New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have unveiled their men’s squad for the eagerly anticipated New Zealand A team’s upcoming tour of Australia. T??he tour, which is set to kick off with a 4-day game on August 28 at the Allan Border Field, promises to be a thrilling encounter for cricket enthusiasts.

The tour itinerary boasts a comprehensive schedule, including two 4-day fixtures and three One-Day Internationals (ODIs), culminating on September 15. Tom Bruce, a seasoned campaigner, has been e??ntrusted with the captaincy of the New Zealand A ??squad, which boasts an impressive lineup of international-capped players.

Notably, Ajaz Patel, a prominent name in New Zealand cricket, has been included in the squad. Patel, renowned for his exceptional performance in the Test format, has appeared in 14 Test matches for New Zealand. His remarkable figures of 10-119 against India in 2021, the third-best ever recorded in an innings, have? etched his name in cricket ?history. Patel is set to contribute his prowess to the four-day matches during the tour.

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Another seasoned player, Tim Seifert, adds a wealth of experience to the squad. With 49 international appearances for New Zealand, Seifert is among the most experienced players on the roster. His inclusion is anticipated to m???ake a significant impact, especially during the final two one-day fixtures of the tour.

Aspiring leggie Adithya Ashok gets the nod

A notable addition to the squad is Adithya Ashok, a promising young talent in the world of cricket. Popularly known as Adi Ashok, the budding leg spinner has impressed selectors with his performance in the domestic circuit. Ashok’s journey from Vellore, India, to Auckland at the age of four highlights his determination and passion for the sport. His successful debut in the third T20I against UAE, where he secured a wicket for 28 runs in four overs, fur??ther solidified his spot in ??the New Zealand A squad.

Joining Ashok on this exciting journey are Dean Foxcroft, Jacob Duffy, and Scott Kuggeleijn. Their inclusion adds fresh energy and dynamism to the squad, bolstering New Zealand’s chances in the upcoming encounters.

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New Zealand’s A squad for Australia tour:

Muhammad Abbas, Adi Ashok, Tom Bruce (c), Leo Carter, Josh Clarkson, Henry Cooper, Jacob Duffy, Cam Fletcher, Dean Foxcroft, Mitch Hay, Scott Kuggeleijn, Will O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Michael Rae, Brett Randell, Tim Seifert, Sean Solia

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Australia’s cricket enthusiasts are in for a treat this month as the Australia A side prepares to square off against their trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand A for? a thrilling series of matches. The action-packed leg will feature two four-day games and three one-day internationals across Bris??bane and Mackay.

On Wednesday (August 9), Australia A announced their squad for both formats and appointed Marnus Labuschagne as the captain of the 50-over format for the Kiwi challenge. It is worth mentioning that Labuschagne was not included in the country’s preliminary 18-member squad for the ODI World Cup in India later this year. However, the series against New Zealand A will provide him with a valuable opportunity to showcase his skills and leadership abilities.

Apart from Labuschagne, nine other players within the 50-over team also boast the experience of international cricket. The newly appointed skipper will be supported by a formidable cast of players like Matthew Kuhnemann, Ben McDermott, Todd Murphy, and Matt Renshaw, all of whom have donned the Australian colours recently. Additionally, prominent names like Josh Philippe, Ashton Turner, Wes Agar, Gurinder Sandhu, and Ben Dwarshuis?? are the other names?? with international exposure in the one-dayers squad.

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Cameron Bancroft gets the opportunity to stake his claim in the regular Test squad:

On the other hand, The four-day format squad centres around Cameron Bancroft. The opening batter will be looking to seize the opportunity to stake his claim for the soon-to-be vacant Australia Test opening spot, which is set to open up following David Warner‘s retirement. With fellow contenders Matt Renshaw and Marcus Harris opting for a well-deserved rest from the series, Bancroft’s performance in the four-day games against New Zealand A could significantly influence his prospects for joining Australia’s regular Test side.

Bancroft will be supported by an impressive array of talent, including players like Wes Agar, Mark Steketee and others in the Australia A s?quad for the four-day games.

As far as the fixtures are concerned, the seri?es will commence with a four-day game on August 28, followed by the second match on September 4. Meanwhile, the three one-dayers will take place on the 10th, 13th, and 15th September, respectively.

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Australia A squad:

Australia A four-day squad: Wes Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jordan Buckingham, Ben Dwarshuis, Caleb Jewell, Campbell Kellaway, Matthew Kelly, Matthew Kuhnemann, Nathan McAndrew, Nathan McSweeney, Joel Paris, Jimmy Peirson, Mitch Perry, Josh Philippe, Mark Ste??ketee, Mitchell Swepson, Tim Ward

Australia A one-day squad: Wes Agar, Ollie Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Liam Hatcher, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, B?en McDermott, Todd Murphy, Josh Philippe, Matthew Renshaw, Gurinder Sandhu, Matt Shor?t, Mark Steketee, Will Sutherland, Ashton Turner

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India’s star wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson will be back in action as he was named the captain of the India A side for the upcoming three-match One-Day series against New Zealand A. The 50-over leg starts on September 22, with all three matches?? sch??eduled to be played in Chennai.

Notably, Samson had been an integral part of India’s limited-overs squads following the consistent shows in IPL but didn’t find a place in the side for the Asia Cup 2022. Additionally, after the comeback of Dinesh Karthik and with Rishabh Pant‘s already-cemented spot in the wicketkeeping role, Samson failed to break into the 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup 2022.

The star-studded squad also includes explosive opener Prithvi Shaw, Rahul Tripathi and Rajat Patidar, all of whom have been impressive in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

Alongside Samson, KS Bharat has been called up as another wicketkeeper in the outfit. Further, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhimanyu Easwaran have also been selected for the ODI series, while youngster Tilak Varma, who ?grabbed eyeball??s with top-class performance for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL 2022 season, has been picked as well.

In terms of the bowling unit, speed sensation Umran Malik has found a place in the A squad alongside fellow pacers Kuldeep Sen, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini and Raj Angad Bawa.

Amongst spinners, Kuldeep Yadav, Rahul Chahar, and Shahbaz Ahmed have been named in the squad.

India A full squad:

Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rahul Tripathi, Rajat Patidar, ?Sanju Samson (Captain), KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Kuldeep Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rahul Chahar, Tilak Varma, Kuldeep Sen, Shardul Thakur, Umran Malik, Navdeep Saini, Raj Angad Bawa

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Over the years, quite a few batsmen have come up with an improvised technique in order to have the upper hand in cricket. For instance, legendary West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was known for his unique batting stance. The Carib?bean stroke maker carried his unorthodox style until the end of his glorious cricketing career.

Pakistan cricketer Fawad Alam is portraying a similar story. The left-handed batter made his comeback in Test cricket in the series against England in August 2020. Although, he received major criticism from the?? fans after he was dismissed for a duck and was trolled heavily on social media.

But it seems now Fawad has decided to turn the tables, and his stance has greeted him success while batting against New Zealand A.

Fawad has smashed an impressive hundred in an unofficial warm-up game against New Zealand A ahead of the Test series, starting from December 26 in Mount Maunganui.

After failing cheaply in the first innings (?3), Fawad shut down his critics with his impressive knock of 139 off 233 balls with the infamous stance. Now, a picture of his unique stance is going viral on Twitter.

Fawad Alam scored 139 runs with this batting stance against New Zealand A. pic.twitter.com/IJlFV0YHZH

— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) December 20, 2020

Here is Fawad’s century celebration:

100! for Fawad Alam against NZA when other top five batsman were dismissed for 54 runs combine. #Pakistan #FawadAlam #Shaheen #PAKvNZ pic.twitter.com/8eWXYtktQP

— HumRO 🍥 (@humro66) December 19, 2020

Fawad’s century led Pakistan Shaheens to victory

The magnificent effort with the willow from Fawad helped Pakistan Shaheens to post 329 in their second innings. Apart from Fawad, skipper Rohail Nazir also scored a fantastic ton.

The visiting side gave the target of 298 runs ?to hosts, who were bundled out on 208, thereby losing the contest by 89 runs at Cobham Oval (New) in Whangarei.

The victory in the warm-up game will definitely help Pakistan to enter the Test series with some confidence, especially after they lost the T20I series.

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Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten double-century as India A put up a brave fight in their second innings to draw t??he first unofficial Test against New Zealand A in Christchurch on Sunday.

Trailing the hosts’ mammoth first innings total of 562/7 by 219 runs at the start of the fourth and final day of the match at the Hagley Oval, India A finished the day with 448/3 as Gill (204 not out), Priyank Panchal (115) and skipper Hanuma Vihari (100 not out) starred with the bat.

In India A’s first innings, Gill was also the highest scorer with 83 runs out of his team’s total of 216.

Here’s how Twitterati reacted to Shubman Gill’s unbeaten double century:

A herculean effort by #ShubmanGill to score a double century. He is really knocking that Team India door n?ow. Call-up soon?

Video thread of some of his strokes from the double ton #NZAvINDA #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/5dRpFOp0XG

— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) February 2, 2020

#NZAvINDA Well played guy's….😁

Congratulations for 💯 and 💯💯
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Hope Mayank Agrawal's form back in time….#shubmanGill #NZAvINDA #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/M6RKxaNshj

— Norbu the cricketer (@norbu_777) February 2, 2020

Excellent double 💯 from Shubman Gill.

204 off 279 and still going on.

A good partnership (221 in 37 overs) with Vihari, who just scored his 💯 in 113 balls. #INDAvNZA #shubmangill

— Naren (@ImNaren26) February 2, 2020

Shubman Gill first-class stats:

Average – 71.32
Strike Rate – 73.50#NZAvINDA

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 2, 2020

Shubman Gill on the 1st unofficial Test:

1st innings: 83(83).
2nd innings – 204 ( 279).

•His brilliance with the bat helped India A to draw the test match, outstanding form he's in. Panchal and Vihari also did well in 2nd innings with their hundreds.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 2, 2020

@RealShubmanGill you beauty! A double-hundred on the fourth day of a game ahead of the squad selection for the NZ series. Close your eyes and pick him. A real gem of a player who can be a backup opener as well as a middle-order player. #NZAvINDA

— Soorya Sesha (@sooryasesha7) February 2, 2020

What a plyr @RealShubmanGill 👏 double 💯 in NZ 👌ryt before the Test team selection 👍 Rohit, Mayank, (Shaw or Gill?) good headache 😊 Congrats to both @PKpanchal9 & @Hanumavihari for their 💯 👏👏👏👏 #NZAvINDA #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/msUqReRmDc

— LALAN PAIKARAY 🇮🇳 (@LalanPaikaray) February 2, 2020

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The Punjab batter would be hoping for a Test call-up for the two-match Test series against India. Gi??l?l had made his ODI debut for India against New Zealand in 2019 but has since not featured for the Men in Blue across formats.

The BCCI is expected to annou?nce the Indian squad for the two-match Te??st series against New Zealand soon. The series commences from February 21.

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Widely popular for his funny takes on almost eve??rything, New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham never misses any chance t?o tease people with his unique sarcasm. Neesham once again came up with a witty post on Twitter, however, this time, he mocked himself.

The left-handed batsman is currently a part of New Zealand A team, which is taking on the challenge of India A side in the three-match unofficial ODI, ??and two-match unofficial Test series.

During ??the second unofficial ODI game, Neesham got retired-hurt after he attempted a reverse sweep, but the ball ended up hitting his face.

Neesham’s Reverse Sweep 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/iwNAL0dTWt

— Rifaath Chukkan (@RifaathChukkan) January 25, 2020

Later? after the game, Neesham posted a picture on social media showing the cut on his face. As usual, the 29-year-old captioned the post in his own exceptional way.

“Got fixed up good today! Lesson: don’t reverse sweep up into your own face,” tweeted Neesham.

Got fixed up good today! Lesson: don’t reverse sweep up into your own face 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/0zTVFw8NLD

— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) January 24, 2020

The post received some funny replies, along with some wishing th???e southpaw to recover quickly.

Former Kiwi captain Brendon McCullum also responded to the tweet and wrote “#Carryon.”

#CarryOn 🤭

— Brendon McCullum (@Bazmccullum) January 24, 2020

Neesham playfully took the tweet and said, “Game wasn’t on tv, had to let everyone know how hard I am somehow! #carryonking.”

Game wasn’t on tv, had to let everyone know how hard I am somehow! 😬 #carryonking //t.co/5FKuMYlguw

— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) January 24, 2020

In the match, New Zealand posted 295-7 with George Worker smashing 135 and Cole McConchie 55. Neesham played a handy knock of 31-ball 33. In reply, India only managed to score 266-??9 and lost the contest by 29? runs.

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India A pacer Mohammed Siraj was at his devastating best during the first unofficial ODI game against New Zealand A at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval on Wednesday. Siraj’s effect of destruction was witnessed when he made a complete mess of the Kiwi batsmen’s stumps.

Two of his three wickets saw the stumps flying into the sky. His second wicket, which sent Ajaz Patel packing, had the middle stumps rolling over by a fiery delivery. His third and the last wicket of the local team’s innings also witnessed a similar scene. But instead of the middle-stick, it was now the off-stump which went in the air for Jacob Duffy to walk towards the pavilion.

pic.twitter.com/Elpaddeclv

— Kumar Sourav (@AdamDhoni1) January 22, 2020

India A won by five wickets

Chasing 231 to win, India A were off to a great start as Prithvi Shaw (48 off 35 balls), and Mayank Agarwal (29 off 29) added 79 runs. But two quick wickets broke the flow of momentum before Indian skipper Shu??bman Gill (30 off 35) and Samson (39 off 21) steadied the ship by adding 66 runs for the third wicket helping ?India gain the much-needed confidence.

Suryakumar Yadav switched to T20 mode ahead of the IPL as he scored a quickfire 35 off 19 balls. Following, lower-order batsmen Krunal Pandya and Vijay Shankar made sure that India A doesn’t suffer any further casualties and win the game by five wickets with more than 20 overs to spare.

On being asked to bat first, most of the Black Caps batsmen got a start but failed to capitalize and gave the visiting team wickets at regular intervals. Opener Rachin Ravindra and captain Tom Bruce were the highes?t scorers with 49 and 47, respectively.

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Hanuma ??Vihari will captain India A team in the two four-day games against hosts New Zealand and Shubman Gill will lead the side in two tour matches and three one-day ga??mes.

On the New Zealand tour,?? Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal are expected to steer Indi??a A off to a good start. Suryakumar Yadav, who has been in sublime form lately, has also been included in the squad.

Jharkhand’s Ishan Kishan has also been picked as the wicket-keeper. All eyes will be on Hardik Pandya, who is making his comeback to the international level after being sidelined due to his back surgery.

Also, ??Test specialists like Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma will get much-needed match tim??e in New Zealand ahead of the two-Test series, beginning in Wellington on February 21. The second Test will be played in Christchurch from February 29.

The squads for the limited-overs home series against Sri Lanka and Australia were also announced by the BCCI on Monday.

India A squad for two tour matches and three one-day games: Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill (Ca?ptain), Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Axar Patel, Rahul Chahar, San??deep Warrier, Ishan Porel, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammad Siraj.

India A squad for 1st four-day game: Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Priyank Panchal, A?bhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Hanuma Vihari (Captain), KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Shivam Dube, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rahul Chahar, Sandeep Warrier, Avesh Khan, Mohammad Siraj, Ishan Porel, Ishan Kishan.

India A squad for 2nd four-day game: Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gi??ll, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Hanuma Vihari (Captain), ??KS Bharat (wicket-keeper), Shivam Dube, R Ashwin, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Warrier, Avesh Khan, Mohammad Siraj, Ishan Porel.

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All-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham picked 2 wickets for 40 in India A’s 75-run win over New Zealand A at the Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui.

Batting first, I?ndia A posted a comprehensive total of 275-8 in 50 overs, thanks to a well-defined 71 run-knock from their opener Anmolpreet Singh.

In reply, the New Zealand side was bowled out at a score of 200 in 44.2 overs. Experienced Siddarth Kaul was the pick of the?? bowlers for India A; he took 4 wickets and gave 35 runs in his 7 overs.

Meanwhile, Krishnappa Gowtham, who plays for Rajasthan Royals in ??the IPL, bowled a stunning delivery to dismiss the right-handed Kiw?i batsman Cole McConchie.

On the first ball of the 37th over, Gowtham knocked over McConchie’s stumps to pick his first wicket of the match.

Here’s the video:

Enough turn to get him knocked 🏏 pic.twitter.com/ZJWi4Zurky

— Krishnappa Gowtham (@gowthamyadav88) December 21, 2018

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