The revised schedule was announced by New Zealand Cricket on Thursday.
auckland, To reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection, New Zealand Cricket on Thursday announced to host the upcoming six matches against the Indian women’s team in Queenstown. The Indian women’s team, currently in New Zealand, will now play five ODIs and one T20I against the hosts at the John Davis Oval in Queenstown, starting February 9.
The revised schedule was announced by New Zealand Cricket on Thursday. This bilateral series will be very important for India ahead of the World Cup to be held in March-April. The bilateral series was first to begin with a one-off T20I match at McLean Park in Napier, then two days later the first ODI was to be played at the same venue.
The second and third ODIs were to be played at the Saxton Oval in Nelson (on 14 and 16 February) while the last two ODIs were to be played at Queenstown (on 22 and 24 February). In other changes to the schedule announced by New Zealand Cricket, South Africa’s men’s team will remain in Christchurch throughout their tour and play both their Test matches at the Hagley Oval, while the second match was earlier to be played at Wellington.
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Australia will host three T20Is against the New Zealand men’s team at Napier (depending on availability), while the Netherlands men’s team will tour Mount Monganui (one T20 and one ODI) and Hamilton (two ODIs). All matches have been postponed to a predetermined date. The change in destinations has been done with the aim of reducing travel and reducing the risk of the COVID-19 variant Omicron.
New Zealand Cricket’s chief executive David White said in a statement, “These measures have been taken to avoid the hotspots of COVID-19, including reducing travel, reducing change of place to live and working in a safe environment.” is included. (agency)