The 32-year-old is likely to take at least nine months to recover and hence his participation in the World Cup is uncertain. Commenting on the possible replacements of their regular skipper head coach Gary Stead threw in names of Test captain Tim Southee and Tom Latham. Latham has captained New Zealand in 23 of the 46 ODIs games since the last ODI World Cup in England in 2019. The southpaw recently led a second-string squad in T20I and ODI series in Pakistan where they managed to draw the T20I series 2-2 and lost the ODI series 1-4. The ODI World Cup 2023 will reportedly be played from October 5 to November 19, however, the entire schedule of the tournament is yet to be announced.

Source: Stuff May 09, 2023 07:14 UTC