The best way to announce the World Cup squads for any ICC event is to go to New Zealand. They always find innovative ways of announcing the squads. This time, two children announced the squad. India can learn a thing or two from them and not announce squads in a tweet. The New Zealand team will be one of the front runners, as they always are in ICC tournaments.
During the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021, New Zealand played their only T20 World Cup final, where they lost against Australia.
Let’s look at the New Zealand squad for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.
BATTERS
|
Player |
Number
of T20 World Cup editions |
Matches |
Batting |
||||
|
Runs |
Average |
Strike-rate |
Highest Score |
100s/50s |
|||
|
Kane Williamson |
5 |
25 |
699 |
33.28 |
113.84 |
85 |
0/3 |
|
Finn Allen |
1 |
5 |
95 |
19.00 |
186.27 |
42 |
0/0 |
WICKETKEEPERS
|
Player |
Number
of T20 World Cup editions |
Matches |
Batting |
||||
|
Runs |
Average |
Strike-rate |
Highest Score |
100s/50s |
|||
|
Devon Conway |
2 |
11 |
274 |
34.25 |
112.75 |
92* |
0/1 |
|
Glenn Phillips |
2 |
12 |
306 |
34.00 |
138.46 |
104 |
1/1 |
ALL-ROUNDERS
|
Player |
Number
of T20 World Cup editions |
Matches |
Batting |
||||
|
Runs |
Average |
Strike-rate |
Highest Score |
100s/50s |
|||
|
Jimmy Neesham |
3 |
14 |
146 |
24.33 |
155.31 |
35* |
0/0 |
|
Mitchell Santner |
3 |
17 |
65 |
10.83 |
125.00 |
18 |
0/0 |
|
Daryl Mitchell |
2 |
11 |
317 |
39.62 |
136.05 |
72* |
0/2 |
|
Mark Chapman |
1 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Michael Bracewell |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Rachin Ravindra |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Player |
Number
of T20 World Cup editions |
Matches |
Bowling |
||||
|
Wickets |
Average |
Economy
rate |
Best
bowling |
4wks/5wks |
|||
|
Jimmy Neesham |
3 |
14 |
6 |
18.66 |
7.30 |
3/22 |
0/0 |
|
Mitchell Santner |
3 |
17 |
21 |
18.66 |
6.51 |
4/11 |
1/0 |
|
Daryl Mitchell |
2 |
11 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Mark Chapman |
1 |
1 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Michael Bracewell |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Rachin Ravindra |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Pacers
|
Player |
Number
of T20 World Cup editions |
Matches |
Bowling |
||||
|
Wickets |
Average |
Economy
rate |
Best
bowling |
4wks/5wks |
|||
|
Tim Southee |
5 |
22 |
29 |
21.00 |
7.59 |
3/6 |
0/0 |
|
Trent Boult |
3 |
14 |
25 |
14.64 |
6.57 |
4/13 |
1/0 |
|
Lockie Ferguson |
1 |
5 |
7 |
22.71 |
8.36 |
3/22 |
0/0 |
|
Matt Henry |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
SPINNER
|
Player |
Number
of T20 World Cup editions |
Matches |
Bowling |
||||
|
Wickets |
Average |
Economy
rate |
Best
bowling |
4wks/5wks |
|||
|
Ish Sodhi |
3 |
17 |
25 |
17.76 |
7.04 |
3/18 |
0/0 |
Talking points from the Blackcaps squad
- Kane Williamson has been announced as the captain of New Zealand, thus going for experience.
- Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Mark Chapman, Trent Boult, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, and Devon Conway were in the 15-member squad of the New Zealand cricket team for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021, where the Blackcaps finished as the runners-up. Although Lockie Ferguson was also selected in the 15-member squad, he was later ruled out from the tournament due to a calf injury.
- New Zealand qualified at least for the Semi-finals in all the last three ICC Men's T20 World Cup editions.
