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Kane Williamson is a vocal proponent of New Zealand's team-first culture, and contends that a focus on individual milestones can be a 'distraction to achieving it'

Faf du Plessis, South Africa's T20 captain, has said that he is excited by the prospect of AB de Villiers keeping and opening the innings in the shortest format

South Africa and New Zealand can expect a green surface as they prepare to test their bench strength in the first T20I in Durban

New Zealand batsman Grant Elliott believes South Africa do not have too much to be concerned about, despite suffering their first ever ODI series defeat against Bangladesh last month

Two years later, neither Ross Taylor nor Brendon McCullum has returned with New Zealand to South Africa, but Mike Hesson is back and has plenty to show for it

George Worker made a half-century on international debut to set up a crushing win for New Zealand over Zimbabwe in the only T20

Impressive bowling in the third ODI and that Zimbabwe also chased down 304 in the first match of the ongoing tour augurs well for the hosts for the only T20 against New Zealand on Sunday

Kane Williamson's sixth straight 50-plus score in ODIs lifted New Zealand to 273 for 6, but legspinner Graeme Cremer and offspinner John Nyumbu took 5 for 96 between them to prevent the visitors from making so much more

Ross Taylor has been ruled out of New Zealand's tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa after undergoing minor surgery for a groin injury

Zimbabwe go into the third ODI against New Zealand with the chance of pulling off a rare series win

Martin Guptill and Tom Latham, who scored centuries to guide New Zealand to a ten-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the second ODI, said it was the side's bowling and fielding that had set the tone for the victory

Wicketkeeper-batsman Morne van Wyk has been recalled to South Africa's squads for the ODI and Twenty20 international series against New Zealand in August

Centuries from Martin Guptill and Tom Latham led New Zealand to a 10-wicket romp as they chased down 236 without loss to level the ODI series 1-1

Having pulled off a thrilling win in the first ODI, Zimbabwe will want to show they can carry the momentum forward and keep New Zealand under pressure to stay alive in the ODI series

Ross Taylor has conceded New Zealand will be under pressure in Tuesday's second ODI against Zimbabwe after going down 1-0 in the three-match series on Sunday

Craig Ervine, whose maiden ODI ton drove Zimbabwe to a famous win against New Zealand, has said he scented victory during the last eight overs of the hosts' chase though they needed over nine an over

At the halfway stage in Harare, faced with a target of 304, Zimbabwe looked like they might add to their long list of recent losses, but they came out fighting and it paid off

A new-look New Zealand side will have the Maori word "Aotearoa" emblazoned on their jerseys when they take on a Zimbabwe outfit struggling to translate performances into results

Zimbabwe have made four changes to their 15-man squad for the first two ODIs against New Zealand in Harare, including a recall for 30-year-old offspinner John Nyumbu

New Zealand will adopt a temporary change during their tour of Africa, playing under the name Aotearoa for the first ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare on August 2