Mitchell Santner named New Zealand's interim captain for SL white-ball series

New Zealand Cricket NZC named Mitchell Santner as the interim captain for the upcoming whiteball series against Sri LankaNZC confirmed that a new longterm ODI and T20I captain will be announced in the summer The experienced spinner will lead a 15man squad which includes uncapped bowling allrounder Nathan Smith and wicketkeeperbatter Mitchell HayIn March Smith was recently crowned the NZCs Mens Domestic Player of the Year at the New Zealand Cricket Awards He went on to earn his first central contract last monthWhile featuring for Wellington last season Smith scythed 24 scalps across all domestic whiteball competitions including his careerbest figures of 45 against Otago in the Super SmashHay made his debut for New Zealand A last year and was adjudged Canterburys Male Player of the Year back in AprilThe batting department will feature Glenn Phillips Will Young and Henry Nicholls The trio will provide batting reinforcements with Nicholls slamming an impressive campaign in the Ford Trophy last summer He garnered 301 runs in six matches at 7525 Tim Robinson received his second callup after starring in his maiden international Pakistan tour in AprilAlso ReadIndias middle order conundrum Sarfaraz Khan vs KL Rahul who fits the billMichael Bracewell and Phillips will form a formidable spinbowling allrounder setup in the squad The pace bowling lineup will be spearheaded by Lockie Ferguson featuring Smith Jacob Duffy Zak Foulkes and Josh ClarksonSix players who are featuring in New Zealands ongoing Test series against India have been included in the teamTom Blundell Devon Conway Tom Latham Daryl Mitchell Will ORourke Rachin Ravindra Tim Southee and Kane Williamson have not been considered for selection as they have decided to prioritise the three Tests against England The series will kick off in Christchurch on November 28This Sri Lanka tour is the beginning of the buildup towards the ICC Champions Trophy in February 2025 and we also have an eye towards the 2027 ODI World Cup Building depth is of critical importance due to the demands of the international schedule and the need to peak for pinnacle events For that reason its particularly exciting to include a number of players that we believe represent the future of the Blackcaps chief selector Sam Wells said as quoted from a statement by NZCThe whiteball series will begin with two T20Is on November 9 and 10 in Dambulla The threematch ODI series will be played on November 13 17 and 19 The opening ODI will be played in Dambulla while the final two ODIs will take place in PallekelleNew Zealands T20I and ODI squad for the Sri Lanka series Mitchell Santner c Michael Bracewell Mark Chapman Josh Clarkson Jacob Duffy Lockie Ferguson Zak Foulkes Dean Foxcroft Mitch Hay wk Henry Nicholls Glenn Phillips Tim Robinson Nathan Smith Ish Sodhi Will YoungThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever