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Central Stags wicket-keeper batsman Dane Cleaver has been called into the BLACKCAPS T20 Tri-Series Squad to replace the injured Daryl Mitchell.
Cleaver, who made his international debut for the BLACKCAPS earlier this year, will join the squad assembled in Christchurch today ahead of the team’s first Tri-Series match against Pakistan tonight at Hagley Oval.
Mitchell’s injury will continue to be assessed over the coming week ahead of the team’s scheduled departure for the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia next Saturday.
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.
