New Zealand has announced its team for the 3-match ODI series against West Indies. New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry is returning to the team. He could not play the last two ODI matches against England due to calf strain last week.

Blair Tickner, who won the ‘Player of the Match’ award in the second and third ODI against England, has retained his place in the team. Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Tom Latham, Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell have also been given a chance in this team.

The list of injured players of New Zealand is getting longer. Lockie Ferguson (hamstring), Adam Milne (ankle), Mohammad Abbas (ribs), Finn Allen (foot), Will O’Rourke (back), Glenn Phillips (groin) and Ben Sears (hamstring) are not present in the team due to injuries.

Kane Williamson has not been selected in this team. He is busy preparing for the Test series starting from December 2.

Expressing happiness over the return of Matt Henry, New Zealand head coach Rob Walter said, “Matt is an important member of this team. He is the most experienced in our fast bowling attack. It will be very beneficial to have him back in the team for the ODI and Test matches. After the rest, he will be fresh and fit. We know that he will be desperate for a big performance with the white and red ball.”

The first ODI match between New Zealand and West Indies is to be played in Christchurch on 16 November. After this, the second match of the series will be played in Napier on 19th November. The third match will be held in Hamilton on 22 November.

New Zealand’s ODI team: Mitchell Santner (captain), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Jack Foulkes, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham (wicketkeeper), Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Blair Tickner, Will Young.

NZ vs ENG 1st ODI: The three-match ODI series between New Zealand and England has started. England team has gone on New Zealand tour. Today the first match of this series is being played at Bay Oval. In this match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first. The English batsmen surrendered in front of the Kiwi bowlers. 6 wickets fell on England’s score of 56. But captain Harry Brook played a brilliant innings and scored a brilliant century.

Harry Brook’s brilliant innings

In front of New Zealand, more than half of the England team collapsed in the blink of an eye. Jamie Smith lost his wicket on the very first ball. Ben Duckett and Joe Root were also out in the second over. Jacob Bethel, Jos Buttler and Sam Curran also lost their wickets early. But after this there was a partnership between captain Harry Brook and Jamie Overton. Overton scored 46 runs in 54 balls. Whereas Brook played a century inning of 135 runs in 101 balls, in which this batsman hit 9 fours and 11 sixes. In England’s innings of 223 runs, more than half the runs came from Brook’s bat.

A monster from the captain gives us a fighting chance.

He scores 1⃣3⃣5⃣ in our total of 2⃣2⃣3⃣ pic.twitter.com/7k24Gvd73l

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) October 26, 2025

9 batsmen scored 25 runs

In the first ODI being played in New Zealand, the England team would have been bundled out for 25 runs if Harry Brook and Jamie Overton had not managed the England innings. The remaining 9 batsmen of England together scored 25 runs. Ben Duckett, Joe Root and Jacob Bethel could score only 2-2 runs. Jos Buttler was out after scoring 4 runs and Sam Curran was out after scoring 6 runs. In the end Adil Rashid scored 4 runs and Luke Wood scored 5 runs. Jamie Smith and Braydon Carse were out without opening the account.

New Zealand’s strong bowling

New Zealand’s bowlers put England’s players on the back foot in this match. Among Kiwi bowlers, Zachary Foulkes took the maximum of 4 wickets. Jacob Duffy took 3 wickets, Matt Henry took 2 wickets and Mitchell Santner took 1 wicket.

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