. “It’s important that you put in the hard work in training. You can do it anywhere. It’s just that sometimes you need a change, try new things, and look at things differently. The idea behind doing that [going to France] was completely different for me and I’m happy with the way things have gone. It’s about how an individual looks at things.”With Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma on India duty, Zaheer is leading the side against Haryana. He said that he was trying to enjoy the temporary responsibility. “It’s all about helping youngsters, keeping everyone together and making sure that everyone is enjoying each others company. Excited about the new role, even though it is not for long.”

A round-up of President’s One-Day Trophy matches played on November 5

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Nov-2013Imran Nazir’s 189 charged Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited to a comprehensive 109-run win by posting 367 in 41.2 overs against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited in Islamabad. In reply, SNGPL were all out in 36 overs and Azhar Ali’s hundred took them only to 258.After ZTBL’s opening pair put on 81, the second-wicket stand between Nazir and Yasir Hameed put on 163 runs even though Hameed’s contribution was only 20. The rest of the batsmen could not accompany Nazir for too long as he smashed 189 off only 83 balls, including 26 fours and nine sixes. Azhar and Asad Ali ran through the lower order, taking the last seven wickets for 31 runs. While Azhar took 5 for 66, the least expensive of the lot, Asad Ali finished with 3 for 67.Only one batsman for SNGPL got past 30, as Azhar scored a 76-ball 106. Once they lost five wickets for 192, left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar wrapped up the lower order with figures of 5 for 56 to complete the win.Khurram Manzoor’s ninth List A century helped Port Qasim Authority chase down 231, and secure an easy eight-wicket win against Pakistan Television in Lahore.Manzoor smashed 18 fours and two sixes during his 128, and added 144 for the opening wicket with Shahzaib Hasan, who made 66, as Port Qasim overhauled the target in 35.3 overs.PTV, put in to bat, were earlier buoyed by a century from the opener Imran Ali, that helped them overcome a slow start. Imran’s 103 included 11 fours, and he contributed 163 for the fourth wicket with Mohammad Sami. However, no other batsman could manage more than 13, as the team were restricted to 231 for 8 from their 45 overs.In a shortened game, Pakistan International Airlines prevailed over Habib Bank Limited by two runs according to D/L, thanks to a fifty from Shoaib Malik. PIA, chasing 215, were 182 for 6 in the 40th over when the game was called off.Shoaib blasted five fours as he made his way to 64, and Fahad Iqbal chipped in with a handy 31, but it was a 14-ball 25 from Adeel Malik, who hit three fours and a six, that ultimately made the difference for PIA by taking them ahead of the par score of 180 when the match came to a premature conclusion.Habib Bank’s innings had earlier been built on a patient 68 from the captain Younis Khan, and his 59-run fourth-wicket partnership with Hasan Raza. Younis departed in the 35th over, but Sulaman Qadir added a late surge by whacking six fours and one six, to take the team to 215 for 5.A 53 from Zain Abbas helped Khan Research Laboratories to a comprehensive 64-run win over State Bank of Pakistan in Rawalpindi.Abbas’ innings came with three fours and a six, and he added 53 for the opening wicket with Tayyab Riaz, as KRL made a strong start. Their middle order all made important contributions, including a 39 from Usman Salahuddin, as the team eventually rallied to 218 for 7.Raheel Majeed led the run-chase with a 97-ball 72, but eight of SBP’s batsmen got out for single digits, as Yasir Arafat, Nayyer Abbas and Umaid Asif took two wickets each to bundle them out for 154 in just over 36 overs.United Bank Limited chased a modest 160 posted by Water and Power Development Authority after Adil Raza and Atif Maqbool took four wickets each. WAPDA were all out in 37.4 overs with a late revival from Naved-ul-Hasan, who scored 38 off 35.Raza and Maqbool stifled the batsmen, sharing the top six wickets between them as WAPDA saw five of their batsmen scoring in single digits. In reply, UBL saw stable contributions from their top-order batsmen who scored 101 runs together. Asif Ali and Khalid Usman dented the chase with two wickets each but UBL eventually finished the chase with five overs to spare.

Darren Sammy has conceded that careers could be on the line after West Indies’ 2-0 series defeat, including his own position as captain

Andrew McGlashan in Hamilton22-Dec-2013Darren Sammy has conceded that careers could be on the line after West Indies’ 2-0 series defeat, including his own position as captain. His team’s hopes disappeared in a session on the third day in Hamilton as they were skittled for 103, and it was far from a one-off implosion from the West Indies batsmen.Sammy, as he has throughout, spoke honestly and openly while reflecting on another heavy defeat – West Indies’ fourth in five matches – but there was a hollow look in his eyes. When asked if he was “angry”, he said he wasn’t that type of person – “I have good control over my emotions” – but whereas in Wellington, he watched his side fold in seamer-friendly conditions that favoured New Zealand, in Hamilton, there was little in the surface for the pace bowlers.Overall, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Darren Bravo averaged over 60 for the series, and Denesh Ramdin’s hundred lifted his figure to 38.40, but then the numbers slip away. Marlon Samuels was the major disappointment, averaging 19.50 while Kieran Powell, who had established himself in the opener’s position, was 17.33.”There are tough decisions to be made by the coach and the director of cricket, some careers are on the line, could be mine as well, you never know,” Samy said while he sat alongside West Indies’ coach, Ottis Gibson. “We cannot continue like this. In any organisation, you need to show graft and commitment. The coach keeps saying if we do the same thing, don’t expect a different result.”Watch us play when we play well and people say wow, things are moving forward, but it’s two steps forward, then three or four backwards. Before we went to India, there were six consecutive Test wins. Then, on the tour of India, we got beaten miserably. We escaped in Dunedin by fighting hard with our backs against the wall. There’s a lot of work to do, we just need to be more consistent.”West Indies’ next Test series is against New Zealand in the Caribbean more than five months away and, given the regression in their form over the last couple of months on the road, the selectors could well decide a change is needed. Sammy has already been removed from the one-day captain’s role, which now belongs to Dwayne Bravo, although he remains the captain of the Twenty20 side that will start as defending champions at the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.”At the end of the day, the selectors recommend the captain. If I’m asked to do the job I’d still do it. They’ll make the decision,” Sammy said.At tea on the third day at Seddon Park, there were no such remorseful feelings in the West Indies side. Although their lead was only 18, they knew one solid display, leaving a target over 200, would have given Sunil Narine the chance to be a match-winner.”We came here to good batting conditions, that’s not a 103-run pitch, but credit to McCullum and his boys, they had a plan for every batsman and the way their bowlers bowled out under pressure, we didn’t have a response,” Sammy said. “The batting unit needed partnerships, and we were unable to do that. I don’t know what it is, in the end, it’s up to us as batsmen to get the necessary runs, even if they’re ugly.”At the moment, West Indies’ batting is more often ugly for the wrong reasons.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has praised wicketkeeper-batsman Luke Ronchi, whose unbeaten 51 off 28 helped the hosts chase 160 in the second T20 in Wellington, and said he was the difference in the two sides

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Jan-2014Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand captain, praised wicketkeeper-batsman Luke Ronchi for his unbeaten 51 off 28 balls, which helped the hosts beat West Indies by four wickets in the second T20, and said the batsman was the difference between the two sides in the series. Ronchi’s innings helped New Zealand chase down 160, and followed his quickfire 48 off 25 in the first T20, which had powered the side to a match-winning score.”I think he’s been brilliant and has been the difference in both games,” McCullum said. “His ability to come in and play as freely as what he has, to dominate the partnerships in the last two games and to put the pressure straight back on West Indies has been brilliant. His score in the last game gave him that little bit more freedom as well to just go out there and play his natural game.”Ronchi came in with the score at 79 for 5 in the 11th over when New Zealand needed 81 from 57. Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum had fallen after getting off to starts while Colin Munro and Corey Anderson were dismissed for single-digit scores. The 68-run stand between Ronchi and Ross Taylor brought New Zealand to the brink of the win.McCullum also praised pace bowler Adam Milne, who picked two wickets for 22 runs in four overs . In the first T20, Milne had finished with figures of 4-0-15-1.”I thought he [Milne] was brilliant again tonight,” McCullum said. “It was quite a slow surface but he still asked plenty of questions pace-wise and the areas he operated in were good, aggressive areas and he got the rewards again tonight. It was another big step for him to put two games like that.”New Zealand made one change in the bowling department, bringing in Mitchell McClenaghan in place of Tim Southee, who had conceded 36 in the first T20. McCullum said their decision to rotate the bowlers worked well and the team was enjoying a certain luxury in their bench strength.”I think leaving out Tim [Southee] today was a smart decision,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of cricket coming up, you got to be realistic as well and make sure you are able to rotate those guys through without major changes, just subtle changes. And the luxury we’ve got at the moment is that we’ve got some good stock as well.”Ronchi, who was named the Man of the Match, was delighted to have put runs on the board in both T20s after scoring only 34 runs in the four ODIs earlier.”I’ve been feeling really good but haven’t been putting numbers on the board much and it’s been good to have the faith of Brendon and Hesson and to perform well in these two games has been really nice,” Ronchi said. “It was also good having Rosco there, he’s got a level head as well and we had nine or ten overs to go, so we thought we should just bat and if it’s a dot or a four, we just take whatever is there and then just get in the game and things will happen and that’s what happened.”

Soon after the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal, while the Mumbai camp wore a stunning silence, former Mumbai captain Madhav Mantri and former player and coach Vasu Paranjpe headed into the visitors’ dressing room

Amol Karhadkar in Mumbai11-Jan-2014’MCA should look into coaching structure across levels’

On a day the Mumbai Cricket Association received the award for the best domestic team for the 2012-13 season, their team was ousted from the Ranji Trophy. It was ironic that the domestic powerhouse that won three of the four inter-state titles (Under-16, Under-25 and Ranji Trophy) last year, and finished runners-up in the fourth (Under-19), ended the season without any of the major trophies.
Mumbai coach Sulakshan Kulkarni has appealed to the MCA officials to “look into” the coaching structure. “MCA should look into it,” he said. “They should think how to improve Mumbai cricket in the future. Not only Ranji Trophy but age-group cricket as well where the basics of cricket are taught. MCA should look into the basics of everyone, not just batsmen but even for bowlers.”
Asked if he was worried about Mumbai cricket’s future, Kulkarni said: “I am worried because for Mumbai, there is nothing less than championship. For teams other than Mumbai, if they lose it is not news. But when Mumbai loses it is big news and today is big news. For Mumbai, a defeat is difficult to digest. From that point of view, MCA should look in to it.”

Soon after Maharashtra’s staggering win over Mumbai the Ranji Trophy quarter-final, while the Mumbai camp wore a stunning silence, former Mumbai captain Madhav Mantri and former player and coach Vasu Paranjpe headed into the visitors’ dressing room. Not by mistake, but it was because they wanted to compliment the Maharashtra team for their stunning comeback.”He [Mantri] basically said ‘you are a young side and you can become a formidable side’ and Vasu sir said ‘now that you’ve beaten Mumbai, don’t lose to anyone else’. That’s what we will all remember,” an elated Maharashtra coach Surendra Bhave said after his team’s eight-wicket victory at the Wankhede Stadium.Despite wearing a dejected look, Mumbai coach Sulakshan Kulkarni credited the Maharashtra duo of Kedar Jadhav and Vijay Zol, whose unbroken 215-run partnership for the third wicket took the game away from Mumbai.”They batted brilliantly, both of them,” Kulkarni said after Mumbai’s quest for a 41st Ranji title ended with a humiliating loss. “Let me tell you, we never expected anyone to put on 200 runs on this wicket, [that too] against Zaheer Khan. You need everything to do so well, you need temperament, skill, guts, tactics. They did everything.”Bhave admitted that Jadhav and Zol’s composure made it a smooth ride for his team. “Given the conditions, we all thought the game was in balance at the end of the day’s play yesterday. But Kedar and Vijay just took it away, first soaking the pressure and then with aggression,” he said.Jadhav and Zol, both natural strokemakers, were patient in the morning till the ball lost its shine. “It was all about seeing off the new ball,” Bhave said. “And with Mumbai bowling that wide of off stump in the morning helped solve our problem to an extent.”In response, Kulkarni put the onus on captain Zaheer Khan. “On the field, inside the boundary, captain is the boss. Whatever decisions have been made in the field have been by the captain.”While complimenting the batsmen, Bhave didn’t forget to acknowledge the work of Maharashtra’s bowling unit on the third day that helped them recover after conceding a 122-run lead. “The third morning proved to be a turnaround as our batsmen got us closer to the Mumbai total. They showed the aggression that kind of shifted the onus.”There was a point when I thought they should have mellowed down a bit, and take the score much closer than that. Having said that, once the bowlers started hitting the right areas – I knew that this was a sort of wicket where if you pitch in the right areas, the edge will come – so it was all about catching and our catching was brilliant. That’s how we got back into the match.”Having beaten the traditional rivals in their own den was a huge boost for Maharashtra’s inconsistent form of late. After having been promoted from the Plate league in 2011-12, Maharashtra finished at the bottom of Group B last year to be relegated to Group C.”It’s an outstanding feeling,” Bhave said. “Beating Mumbai in Mumbai itself is big and doing it in a knockout match – in a quarter-final – just makes it better. All the credit goes to the players. The heart that they have shown in this match, it’s truly outstanding. When you’re down by 122 runs on a seamer-friendly track in Mumbai, not many teams would have shown that kind of lion-hearted attitude. Hats off to the players.”

Kane Williamson has replaced Jesse Ryder, who has been suspended after a drinking incident, in New Zealand’s World Twenty20 squad

ESPNcricinfo staff16-Feb-2014Kane Williamson has replaced Jesse Ryder, who has been suspended after a drinking incident, in New Zealand’s World Twenty20 squad. Anton Devcich, Trent Boult and Ronnie Hira are the other additions to their limited-overs squads over a successful summer. No other changes were made to the side.Wiliamson has played 13 Twenty20 internationals for an average of 23 and a strike rate of 118, but he wasn’t part of the Twenty20 squad when New Zealand hosted West Indies. Ryder’s off-field issues created a vacancy, and Williamson walked into it. Williamson’s part-time spin, and his ability to play spin, played no little part in the selection.”We’ve had to exclude him [Ryder] from the tour. Character is really important as part of our selection process,” Bruce Edgar, the general manager of national selection, said. “As we saw when we toured Bangladesh in October, the pitches will be slow and likely to turn. Consequently we were looking for batsmen who can play spin well as well as some more spin bowling options.”Anton gives us both top- and middle-order batting options as well as spin. He performed well on the tour to Bangladesh and the New Zealand A tour to India and Sri Lanka before that. And Ronnie is an experienced Twenty20 spin bowler. He’s an excellent fieldsman, and he had a very good HRV Twenty20 with Canterbury.”Fast bowlers Adam Milne and Matt Henry were not available for selection because of injuries.New Zealand squad Brendon McCullum (capt.), Corey Anderson, Martin Guptill, Mitchell McClenaghan, Nathan McCullum, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Luke Ronchi (wk), Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Anton Devcich, Trent Boult, Ronnie Hira