Welcome news for the Black Caps with a quintet of their frontline players embarking on England ahead of their final warm-up match before the three-test series starting next week. New Zealand's final warm-up is against a Counties Select XI at Chelmsford starting Thursday night before the first test at Lord's starting on June 2. "When you haven't been playing cricket it's important to make those adjustments as quick as you can and adapt to the different surfaces. Obviously, we know the Dukes ball is slightly different to what we have back home. Hopefully, we can start narrowing down those game plans and final prep before leading into that first test."

Source: New Zealand Herald May 24, 2022 02:30 UTC