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  •   Home > News > Sports > Cricket

    New Zealand cricket coach Rob Walter has valued the chance to experiment with game plans in local conditions against India ahead of the T20 World Cup

    New Zealand cricket coach Rob Walter has valued the chance to experiment with game plans in local conditions against India ahead of the T20 World Cup


    The 4-1 series defeat against the top-ranked side marks a change to sparse 2024 tournament groundwork, which saw a group stage exit in the Caribbean.



    The Black Caps' final warm-up game is against the United States on Friday morning.

    The first match proper is against Afghanistan on Sunday evening.

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     Other Cricket News
     03 Feb: One eye on the now, one eye on the big picture for the Black Caps with cricket's T20 World Cup all set to start in India and Sri Lanka
     03 Feb: Australia have been handed their biggest ever defeat in T20 cricket - just five days out from the start of the men's World Cup
     01 Feb: India has demolished New Zealand in the 5th T20 in Trivandrum after posting their third-highest ever T20 total
     01 Feb: Captain Robbie O'Donnell is relieved the Northern Braves men's cricket team didn't fall at the final hurdle
     01 Feb: The Black Caps have lost a run fest in Trivandrum - dropping the T20 series 4-1 to India
     31 Jan: Black Caps latecomer Finn Allen is ready to roll for his one official T20 international ahead of the World Cup starting in just over a week's time
     31 Jan: The women's T20 Super Smash between Wellington and Auckland is heading for a tight finish in Christchurch
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