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    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

    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


    New Zealand open their campaign against Afghanistan in Chennai on Sunday night, before further group games against the UAE, South Africa and Canada.

    Spinner Ish Sodhi says their preparation's been focussing on both the tournament as a whole - and the spin-heavy threat posed by the Afghans.



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     03 Feb: Adaptation is the focus for the Black Caps in their final hit out ahead of cricket's T20 World Cup
     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
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     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
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