No team got close to setting a batting record. There were only four totals above 350, topped by England's 397/6 in a mismatch against Afghanistan.
At 35, the World Cup 2019 could be Ross Taylor's final WC bow but he says if his body allows he may still be playing in another showpiece event.
Tom Latham picked up an injury to his finger during a match against an Australia XI, prior to flying out to England & Wales for the World Cup.
The 28-year-old, who has played 12 Tests, 49 ODIs and 15 T20 Internationals for New Zealand, was named in the 15-man squad that the Black Caps recently announced for the ODI showpiece starting May 30.
New Zealand will play India on May 25 and West Indies on May 28 as part of their warm-ups before taking on Sri Lanka on June 1.
Bangladesh cricket team's tour of New Zealand was called off on March 15 after the players had a narrow escape from a shooting attack.
Kane Williamson also took home the Test Player of the Year award and the Redpath Cup for First-Class Batting awards
The Bangladesh cricket team escaped unhurt despite being in close vicinity of a shooting attack on a mosque but its tour of New Zealand was called off.
Guptill's century on Saturday was the 16th of his career and his third of the summer.
Martin Guptill remained not out on 117 as New Zealand reached their target of 233 with eight wickets in hand and 33 balls to spare in the first ODI at Napier.
Chasing a modest target, New Zealand made heavy weather of the chase before scampering home off the last ball of the match losing six wickets.
A solid knock was expected from Mithali on her 200th ODI but she ended up with nine off 28 balls.
Blackcaps selector Gavin Larsen stated that both Mitchell and Tickner have been called in because of their impressive performances in domestic cricket.
The spin trio of Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav and Deepti Sharma, who had tormented New Zealand in India's nine-wicket win in the first ODI, took two wickets each to stifle the Kiwi innings yet again.
Known also as 'Chatty', he rose to prominence opening the bowling for New Zealand alongside Richard Hadlee.
The Indian women's team was at the centre of a huge controversy after its semi-final exit in the T20 World Cup in the West Indies.
Coach Gray Stead said that the team's main priorities are on preparing a World Cup squad and a team capable of winning a series against India.
Kyle Jamieson achieved the best-ever figures by a New Zealander in a T20 match while playing for Canterbury province against Auckland in domestic Super Smash competition.
The pair hit 4, 6 from a no-ball, 6 from another no-ball, 1, 6, 6 and 6 of Central Districts' medium fast bowler Willem Ludick to set a new world record of 43 runs of an over.
During a Plunkett Shield match between Wellington and Otago played in the former city, both the batsmen slipped while taking the second run and ended up lying flat on the ground.
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