The first group of New Zealand players have arrived in England for the upcoming two-match series against the hosts and the World Test Championship final against India. They arrived at Heathrow airport in London and will be transferred to Southampton for a two-week period.
The second bunch of players from New Zealand that includes Ross Taylor, Tim Southee, BJ Watling and Neil Wagner will leave from Auckland on Monday, May 17 to regroup with the squad in Southampton.
The third bunch of Blackcaps players who were there at the IPL will reach England on May 17 from the Maldives. This bunch includes captain Kane Williamson, Kyle Jamieson, Mitchell Santner, team physio Tommy Simsek and trainer Chris Donaldson.
Trent Boult, who was there at the IPL 2021 for the Mumbai Indians had decided to see his family in New Zealand before travelling to the UK and hence he will be the last man to join the Blackcaps squad in England and may well miss the entire series against England.
The Blackcaps have a three-day team intra-squad game scheduled from Wednesday, May 26 to Friday, May 28 at the Ageas Bowl, to prepare for the Test series and WTC final.
BLACKCAPS Test Squad for England
Kane Williamson (c), Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Devon Conway, Colin de Grandhomme, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Ajaz Patel, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling (wk), Will Young