New Zealand pace-bowler Lockie Ferguson will depart the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup today to return home for the birth of him and his wife's first child.

Pace-bowler Ben Sears will join the Black Caps as a travelling reserve for the ICC T20 World Cup in India, starting shortly.

Adam Milne has been ruled out of the ICC T20 World Cup with a torn left hamstring and will be replaced in the Black Caps squad by Kyle Jamieson.

Northern Districts bowling all-rounder Kristian Clarke will remain with the Black Caps in India after being added to the T20 squad for the first three games in the five-match series, which gets underway in Nagpur on Wednesday night

Central Districts left-arm bowler Jayden Lennox has earned his first call-up to a New Zealand squad, with both the one-day and T20 squads for the tour of India next month.

Ajaz Patel has been selected for the third and final Test against the West Indies starting this Thursday, 18 December in Mt Maunganui.

Pace bowlers Jacob Duffy, Zak Foulkes and Blair Tickner as well as Kane Williamson have been included in a 14-strong Black Caps squad for the first Test against West Indies.

New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tim Seifert has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against the West Indies with a broken finger.

Kyle Jamieson and Ish Sodhi have returned to the Black Caps for the T20I series against West Indies, which gets underway on Wednesday night at Eden Park in Auckland.

Central Stags pace-bowler Blair Tickner has been added to the squad for the remainder of the ODI series against England.

Black Caps pace-bowler Kyle Jamieson has been ruled out of the upcoming Chemist Warehouse ODI series after experiencing stiffness in his left side during training at Bay Oval on Saturday.

Kane Williamson and Nathan Smith will return for the Black Caps upcoming ODI series against England, which gets underway at Bay Oval in Tauranga on Sunday October 26.

New Zealand short-form captain Mitchell Santner and batter Rachin Ravindra are back in the Black Caps for the upcoming T20 games against England.

Black Caps batter Rachin Ravindra has been ruled out of the Chappell-Hadlee trophy KFC T20I series against Australia at Bay Oval, with Jimmy Neesham replacing him in the squad.

Black Caps Test captain Tom Latham has been ruled out of the second Test against Zimbabwe with a continuation of his recover from his left shoulder injury.

The Black Caps have confidence they can still win against Zimbabwe without regular test captain Tom Latham and allrounder Glenn Phillips.

Black Caps batting allrounder Michael Bracewell will replace the injured Glenn Phillips for the first Test against Zimbabwe starting July 30 in Bulawayo.

Black Caps opener Finn Allen has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I Tri-Series in Zimbabwe after sustaining a foot injury.

Northern Districts pace bowler Matt Fisher has been called up to the Black Caps for the first time as part of the 15-player squad for the two Test tour of Zimbabwe later this month.

Auckland Aces batter Bevon Jacobs is in line to make his Black Caps debut after being included in a 15-strong squad for next month’s T20I Tri Series with South Africa and hosts, Zimbabwe.