{"id":2996,"date":"2021-12-23T16:20:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T10:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=175045"},"modified":"2021-12-23T16:20:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T10:50:22","slug":"nz-vs-ban-2021-ajaz-left-out-new-zealand-named-tom-latham-captain-for-test-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/nz-vs-ban-2021-ajaz-left-out-new-zealand-named-tom-latham-captain-for-test-series\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ vs BAN 2021 \u2013 Ajaz left out, New Zealand named Tom Latham captain for Test series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NZ vs BAN 2021 \u2013 New Zealand has sidelined Ajaz Patel for the upcoming series against Bangladesh. The test series commence on January 1st at Bay Oval and the second test at Hagley Oval on January 9.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Kane Williamson has already ruled out of the series due to an elbow injury. According to the latest reports, chances are Kane Williamson also skipped the tour of Australia after the Bangladesh series. The New Zealand Cricket Board has chosen Tom Latham as the captain for the series. But the cricket board recently surprised everyone by dropping Ajaz Patel, who took 10 wickets in an innings.<\/p>\n<p>Ajaz Patel is the third bowler after the great Anil Kumble and England bowler Jim Laker to take 10 wickets in an innings. In the recent Test match against India in Mumbai, Ajaz Patel took all ten wickets of the team including that of Virat Kohli.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With regular captain Kane Williamson ruled out with an elbow injury, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tomlatham2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tomlatham2<\/a> will lead the side for an entire Test series for the first time, having stepped in to fill the role on four previous occasions. More Info | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2msYWNKPBU\">https:\/\/t.co\/2msYWNKPBU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NZvBAN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NZvBAN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j6ZsYzsJkq\">pic.twitter.com\/j6ZsYzsJkq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLACKCAPS\/status\/1473684836896448513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPeople will feel bad for Ajaz Patel after India\u2019s brilliant bowling performance,\u201d Head highlighted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNew\u00a0 Zealand\u2019s selection policy is very clear. We have always supported our best players and the series against Bangladesh, hosts have best players,\u201d Gary Stead<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>New Zealand has roped in quality fast bowlers to include Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, and Kyle Jamieson in the squad. While Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell benefitted the spin department. Devon Conway, who scored a double century in his debut Test, makes a place in the team after injury. Earlier New Zealand has won the WTC finals and has been undefeated in the last eight home series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Zealand Test squad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell, Rachin Ravindra, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel will miss the upcoming series against Bangladesh. Patel has bagged 10 Wickets in an innings against India. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":26078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1115,2722,1149,1415,1183],"class_list":["post-2996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-ajaz-patel","tag-bangladesh-cricket","tag-devon-conway","tag-new-zealand-cricket","tag-tom-latham"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}