New Zealand National Cricket Team

Ben Sears is unavailable due to injury, Lockie Ferguson has been rested citing workload management and Kyle Jamieson is unavailable as he awaits the birth of his first child

The South Africa leg will see double-headers involving both the men's and women's teams

Baroda, Rajkot and Indore will host the three-match ODI series preceding the five T20Is

Jaipur, Mohali, Indore, Rajkot, Hyderabad and Nagpur are the other six venues shortlisted to host New Zealand early next year

Walter takes over from Gary Stead, who recently stepped down from the role

During his seven-year stint as the head coach, New Zealand won the World Test Championship and entered the finals of five white-ball World Cups

The 20-player list announced for the 2025-26 season does not include Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi and Ajaz Patel from last year

There was a lot of fear and chaos before overseas players at PSL 2025 were flown out to Dubai

New Zealand Cricket will start to advertise for the white-ball vacancy in a week's time.

Pakistan fell short in chase in a 42-overs-a-side clash in Mount Maunganui