{"id":322756,"date":"2026-03-10T17:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/322756\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:11:08","slug":"black-caps-v-south-africa-world-cup-stars-rested-as-new-zealand-name-rotated-squad-for-t20-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/322756\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Caps v South Africa: World Cup stars rested as New Zealand name rotated squad for T20 series"},"content":{"rendered":"

White-ball skipper Mitchell Santner will lead the side for games one through three, alongside Devon Conway and Lockie Ferguson, before they miss games four and five to rest.<\/p>\n

Test captain Tom Latham will replace Santner to lead in the final two matches.<\/p>\n

Other World Cup squad members Kyle Jamieson, Cole McConchie, Jimmy Neesham, Ben Sears and Ish Sodhi have been named for all five matches.<\/p>\n

With the gaps left by the absence of the World Cup squad, the Black Caps will get the chance to test their bench strength against an also-weakened South African side.<\/p>\n

Wellington batter Nick Kelly has the chance to add T20 Internationals (T20I) to his One-Day International (ODI) debut made last year, and has been picked for the entire series.<\/p>\n

After topping the Super Smash run charts, Northern Brave opener Katene Clarke can make his international debut when he joins the squad for games four and five.<\/p>\n

Fresh from standing out in the Black Caps\u2019 2-1 ODI series win over India, Jayden Lennox can also make his T20I debut and will take Santner\u2019s place for games four and five.<\/p>\n

Allrounder Josh Clarkson is also back in the international side, having not played for the Black Caps since early 2024.<\/p>\n

The Black Caps\u2019 five-match series comes as a double-header with the White Ferns against South Africa across all five games.<\/p>\n

South Africa have also named a rotated side, to allow players time to recharge for franchise commitments.<\/p>\n

Black Caps Twenty20 squad<\/p>\n

Mitchell Santner (c) (games 1-3), Katene Clarke (games 4-5), Josh Clarkson, Dane Cleaver (games 4-5), Devon Conway (games 1-3), Lockie Ferguson (games 2-3), Zak Foulkes, Bevon Jacobs, Kyle Jamieson, Nick Kelly, Tom Latham (c, games 4-5), Jayden Lennox (games 4-5), Cole McConchie, Jimmy Neesham, Tim Robinson, Ben Sears, Nathan Smith, Ish Sodhi.<\/p>\n

Unavailable through injury: Michael Bracewell (calf), Adam Milne (ankle), Will O\u2019Rourke (back), Blair Tickner (ankle).<\/p>\n

Black Caps v South Africa schedule<\/p>\n

First T20, Sunday March 15, 7.15pm, Bay Oval<\/p>\n

Second T20, Tuesday March 17, 7.15pm, Seddon Park<\/p>\n

Third T20, Friday March 20, 7.15pm, Eden Park<\/p>\n

Fourth T20, Sunday March 22, 7,15pm, Hnry Stadium<\/p>\n

Fifth T20, Wednesday March 25, 7.15pm, Hagley Oval<\/p>\n

Alex Powell<\/a> is a sports journalist for the NZ Herald. He has been a sports journalist since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White-ball skipper Mitchell Santner will lead the side for games one through three, alongside Devon Conway and Lockie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[190,9092,806,1558,7022,85689,42574,10542,3602,5904,2082,23785,1019,6501,3234,13617,10136,117,111,43,139,69,20488,174345,174346,1963,6102,1240,1557,5436,67648,1361,1961,49118,686,377,80],"class_list":["post-322756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-africa","tag-against","tag-as","tag-been","tag-black","tag-bulk","tag-caps","tag-cup","tag-earlier","tag-final","tag-for","tag-heavily","tag-international","tag-missing","tag-months","tag-name","tag-named","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-reached","tag-rested","tag-rotated","tag-series","tag-side","tag-south","tag-squad","tag-stars","tag-t20","tag-that","tag-this","tag-twenty20","tag-week","tag-world","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}