Photo Credit: Pakistan Cricket Board
Mark Chapman has been added to the BLACKCAPS ODI squad for the five-game series against Pakistan which starts in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
Head coach Gary Stead said Chapman’s performances throughout the T20 series were extremely compelling.
“The way Mark’s played against one of the best T20 bowling attacks in the world has been nothing short of outstanding.
“His match-winning knock in the fifth and deciding match was particularly special and we’re happy to have someone in such strong form added to our ODI squad.”
Chapman’s total runs tally of 290 is the most by any player in a five-game T20I series.
The BLACKCAPS tour party will expand to 16 with the addition of Chapman and new arrivals Tom Blundell and Henry Nicholls, while T20 squad member Dane Cleaver is returning home to New Zealand as planned.
BLACKCAPS ODI Squad for Pakistan
Tom Latham (c)
Tom Blundell
Chad Bowes
Mark Chapman
Matt Henry
Ben Lister*
Cole McConchie*
Adam Milne
Daryl Mitchell
Jimmy Neesham
Henry Nicholls
Rachin Ravindra
Henry Shipley
Ish Sodhi
Blair Tickner
Will Young
*Potential debut
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The New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, made their Test debut in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth nation to play Test cricket. After waiting 26 years for their first Test win against the West Indies in 1956, they also played their first ODI in 1972–73 against Pakistan. New Zealand are the inaugural World Test Championship champions (2021) and have won the ICC Champions Trophy (2000). They have reached the Cricket World Cup final twice and the T20 World Cup final once.
