Kane Williamson
Kane Williamson (Image Credit: Twitter)

New Zealand National Cricket Team head coach Gary Stead has confirmed that the Black Caps captain Kane Williamson is fully fit and available for the upcoming three-match Test series in England.

Kane Williamson made a return to the New Zealand Test team as New Zealand Cricket announced an extended 20-man squad, on Wednesday, for the Test series against England National Cricket Team, which will be starting on June 2.

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Meanwhile, Gary Stead has said that the New Zealand captain has got no issues with his elbow, which forced him to miss the last five test matches.

“He’s got no issues at all – training almost completely unrestricted now, still just being careful around the overloading side of it,” Stead said.

“That means if he has a really big day batting, just making sure he’s not doing too much the next day. It’ll be an ongoing thing probably for the rest of his career that we just have to keep managing.”

Stead added that the IPL-bound players – Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell and Kane Williamson – who are the part of the New Zealand’s squad for the England tour might cause some headache to the management as the final of the cash-rich league will be held on May 29 and the players might find it difficult to return for the first Test.

“The difficulty may be the final of the IPL on the 29th of May. That may cause us some discussions if we have a number of players that are in that, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get there,” he said.

Gary Stead Reveals Several New Zealand’s Touring Squad Members Have Contracted Covid-19

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Gary stead[photo: Sportstar: Hindu]
The New Zealand head coach made a revelation that several players who are part of the England tour have had or currently have Covid-19.

We’ve had a couple of guys in the North Island that have had it in the last couple of weeks, we’ve got a couple in the South Island now. We just have to make sure we get them as well as we can as quickly as we can and hopefully they’re all ready to go again in a short period of time,” he added.

While talking about England, Stead said that they are a quality side.

“I think the abrasive way he plays will probably have a rub-off to the group as well. Part of what we will be trying to do is make things very very hard for Ben Stokes.

“They’re still a quality team – there are world-class players throughout that team. We’re certainly not going over there expecting to roll them over,” he added.

Gary Stead
Gary Stead (Image Credit: Twitter)

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