Kane Williamson, in 2021, is the only New Zealand batsman to top the ratings. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, New Zealand captain Tom Latham has confirmed that Kyle Jamieson will not play in the third test which starts at Trent Bridge tonight, due to his return to play programme following back injuries.<\/p>\n
\u201cKJ won\u2019t be available for selection, the plan was always for him to play two Test matches,\u201d Latham told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s certainly not injured, there\u2019s nothing to worry about. We know the road he\u2019s had over the last two or three years and for him to get back to this point, to be able to play two matches, has been a win for us and a win for KJ.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blair Tickner is in contention as a replacement seamer, while New Zealand are also considering recalling fit-again left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner given the forecast for unusually hot and dry conditions in Nottingham.<\/p>\n
Severe heat warnings are in place for the first two days but test cricket regularly takes place in soaring temperatures, with a sanguine Latham insisting: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s a concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs international cricketers we\u2019re used to playing around the world in pretty hot and humid conditions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom a hydration point of view, it\u2019s important to stay in touch with that and give yourself the best chance of performing over the five days.\u201d<\/p>\n
– With AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kane Williamson, in 2021, is the only New Zealand batsman to top the ratings. Meanwhile, New Zealand captain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[35435,16717,7022,110080,4464,42574,1634,6209,5511,30506,20562,111,139,69,2729,81689,213,765,3755,61,3010,35111],"class_list":["post-493751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-becomes","tag-becoming","tag-black","tag-bowling","tag-cap","tag-caps","tag-england","tag-henry","tag-just","tag-matt","tag-mens","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rankings","tag-risen","tag-sports","tag-test","tag-third","tag-to","tag-top","tag-zealander"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493751","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=493751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}