The New Zealand Cricket crew arrives at Hyderabad for his or her ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 marketing campaign. The Blackcaps have been the runners-up of their earlier two World Cup campaigns in 2015 and 2019 respectively lacking out on the trophy by a slim margin.
This time New Zealand seems to be in fine condition and they’re one of many favourites to carry the World Cup this yr. New Zealand will face England within the opening match of the World Cup on fifth October and they’ll search their revenge for the defeat they confronted within the 2019 World Cup Finals in opposition to England.
Earlier than the beginning of the World Cup, New Zealand will play two apply video games in opposition to Pakistan and South Africa respectively. They may face Pakistan on twenty ninth September for the primary warm-up sport and South Africa on 2nd October for the second warm-up sport. After these warm-up matches, New Zealand will kick off their World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to England in Ahmedabad on fifth October.
A complete of 10 groups will battle one another within the round-robin league format for the coveted World Cup trophy. India was already certified by being hosts whereas New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Australia, England, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan progressed from the Tremendous League after which Sri Lanka and Netherlands made their means via the Qualifiers.
New Zealand Is One Of The Favourites For Successful The World Cup
New Zealand have at all times been a powerful aspect, particularly in ICC occasions the place they’ve been performing persistently however by some means they fail to get their palms on the trophy. New Zealand has reached the finals of an ICC occasion 4 occasions since 2015 and has managed to win solely considered one of them. They performed the finals of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, ICC World Check Championship 2021, and ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
The Blackcaps additionally reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cups in 2016 and 2022. This time they get one other alternative to get their palms on the World Cup and with the squad they’ve, it’s a chance that they’ll win on condition that the likes of Kane Williamson and Trent Boult are again within the Squad.
New Zealand Squad For ICC World Cup 2023: Kane Williamson (C), 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 Younger.
