New Zealand badly weakened for Irish tour

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New Zealand have named a new-look squad for their tri-series with Ireland and Bangladesh, badly hampered by no fewer than ten of their players involvement in the IPL tournament.



Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lockie Ferguson, Corey Anderson, Matt Henry and Colin de Grandhomme are all playing in the IPL, while Ben Wheeler, Doug Bracewell, and Ed Nuttal weren't considered due to injury.



Tom Latham will lead the BLACKCAPS for the first time in the opening match against Ireland on May 14 in Dublin, becoming the 22nd player to lead New Zealand in the ODI format.



Fast bowler Seth Rance and all-rounder Scott Kuggeleijn are a step closer to representing New Zealand for the first time, while Neil Wagner is also in line to make his ODI debut.



Hamish Bennett, George Worker, Colin Munro and Henry Nicholls have earned recalls.



New Zealand side to tour Ireland



Tom Latham (c)

Hamish Bennett

Neil Broom

Scott Kuggeleijn

Colin Munro

James Neesham

Henry Nicholls

Jeetan Patel*

Seth Rance

Luke Ronchi

Mitchell Santner

Ish Sodhi

Ross Taylor

Neil Wagner

George Worker



*Jeetan Patel will join squad for the 4th ODI from Warwickshire

