Wellington : Cricket World Cup factfile on New Zealand:
– WORLD RANKING –
6
– MATCH SCHEDULE (GMT) –
Oct 05: v England at Ahmedabad (0830)
Oct 09: v Netherlands at Hyderabad (0830)
Oct 13: v Bangladesh at Chennai (0830)
Oct 18: v Afghanistan at Chennai (0830)
Oct 22: v India at Dharamsala (0830)
Oct 28: v Australia at Dharamsala (0500)
Nov 01: v South Africa at Pune (0830)
Nov 04: v Pakistan at Bengaluru (0500)
Nov 09: v Sri Lanka at Bengaluru (0830)
– SQUAD –
Kane Williamson (captain), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.
– LEADING RUN-SCORER IN SQUAD –
Kane Williamson: 6,554 runs; highest score 148; average 47.83; Hundreds 13; Fifties 42
– LEADING WICKET-TAKER IN SQUAD –
Tim Southee: 214 wickets; best bowling 7-33; average 33.60
– PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES –
1975: Semi-finals
1979: Semi-finals
1983: Group stage
1987: Group stage
1992: Semi-finals
1996: Quarter-finals
1999: Semi-finals
2003: Super Sixes
2007: Semi-finals
2011: Semi-finals
2015: Runners-up
2019: Runners-up
– WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS –
“It’s one of those games which, no doubt, you’ll look back on and really have appreciated being involved in it. Then you throw in a bit of context – the World Cup final – and it maybe makes it all that more special.”
— Kane Williamson on the agonising 2019 final loss to England